Undergraduate theses submitted to the College of Architecture and Planning by Ball State University undergraduate students in partial fulfillment of degree requirements.
Porter County Indiana’s Department of Parks and Recreation is updating the master plan for 238-
acre Sunset Hill Farm County Park. The large public park is located in the unincorporated area
between Valparaiso and Chesterton ...
Whether that refers to the landscape or what is perceived as the separate, yet associated
structures. Being able to envision these landscape and structured spaces as integral,
without distinction, is the lens that this ...
The disappearance of the tallgrass prairie needs to be addressed with a large-scale
restoration in Newton County, Indiana. The best way to educate the public and professionals
about the loss is the creation of a national ...
This project examines the role of landscape
architecture as the main articulation of the community
and development aspects of a sustainable transit corridor.
Indianapolis, Indiana is lacking suitable and sufficient
mass ...
Addressing how coastal villages interact with their environment is
an important facet of creating an ecologically sustainable future.
This project seeks to integrate healthy natural systems and human
development in the ...
The purpose of this study is to revitalize a culturally diverse neighborhood in a segment of West
Washington Street, on the west side of Indianapolis, Indiana. This paper reflects upon a wide range
of strategies focused ...
Michigan City’s coal generating plant is a blight
on the shoreline of Lake Michigan. The plant and its site
hamper economic development and ecological processes
through toxic industrial process, shoreline modification, ...
This project is a Mixed-Used Urban and Village and an Urban Transit Oriented Development in Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood located on the northeast side of Indianapolis Indiana. This project has been made possible by ...
This study has addressed the revitalization of Bush Stadium into urban parkland in Indianapolis, Indiana. To successfully achieve this proposal, Bush Stadium was redeveloped into urban parkland that promoted health, social, ...
This creative project has explored the numerous potential benefi ts of utilizing the schoolyard and designing it as an outdoor learning environment. Traditionally school systems have taught course material in an almost ...
The location of this project was at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Miami’s
campus exhibits a classic, charming architecture and a well-planned landscape.
However, this campus did not fully facilitate the needs of ...
With this project I attempted to counteract the wasteful use of resources and ineffi cient, automobile-dependent transportation network of a conventional suburban area just
outside Evansville, Indiana. My research explored ...
This comprehensive project took place along the shores of Lake Michigan just south of downtown Chicago, IL. The goal was to create an urban waterfront park that would be historically significant in terms of location and ...
The project examined a greyfield site just outside of the downtown district in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Because of its location along the Maumee River, the riverfront land is outlined in the comprehensive
plan for Allen ...
The main focus of the project is the
implementation of ecotourism at Coffee Creek in Chesterton, Indiana. The educational focus of the ecotourism will be sustainable stormwater management. Coffee Creek was originally ...
The reuse of derelict sites for new purposes is becoming more and more important as time goes on. All across the country (and the globe) designers are now presented with the responsibility to transform the urban landscape ...
This proposal will cover research, analysis, and design of the new vision for the Miami Riverfront. This comprehensive
venture in landscape architectural design is an effort to socially, economically, and ecologically ...
Automotive manufacturing has greatly impacted the development and identity of Anderson, Indiana, from industrialization to
deindustrialization. This project examines three General Motors brownfields in Anderson for ...
This project examined the current formula for playground design and redefined how we view spaces for play. It exemplified that a playground can become more than simply the overused scene of manufactured elements grouped ...