RESTORING VETERANS THROUGH COMPANIONSHIP THE STUDY BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN CONTEXT ARCHITECTURE THESIS JACOB HAACK

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1 RESTORIG VETERAS THROUGH COMPAIOSHIP THE STUDY BETWEE RURAL AD URBA COTEXT ARCHITECTURE THESIS JACOB HAACK

2 THESIS ABSTRACT What are the benefits of a rehabilitation center located in a rural context compared to an urban context? Does it change the outcome if the treatment involves the relationship between man and dog? How does design differentiate between rural and urban sites? If the parameters are set and the same program is used for each, which context will be more successful? This thesis focuses on two issues that affect the entire country: the rising number of veterans suffering from PTSD and an excess amount of stray dogs and overcrowding in animal shelters. This thesis creates a new building typology; a rehabilitation center that takes in Veterans affected by traumatic experiences combined with a no kill animal shelter for dogs. The veterans will train the dogs to be service dogs. It has been proven that dogs have healing effects on humans. To try to find a solution that can work all over the nation I will have two sites: one rural and one urban. The rural site is in Little Falls, M and the urban site is in Minneapolis, M. Although, having the same function of building(s) on each, these two sites will have very different designs that are affected by their context. The rural site will have more than one building, and they will be spread out across the site to create more of a campus feel. The urban site will be condensed and have a more vertical building that fits on the site. At the end, there will be two complete designs that can be compared side-by-side. Can both be successful models that can be used in a rural or urban context all over the country or will one be more successful overall?

3 PROJECT DESCRIPTIO What are the benefits of a rehabilitation center located in a rural context compared to an urban context? Does it change the outcome if the treatment involves the relationship between man and dog? How does design differentiate between rural and urban sites? If the parameters are set and the same program is used for each, which context will be more successful? This thesis focuses on two issues that affect the entire country: the rising number of veterans suffering from PTSD and an excess amount of stray dogs and overcrowding in animal shelters. This thesis creates a new building typology; a rehabilitation center that takes in Veterans affected by traumatic experiences combined with a no kill animal shelter for dogs. The veterans will train the dogs to be service dogs. It has been proven that dogs have healing effects on humans. To try to find a solution that can work all over the nation I will have two sites: one rural and one urban. The rural site is in Little Falls, M and the urban site is in Minneapolis, M. Although, having the same function of building(s) on each, these two sites will have very different designs that are affected by their context. The rural site will have more than one building, and they will be spread out across the site to create more of a campus feel. The urban site will be condensed and have a more vertical building that fits on the site. At the end, there will be two complete designs that can be compared side-by-side. Can both be successful models that can be used in a rural or urban context all over the country or will one be more successful overall?

4 PROJECT DESCRIPTIO What are the benefits of a rehabilitation center located in a rural context compared to an urban context? Does it change the outcome if the treatment involves the relationship between man and dog? How does design differentiate between rural and urban sites? If the parameters are set and the same program is used for each, which context will be more successful? This thesis focuses on two issues that affect the entire country: the rising number of veterans suffering from PTSD and an excess amount of stray dogs and overcrowding in animal shelters. This thesis creates a new building typology; a rehabilitation center that takes in Veterans affected by traumatic experiences combined with a no kill animal shelter for dogs. The veterans will train the dogs to be service dogs. It has been proven that dogs have healing effects on humans. To try to find a solution that can work all over the nation I will have two sites: one rural and one urban. The rural site is in Little Falls, M and the urban site is in Minneapolis, M. Although, having the same function of building(s) on each, these two sites will have very different designs that are affected by their context. The rural site will have more than one building, and they will be spread out across the site to create more of a campus feel. The urban site will be condensed and have a more vertical building that fits on the site. At the end, there will be two complete designs that can be compared side-by-side. Can both be successful models that can be used in a rural or urban context all over the country or will one be more successful overall?

