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Item Revisiting Residential Design Through Vertical Farming(North Dakota State University, 2014) Vollema, JetseThis thesis is an investigation of the question, as a city’s population continues to rise, how can residential design assist in meeting the increased demand for food, water, energy and shelter? The typologies for the investigation of this problem are a sustainable residential complex and urban agricultural facilities. The site for this investigation is Fargo, ND. The Unifying Idea is that by combining sustainable residential design and on site agricultural practices, residential design could increase the awareness within cities which are experiencing rapid population growth to the issue of successfully meeting the rise in energy and shelter demands. The Project Justification is that sustainable residential design combined with urban agriculture is a vital component in ensuring the continuity of our species’ growth and survival.Item Scientific discovery + Designing the science museum of the future(North Dakota State University, 2015) Bukowski, DennisThis thesis demonstrated the connection between how children and adults learn about science, as well as the connection between science and technology in modern building design. By looking at the scientific advancements of buildings, the building itself becomes a tool for teaching, giving visitors a hands on experience of the connection between science and everyday life. This will help visitors learn about scientific strategies and give them a better understanding of the environment in which they live. Science is something that has an effect on everyone in the world; from growing food, producing electricity, to living a healthy lifestyle. Everything is connected by some type of scientific advancement or discovery.Item Human Engineering(North Dakota State University, 2012) Austin, DustyThis thesis focuses on the question: how might ergonomics and universal design improve the human experience in the work environment? The typology for this examination is a research and development facility. The project’s location is in West Fargo next to the current Caterpillar manufacturing facility. Human Engineering facility is a research and development complex that is spanning 14,000sqf.Item Development of the Youth(North Dakota State University, 2013) Bickel, JeremyThis thesis presents research on the benefits well designed youth centers can have on children as they grow into adulthood. The typology of this project is a center for the study of children maturation. The site is in Minot, ND, which is in the midst of major growth and development in response to the booming oil industry. The project's theoretical premise/unifying idea is: Architecture can contribute to a better understanding of the process of childhood maturation.Item Landfill re-morial : a postmodern reclamation of the City of Fargo landfill(2015) Okigbo, KeneThis thesis takes a quantitative look at closed landfills to determine a feasible and sustainable solution that can be used in the City of Fargo Landfill, which is expected to close between 2019 and 2023 without a post-closure plan. The solution proposed is the creation of a recreational park for the Fargo-Moorhead community. Some of the elements included within this park are Habitational Winter Sports Hills, Biproduct Management Sculptures, and Interactive Outdoor Sculpture Classrooms. The intent behind these amenities is to create year-round uses for the park, which will attract site users and allow them to remember the experience. The design of this park has two purposes. The first is to make an amenity of value for the community. The second purpose is to educate the people of Fargo-Moorhead about how their waste management practices can be changed and how a cradle-to-cradle mentality in waste management is beneficial to them.Item Adaptive Architectural Value Engineering: A Study of Influencing Factors(North Dakota State University, 2018) Meyer, ChristopherA study to define value, and define it as a critical variable in domestic residential design and construction, by the use of evaluation of adaptive symbolic models using designer controlled endogenous and external exogenous variables to define a field of optimal solutions. An application of existing and derived methods, and tools, on designer defined preferential models of domestic architecture.Item Great escapeway : connecting North Dakota State University to downtown Fargo(2015) Latham, RobertThe primary focus of this thesis is to demonstrate how the Great Northern Rail Corridor, located in Fargo, North Dakota, can be repurposed into a greenway that connects North Dakota State University and its students with Downtown Fargo. This site proposal accommodates bicyclists and pedestrians by providing users with a pragmatic and scenic greenway. The proposal’s result, according to its author, is a design that provides not only a safe passage between the main and downtown campuses, but a community recreational facility, offering cycling, walking, cross-country skiing, running, ice skating and picnicking.Item Boom Abodes : Designing for the Transition(North Dakota State University, 2011) Davis, BenjaminWith recent technological advances in oil extraction, communities across the Midwest are being hit by an oil boom. With a rapid growth of migrant workers flooding in to rural counties, economic strain and housing shortages threaten small communities. This thesis will examine the necessities of a rural community in North Dakota to cope with the oil boom and propose a temporary housing development to aid communities during transition. The housing system will be self-sustaining in nature, capable of functioning in various terrains. Considerations in climate, local resources and adaptability will be thoroughly researched to produce an efficient and reliable housing solution.Item Can Recidivism be influenced by architecture?(North Dakota State University, 2012) Sager, KellyThis thesis will focus on an investigation of the question, can recidivism be influenced by architecture? The typology for this examination will be a large 113,460 sq. ft. multi-county correctional facility for convicted criminals, located 7 miles south of Devils Lake, ND, on Highway 57. Theoretical Premise that guides the research is, the ability to influence the rehabilitation of the inmates, a mechanism to change the environment in which prisoners live to lower the level of violence while providing a safe work environment for the law officers that supervise the rehabilitation while inmates are incarcerated. The Project Justification use the built environment to support the psychological and physical needs of the inmates to encourage a lower level of violence and healthy rehabilitation.Item Modular Montessori: Educating Towards Ecological Sustainability(North Dakota State University, 2017) Schmidt, ThomasThe world has experienced rapid change in the last fifty years. Though most change can be counted as good, there has been a fair amount of negative changes happening that continue to be major issues today. Issues such as climate change and social differences are more than ever becoming issues that need to be addressed as significant threats to our continual existence as a culture. An opportunity exists right in front of us to help fix these problems: children. Our society’s children hold the key to helping solve our world’s greatest issues, and that key is their education. If education can take an Eco-literate approach to teaching our children about these issues, they will be more equipped to handle them as they grow older. Education, as well as the facilities that house these places of learning, must respond to the changing landscape of our environmental and social world and do their part to prepare our children to face these issues.