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Absolute Architecture-scaled experience: Author: Ankeny, Samuel Robert; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Located near the edge of the North American Plate, in the great west of the United States, is an area known as the Colorado Plateau. Encompassing four states Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, it is also known as the four corners region. This Area has been widely recognized as one of the most powerful landscapes in the world and holds special meaning to the Native peoples of America. It is an area which is known to produce irregularities in the earths geomagnetic field. These irregularities have been described as many different things from spirits to extraterrestrials.¹ More nota...; Download File | View full details

A continuation of place and time: Author: Moorshead, Elizabeth; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The American barn is an enigma on the landscape. A building that arouses feelings in every person. Whether recollecting a childhood memory of playing in a loft, doing barn chores at all hours of the day or that forever connection to the past wondering what it must have been like to live back then or even architecturally admiring its undeniable form. Yet they are an enigma because this embedded nostalgia we have for them is not merely enough to save a lost culture and the buildings themselves. The foundations and ideals that the barns were built on must be looked at as well. "Until quite r...; Download File | View full details

Sleeping with the Enemy: Integrating Big-Box Retail with Existing Communities: Author: Nash, Ronald James; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The intent of my thesis is to find a way to integrate a large big-box retailer into a community in such a way that it benefits the community as a whole. This must be accomplished within the parameters that mark the store as a viable option for the parent company as well. This ideal must be approached from the philosophy that box stores are a large part of the current American way of life and to let them grow unchecked will signal the inevitable death of downtown retail districts as more and more business gets sucked to the super-stores and the areas immediately surrounding them. To do this we ...; Download File | View full details

Architecture in context: Author: Neergaard, Nathan; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Today, technology and science have elevated us as humans to incredible heights; we have gone places that centuries ago would have been undreamed of. We have landed a man on the moon, an unmanned rover on mars, and now have begun to explore the outer reaches of the galaxy looking for the origin of the known universe. When you think of the universe in general, Architecture seems pretty insignificant, but it is an important element that keeps our society interconnected. "Design manifests culture, and culture rests firmly on the foundations of what we believe to be true about the world."...; Download File | View full details

Passive Subversion: Franchised City vs. Found-Object Adaptability: A Media Beacon / Public Dialog Venue in an Abandoned Grain Elevator: Author: Quinn, Megan Ruth; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Public space has been integral to city planning since Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Greek and Roman governmental structures were based on the idea of people coming together to discuss. The senators were the main speakers in the Forum, but the citizens would gather to listen or contribute. The Architecture of this kind of public space was large, open, and able to accommodate everyone willing to attend. Both the Agora in Athens and the Forum in Rome included marketplaces and other public amenities which drew people to the public arena.¹ During Ancient Times, public gathering...; Download File | View full details

Altering a person's environmental mindset utilizing an architectural/ecological system: Author: Hintze, Kenneth William; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The Camp Grayling Eco-Lodge investigates how an architectural/ecological system can be utilized to alter a person's mindset. A person's mindset towards our natural resources can be influenced if you introduce alterations to their lifestyle. As visitors observe more efficient and less costly methods, they are more likely to implement them into their own lives. The human race has taken for granted that we must pump oil and gas from the ground; that power plants pollute; that our cars pollute; and that our skied are clouded with smog. Is this simply the price we must pay for the convenience that ...; Download File | View full details

City and nature: sensory experiences: Author: Huard, Dallas Christopher; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Images come to mind when I take the time to think about what Architecture means to me. These images, from my childhood, from exposure to my surroundings, from my experiences and training, even though this part of my life is still limited show me how simple arechitecture can be. I am always surprised that since I began studying the many aspects of Architecture it has become so much more important to me. There are moments that I am able to recall the way the wind surged through a space or the way clouds would come alive and dance in a store window. It is these aspects of Architecture that have b...; Download File | View full details

A Solution to Sprawl Through Public Transportation: Author: Jacobs, Shane Anthony; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Driving down the streets you call home, through the hills you would hike and sled as a kid, by the rivers and ponds you swam and fished in; you realize that every trip made is to a place that is less and less like home. Entire ranches have been subdivided. The mom and pop stores have been replaced by corporate chains. Asphalt has been laid, lanes have been added, streets have been punched, and bridges have been erected. The open space and privacy that everyone moved there for is dwindling; the American Dream is deteriorating. Is sprawl unavoidable due to the inevitable growth our society deman...; Download File | View full details