5 PROJECT DESCRIPTIO What are the benefits of a rehabilitation center located in a rural context compared to an urban context? Does it change the outcome if the treatment involves the relationship between man and dog? How does design differentiate between rural and urban sites? If the parameters are set and the same program is used for each, which context will be more successful? This thesis focuses on two issues that affect the entire country: the rising number of veterans suffering from PTSD and an excess amount of stray dogs and overcrowding in animal shelters. This thesis creates a new building typology; a rehabilitation center that takes in Veterans affected by traumatic experiences combined with a no kill animal shelter for dogs. The veterans will train the dogs to be service dogs. It has been proven that dogs have healing effects on humans. To try to find a solution that can work all over the nation I will have two sites: one rural and one urban. The rural site is in Little Falls, M and the urban site is in Minneapolis, M. Although, having the same function of building(s) on each, these two sites will have very different designs that are affected by their context. The rural site will have more than one building, and they will be spread out across the site to create more of a campus feel. The urban site will be condensed and have a more vertical building that fits on the site. At the end, there will be two complete designs that can be compared side-by-side. Can both be successful models that can be used in a rural or urban context all over the country or will one be more successful overall?

7 SITES RURAL SITE COSIDERATIOS VIEWS SPACE GROUD COVER MOVEMET GREE SPACE RIVER PROXIMITY OISE Little Falls, M Population: 8,232 Camp Ripley URBA SITE COSIDERATIOS VIEWS PARKIG SHADE TRASPORTATIO GREE SPACE RIVER PROXIMITY IFILL Minneapolis, M Population: 400,070 Fort Snelling

8 MACRO SITES LITTLE FALLS MIEAPOLIS CAMP RIPLEY MISSISSIPPI RIVER SITE SITE DOWTOW UIVERSITY OF MIESOTA MISSISSIPPI RIVER LAKE CALHOU LITTLE FALLS

ARCH BRIDGE OPE FIELD MISSISSIPPI RIVER CHRISTIA

9 MICRO SITES LITTLE FALLS MIEAPOLIS MISSISSIPPI RIVER HEAVILY WOODED MODERATELY WOODED SITE STOE ARCH BRIDGE OPE FIELD MISSISSIPPI RIVER CHRISTIA RETREAT CETER CHURCH

10 SITE IMAGES RURAL A B C URBA D E F

11 SITE PLAS LITTLE FALLS MIEAPOLIS

12 RIVER COECTIO SECTIO RURAL URBA

13 RIVER COECTIO RURAL URBA

14 DOG SHELTER RURAL FLOOR PLA LEGED A B C D E F G H I IDOOR KEEL OUTDOOR KEEL MUD ROOM BATH ROOM IDOOR TURF GYM ADMIISTRATIO PLAY ROOM PARKIG RAMP LOBBY G D E F A C D F G B H A B I E URBA 3RD & 6TH FLOOR PLA

15 REHABILITATIO CETER K URBA 8TH FLOOR PLA F B G E F C J H D A I K J L M B C D LEGED RURAL FLOOR PLA A B C D E F G WORKOUT CETER CAFETERIA KITCHE MECHAICAL POOL MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM THEATER H I J K L M LIBRARY LOBBY ADMIISTRATIO LOUGE IDOOR KEEL OUTDOOR KEEL BATH ROOM

17 RURAL ITERATIO 1 ITERATIO 2 ITERATIO 3 RURAL 1 RURAL URBA ITERATIO 1 ITERATIO 2 ITERATIO 3 URBA 1 URBA 2 URBA 3

18 A C RURAL FLOOR PLA LEGED A B C LARGE UIT MEDIUM UIT SMALL UIT B C A URBA FLOOR PLA

19 COMMETS & QUESTIOS

RESTORING VETERANS THROUGH COMPANIONSHIP THE STUDY BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN CONTEXT NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY JACOB HAACK

RESTORING VETERANS THROUGH COMPANIONSHIP THE STUDY BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN CONTEXT NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY JACOB HAACK 2 FIGURE 1 Restoring Veterans Through Companionship A Design Thesis Submitted