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Item Adaptive Architectural Value Engineering: Methods(North Dakota State University, 2017) Meyer, Christopher D.To develop an architectural design with an optimal solution, an understanding of the mechanics of design process becomes important. In 'Design by Optimization in architecture, Building, and Construction', architectural design is defined as a goal-directed activity in which decisions are made about the physical for of the building and their components in order to ensure their fitness for the intended purposes. Further, that design itself is comprised of three primary identifiable phases, problem analysis, design synthesis, and design evolution, which are performed in a cyclical process by conscious or unconscious sorting of design goals. (Greo, Radford, 1988) This process of design moves from generalizations about design defined in a broad terms, methods, and doctrines, and results in optimal design solutions. These solutions may or may not be the optimal answer to the design problems. The cyclical form of design becomes well suited for the introduction of value mapping and continual improvement practices. Architectural design is not often thought of in this manner, lacking proper evaluation of design changes and post occupancy analysis. Gero and Radford, 1988, refer to the a bias present in design practice in which a designer over rely on personal judgment in the decisions affecting the tradeoffs between design solutions without proper numerical or practical reasoning to meet client or social expectations at the cost of performance in the final product. Does form follow function, or function follow form? In a optimal method of design, the cyclical evolution of the solutions allows for both statements to be true. This allows a balancing of aesthetics to performance sought in an optimal solution to a design problem.Item Bus Shelter Design Competition Entry from Erica Wachter(Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, 2003) Wachter, EricaShannon McDonald's Third Year Architecture Studio students were asked to design a state-of-the-art or "cool" bus shelter that could be stationed by the Dome or by University Village. On December 12, 2003, design entries were reviewed by transportation professionals, university representatives, CME faculty and professionals, architects, and architecture faculty.Item Bus Shelter Design Competition Entry from Tia Thomas(Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, 2003) Tia, ThomasShannon McDonald's Third Year Architecture Studio students were asked to design a state-of-the-art or "cool" bus shelter that could be stationed by the Dome or by University Village. On December 12, 2003, design entries were reviewed by transportation professionals, university representatives, CME faculty and professionals, architects, and architecture faculty.Item MXC Transit Center(2011) Kuster, KrisStudents in this studio were asked to study the planning principles of a 1960’s “new town” that was proposed for west-central Minnesota, the Minnesota Experimental City(MXC). They were then asked to imagine a new or hybrid typology based on these principles, select a site as if the city had been built in the urban or rural settings that were proposed northwest of Alexandria, and design a building, circa 2011. The MXC Transit Center forms a communal nexus for the Minnesota Experimental City. Its primary function is serving passengers riding the Midwest High-Speed Rail line. Upon detraining, travelers may continue their exploration of the city via taxicab or by renting a dual-mode pod vehicle. Passengers may also visit the large farmer’s market, which hosts a myriad of the MXC’s finest produce and artisanry. A tram to the local airport allows the station to serve as a park-and-ride, while also allowing delayed air travelers a chance to visit the city by means of an efficient and timely transportation system. The design process began with a cardboard study model, in which I made incisions, which then allowed me to begin folding the landscape. By staggering the platforms vertically, they were able to become more integrated with the rest of the station’s functions. This arrangement is ideal for railfans and fresh encounters. The canopy is essentially a glazed shell [and an exercise in learning Grasshopper 3d], covered on the exterior by series of fabric which are fastened at regular intervals onto a rotatable node. These nodes are then rotated, deforming the fabric, and letting optimal daylight into major function areas. The softness of the fabric evokes imagery of covered wagons traveling through the prairies. ¬¬Item Water Resource Experiment Station(2011) Medd, ElizabethStudents in this studio were asked to design a Water Resource Experiment Station at a site on the bank of the Missouri River west of Linton and South of Bismarck, North Dakota. The students were given presentations by studio collaborators from the Biology Department and the Department of Civil Engineering concerning the use of constructed wetlands to clean waste water from the laboratory and rain water harvesting from the building’s exterior to add fresh water to the clean waste water for the use of the laboratory. Each design is approximately 20,000 square feet in area, has public parking and public toilets accessible from the exterior and is intended to be open to the public for their use after hours and on the weekends.The inspiration for this facility is the kinesis of the butterfly. The final position as developed here is explored through the full spread of the wings. This facility borrowed from the butterfly example, manipulating the light as it enters the building. While a butterfly's scales are positioned to reflect/refract light this facility relies on its form for managing the sun's rays to protect the offices during the most extreme sun of the day and year. The facility responds to the site and incorporates its features into the building to provide a cohesive experience. The facility boasts a planted roof that borrows from flora found on site. The roof manages storm water runoff and reduces the heat island effect. Any water that is not absorbed by the soil is directed down to the first retention pond to start the cleaning process. Visitors to the facility can experience a number of key features. There is a viewing area into each of the laboratory and the apparatus room, a series of green walls that direct visitors to the presentation room, a gallery space that hosts exhibits displaying the current research of the facility, and a vista that begins the interactive site experience through visualization.Item Water Treatment Facility-Final(2011) Schneider, ThomasStudents in this studio were asked to design a Water Resource Experiment Station at a site on the bank of the Missouri River west of Linton and South of Bismarck, North Dakota. The students were given presentations by studio collaborators from the Biology Department and the Department of Civil Engineering concerning the use of constructed wetlands to clean waste water from the laboratory and rain water harvesting from the building’s exterior to add fresh water to the clean waste water for the use of the laboratory. Each design is approximately 20,000 square feet in area, has public parking and public toilets accessible from the exterior and is intended to be open to the public for their use after hours and on the weekends. This project was an exploration of the suspended roof. All design elements defer back to this as the building is thought to be an honestest portrayal of not only its structure, but the landscape as well.Item Timber In The City Competition(2015) Johnson, CollinThis project was a competition entry for the ACSA's competition titled "Timber In The City". The competition focused on timber structure mid rise building systems, and housed the Warhol museum, the Essex Street Market and a number of residential units.Item Urban Renewal(2012) Mauch, AmandaThis is an urban design project located in downtown Fargo, ND. The task was to create a multi-use site and choose one signature building to design in greater detail.Item In Spite of Thunder (or Flight from a Burning Tree): An Exercise in Poetic Recklessness(North Dakota State University, 2012) Nelson, LinneaThis project is a creative exploration and exercise in the serial poetry genre, grounded in the theories set forth in poet Dean Young’s book The Art of Recklessness. Young’s belief that, “No one knows how to write a poem,” and that poets should “attend” or listen to a work as it is being created, rather than allow their own designs or desired directions to override what is happening more organically, served as an ideological base for the construction of the twelve poems in this original collection. Extensive research in the canon of sequential poetry (poems which, while being independent of each other, are parts of a larger poem or poetic concept, and are often written using strategies similar to Young’s), also informed this creative writing process. Included in the project is a reflection on the finished body of poetry, and the implementation and influence of devices and approaches taken from the consulted sources.Item Water Animation(2013) Saarela, Erin