Seeley Lake Montana. Developing a Sustainable Community within a Grid-Dependent Town.: Author: Jones, Justin Balog; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Within ten years, Seeley Lake will be modernized and receive public services such as sewer, full water treatment plants, and cable television. When these developments are implemented in Seeley, the town will grow quickly and without regard for the existing physical environment. The economics of place will change as well; property values and taxes will be inflated to unseen levels. This thesis proposes that a central portion of the small town be redeveloped as offgrid community catering to the existing and future working class of Seeley Lake. Focusing on ten existing blocks in the center of See...; Download File | View full details

What's next? Thinking beyond the box: landscapes of exchange and consumer waste as food for cultural change: Author: Schwanda, Peter Benjamin; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The current state of Architecture is pregnant with possibility for its future. As technology and innovation give shape to a malleable landscape of digital media, the world surges onward, pioneered by high-tech industries and everready consumers. International political and commercial forces are colliding and entwining in new ways as globalization increases and borderless commerce gains momentum. As the power struggle over consumer dollars and sociopolitical control has intensified a "one planet" mentality, globalization continues to exhibit our interconnectedness. However, another si...; Download File | View full details

Irreplaceable: community-cherished Architecture: Author: Kullerd, Megan Elizabeth; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The focus of my research was to find the answer to "What is community-cherished Architecture?" In answering this question, I discovered a definition of community-cherished place. My research starts by observing community-cherished places in six communities and historical precedents worldwide. More insight is gained by reading other architects' understanding of this issue. Then I identify the considerations an architect must take to create an experience which will be cherished by the community. It is a space where the residents share experiences together and form unity through social ...; Download File | View full details

'The in between' an exploration of transition and threshold between interior and exterior space: Author: Terry, Erin Michael; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The intention of this thesis is to explore transitional spaces in an attempt to break the boundary between interior and exterior and regain a connection between Architecture and the natural environment. I will address the history leading up to the lack of connection and transition between the built and natural environments, and illustrate the positive effects of associating transitional spaces into living and working environments. The project will use precedents to define strategies for creation of transitional spaces, and will explore these strategies in a medium density housing model....; Download File | View full details

Architecture's ecological footprint: Author: Tharp, Sean Patrick; Date: 2007-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: A word that has become mainstream to members of the architectural community is Sustainability; but what does this word mean and why is it so popular? The root of this word is 'sustain,' which by definition means: to give support or relief to, to supply with sustenance, to support the weight of.¹ Still, what does this mean to the architectural community? Sustainability is a word the architectural community uses to define an approach to the design of the built environment that considers environmental and social issues on more than just a superficial level. "Sustainability is fun...; Download File | View full details

Westernization in Sub-Saharan Africa: facing loss of culture, knowledge, and environment: Author: Scott, Meghan Marie; Date: 2007-08-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa faces many challenges; among them is the struggle to westernize. But is westernization really the answer for this large 'third world' population? Westernization has stripped many of the cultures that make up sub-Saharan Africa of their knowledge bases, knowledge of tradition, and pride in culture. The principles behind International Architecture indicate to this part of the world that the way they are living (with sensitivity to earth, season, and hardship) is uncivilized. That instead of grass huts that can be rebuilt id a drought causes a family to move, they must build mu...; Download File | View full details

Meditations upon durations: Author: Alexander, Justin Matthew; Date: 2007-12-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The content of this thesis confirms my belief that Architecture is able to create remarkable effects upon human emotion. It is my opinion that human emotion becomes apparent when two opposing states of reality are intensified within time and space. Today in the Western Culture we live upon two opposing states of time. One is mechanized and ridged, and the other is sequential and durational. The first seeks to break things down into parts and understand them as they relate to a human scale. The other seeks to find the potential in what exist in the in-between and around. Together each of them f...; Download File | View full details

The D, Detroit in the new millennium: contemplating a post-post-modern city: Author: Halsey, Douglas William; Date: 2007-12-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The connection between Detroti and the American automobile industry is indisputable. Perhaps no other city in the world is as connected with a single industry as Detroit. For seventy years Detroit enjoyed the prosperity that the booming auto industry created. Between 1900 and 1950 the Detroit population swelled from 285,700 to nearly two million. By 2000 that number had fallen to less than a million. has created a modern shrinking city. The gradual decline has created a ghost town of sorts, with much of its building stock deserted and awaiting demolition. Crime plagues the city; poverty and il...; Download File | View full details

Spatial Incubation of Intuitive Mitigation: Author: Robertson, Christopher Cole; Date: 2007-12-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The sound of fingers tapping against stone resonates through the quiet coffee shop as local help bangs, stirs, and presents a double tall frothed mocha. The customer grabs the large cup of caffeine as though shot out of a cannon screaming toward the door barely hesitating at the brass handle, and in an instant is in a conversation with an executive across the country. Culture today seems to act in a similar fashion to the "Flash" coffee consumer. We should wonder what might have happened had the consumer stopped to enjoy the moment, maybe participated in a balancing game while walkin...; Download File | View full details

