Architecture Theses and Dissertations

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    Free Space: Envisioning the Low Earth Orbit Metropolis
    (2021) Mazer, Andrew Joseph; May, Lindsey; Dawkins, Casey; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    This thesis posits a permanent, free space settlement and a space-based regional plan as the first step in sustainable and ethical settlement beyond Earth. The settlement paradigm explores modular and redundant construction and planning techniques that could be scaled and replicated to achieve long-range missions of exploration and long-term space settlement. A systems-based strategy within Low Earth Orbit provides the first architectural steppingstone for humans to realize themselves as a multi-planetary species. Space hosts a plethora of untapped and un-realized resources that have yet to be imagined for the betterment of life on Earth. As a result, it is imperative to plan and to think about what the consequences a permanent settlement in outer space could mean for life on Earth. In exploration, this thesis sets forth a strategy to ensure outer space and its resources are used fairly, responsibly, and justly, and access is promoted equitably, ethically, and morally to all who have a hand in a globally collaborative human agenda.
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    Avian/Human Architecture
    (2013) Atalig, Jane Rase; Ambrose, Michael A; Rockcastle, Garth; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Belonging to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Rota, the southernmost island in the Northern Mariana Island archipelago, is home to a naturally protected avian sanctuary that hosts critically endangered species of birds found nowhere else in the world. The island's unique environment has attracted the interest of academic institutions and international visitors focused on learning more about the island's ecosystem. While attempting to address the CNMI's tourism issues, the most recent tourism master plan for the islands, NMI Tourism Master Plan 2012-2016, fails to recognize Rota as a major candidate for economic growth. This thesis proposes a solution to both address tourism issues as well as educate locals and visitors of the importance of ecological sustainability through critical and creative exploration of the interaction between avian and human architecture.