Entropy and Architecture: entropic phenomena actuating dynamic space: Author: Bernier, Jobe Paul; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Accepting the second law of thermodynamics indicates that any energy source is not infinite. At the event fossil fuel reserves in Alaska are depleted, the massive infrastructure supporting fossil fuel extraction-including 800 miles of pipeline-is assumed to be obsolete. This thesis endeavors to acknowledge the Pipeline's relationship to energy transfer and create a future plan of adaptive reuse. This thesis exposes processes of energy transfer or entropy. It acknowledges environmental entropy and utilizes observable phenomena of global warming within Alaska. It argues that since physical syste...; Download File | View full details

Sense of Past...Sense of Place: Author: Boland, Katherine Ellen; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Architecture today does not respond to memory, the essence of character. As a result, a disengagement exists between people and place. In a world of constant movement a sense of place is not only uncommon but in some instances unknown; we are continuously in a state of motion. We commonly forget why we are here, who settled the land we now inhabit. We forget that life is more than technology bombarding us at every instant; it is more than work and more than financial success. We forget that life can be more. Architecture is also in this state of constant motion, financial success is placed ahe...; Download File | View full details

Remote Worship: Author: Burrows, William Frederick Jr.; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: I am a Christian. In my opinion, this is the most important way I can describe myself as a person. As a son, brother, friend, employee, and student my Faith undeniably affects every facet of my life. In an effort to make my last year as a student resonate on a personal level, I have combined my spiritual journey with my academic one. My intent was to characterize my Christian faith in order to introduce an Architecture that embodies the duality of a personal connection to God and a community experience based on fellowship. My ten-week investigation of my beliefs, the Christian church, and arch...; Download File | View full details

In the shadow of the dam(med): Author: Cuthbertson, Joshua David; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Settlers developed the American West by controlling and subduing the processes of nature. This thesis explores Architecture that reveals those processes, not subdues them. A prime example of this is the area along the North Platte River in southeastern Wyoming. The area's quick settlement has resulted in poor land development that threatens the area's current, agriculture-dependant, livelihood. Reservoirs developed to support the agricultural industry have reached the end of their useful lives, and now threaten the water supply. Once such reservoir, located in Guernsey, Wyoming, is silting and...; Download File | View full details

[Un]checked emergence: infusing the human element into algorithmic design: Author: Deitle, Scott Edward; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Architecture is defined as the art and science of building. Experience within a built space can be deliberately heightened or diminished as a result of conscious decisions by the architect. With the addition of intent, the designer can transform a building into Architecture. It is intent and emotional engagement that reveals beauty, love, and interest to the occupant. New methods of conceptual design have materialized with the advancement of computer technology. Complex theories of organization and emergence have caught the eye of architects because of their capabilities of mathematically prod...; Download File | View full details

Emerging landscape: a cultural venue for Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Author: Emanuel, Benjamin James; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Architecture as a reaction to place. As current design and construction practices increasingly move toward the rapid production of "carbon copy" structures and homes, it is important that we begin raising question to the resulting loss of character and sense of place. The pertaining Thesis will explore ideas of structuring space through a cumulative and authentic response to place as a way of restoring the individual character each place potentially holds. At the small scale of a quaint mountain community, one faced with the growing pains of resort suburbia, this thesis will explore ...; Download File | View full details

Y ECO: Yellowstone Ecological Center for Observation: Author: Kahler, Bradley Scott; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: The Yellowstone Ecological Center for Observation (Y Eco) is designed to function as an educational facility that employs sustainable and ecological methods. Y Eco incorporates a living machine (an all-natural water purification system utilizing micro-organisms, various plants, etc.), various alternative energy resources (i.e. photovoltaic arrays, vertical wind turbines, hydro-electric in-stream turbines), as well as other passive and active sustainable and ecological design methods. An elevated pedestrian bridge forms Y Eco's "spine" and provides direct access to over 700 acres...; Download File | View full details

Rhythmic Movement: Author: Johnson, Kody Winship; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: To design a structure through human movement it is essential to analyze and understand how humans move and react in their environments. Creating an environment where as individuals move through space, space can begin to move with them, stimulating awareness of its presence and their presence within it. It is one's intent to explore Architecture as an instance in which individuals interact with the physical environment to transform their spatial experiences, therefore making them more aware of their movement within space. As indicated by this theoretical approach, it is through the understan...; Download File | View full details

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