University Coffee Experience and the Emergence of Student-Run Solutions

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For our Barrett Honors thesis, our team decided to complete the Founders Lab thesis pathway. Founders Lab offers Barrett students the opportunity to spend their year working on developing entrepreneurial ideas into innovative new businesses by designing not only a…

For our Barrett Honors thesis, our team decided to complete the Founders Lab thesis pathway. Founders Lab offers Barrett students the opportunity to spend their year working on developing entrepreneurial ideas into innovative new businesses by designing not only a business model, but the marketing, sales, and financial models of it as well. This team-based thesis/creative project empowers Barrett students to find solutions to a challenge and gain valuable experience launching a new business of their own.
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2022-05
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Becoming Space: Translating Bharatanatyam into Architectural Process

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Architecture is known primarily as a physical form, with weight given to material and statics, and in this reductionist process, excludes experientially-based spatial dialogues. Dance and movement are used to reintegrate this embodied practice into architecture and space. There have…

Architecture is known primarily as a physical form, with weight given to material and statics, and in this reductionist process, excludes experientially-based spatial dialogues. Dance and movement are used to reintegrate this embodied practice into architecture and space. There have been many investigations integrating western dance into architecture. Bharatantayam, an ancient South Indian, Hindu dance form, has not been recognized as equal to Ballet and other western art forms beyond labels of cultural dance forms. This thesis experiments with the philosophies and practices of Bharatanatyam to work through the design process of climatory resilient architecture installation. By combining dance movement experiments and community narrative investigations, this project ultimately became a community gathering space in one of the hottest regions of Maryvale, AZ. The illustrated process becomes an example of a generative process integrating and intersecting diverse ethnic philosophies with habitat and community oriented site explorations to promote a pluralistic architectural way of being.
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2022-05
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Academic Pressure and Its Effects on Asian Students

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An exhibition about the expectations, stress, and pressure that were put on Asian students and how that negatively affect their mentally, physical, and emotional health.

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2022-05
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Swan Creek Park System: Creating an Urban Ecological Network

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The design of a series of parks along Swan Creek in Toledo, Ohio that connect visitors to the environment, history, and communities around them. They will provide spaces for people to walk, bike, kayak, play, and relax while enjoying the creek.

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2022-05
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Finding Green: Bringing Emphasis to Inconspicuous Green Spaces in Urban Environments

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An exploration of green spaces in urban environments, the mental health impacts of these spaces, and the successfulness of their integration into the city fabric. This project culminates in a video that compares a nature walk through an urban environment to a walk through an urban park.

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2022-05
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Sacrality of the Real: A Revelation of Architecture’s Sacrality through the Implementation of a Water Structure onto Arizona State University’s Tempe Campus

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Sacred space creates a sacrality of the architecture it resides in. The research paper dissects and answers the thesis question, “what makes a space sacred,” through a research-driven design approach that delivers the thesis prompt, architecture must comprise of intentional…

Sacred space creates a sacrality of the architecture it resides in. The research paper dissects and answers the thesis question, “what makes a space sacred,” through a research-driven design approach that delivers the thesis prompt, architecture must comprise of intentional design elements that create a physical, perceptual, and spiritual experience to validate its sacrality. The paper introduces research behind sacred architecture and its design elements, and questions how these design elements contribute to the validity of sacred architecture. The research infers that there must be an intentionality behind these design elements. The research leads to the analysis of three case studies that demonstrate the use of sacred architecture’s design elements and validates their purpose and intention. Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect, and two of his projects, the Bruder Klaus Chapel and the Kolumba Museum, demonstrate the use of intentional design elements through Peter Zumthor’s methodology and intention behind his designs. As well, the personal case study, the Holy Family Shrine, showcases sacred architecture’s design elements through the intentional use of symbolism. The analysis leads to the discussion of two design projects, Tabernacle of Humility and Campo, Sacrality Made Real, exhibit and support the analysis of Peter Zumthor’s methodology and works, along with the intentionality of design elements in sacred architecture. In conclusion, it is understood that with symbolic intentionality behind design elements, the sacrality of architecture is revealed, thus creating a physical, perceptual, and spiritual experience.

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2022-05
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aMErica: The Impacts of Hyper-Individualism on National Culture

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Throughout the course of American history, our country has prided itself on individualism. From Manifest Destiny to the American Dream, American society is rooted in individuals’ ability to pull themselves up by their bootstraps: free from the expectations and limitations…

Throughout the course of American history, our country has prided itself on individualism. From Manifest Destiny to the American Dream, American society is rooted in individuals’ ability to pull themselves up by their bootstraps: free from the expectations and limitations of societal obligations. In fact, America is considered the most individualistic nation on the planet. Individualism pervades the thoughts, feelings, and actions of Americans. The COVID-19 pandemic shows how individualism led some Americans to view masks and lockdowns as violations of their individual freedoms, and research indicates that our current trend of hyper-individualism could be a significant influence on our latency responding to climate change. To begin solving these collective problems, we cannot only focus on “what can I do”; we have to focus on “what can we do.”

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2022-05
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The Impact of Digital Strategies on Business-to-Business Marketing and Sales: The Past, Present, and Future

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With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March of 2020, the world has learned to adapt to a new normal, which has largely centered around building relationships, learning, and conducting business with other in ways that could not be…

With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March of 2020, the world has learned to adapt to a new normal, which has largely centered around building relationships, learning, and conducting business with other in ways that could not be done in person. As marketing students, we wanted to see how the impacted the way Business-to-Business marketing and sales were conducted. Digital strategies have been on the rise prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, but were forced to grow at a much faster rate when technology became the leader in allowing us to engage and communicate with others. Despite the pressure to introduce digital strategies across the Business-to-Business market, many firms have been hesitant to do so, since they are so comfortable with the way in which they practice their business now. Previous research in this area has primarily focused on traditional marketing strategies and how technology has affected them, but we aim to study how the advancements in technology and the incorporation of digital marketing and sales strategies has ultimately impacted the relationships and efficiency of business within the B2B market. We are looking to gain insight through our research and speaking with members of the industry to understand where the future of B2B Marketing and Sales is heading now that it has evolved at such a rapid pace. We will conduct mixed methods of research within this thesis, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative data from our primary and secondary resources of reliable online sources/studies as well as our one-on-one interviews with industry leaders. Our studies will characterize the past and present of marketing and sales strategies utilized in the B2B industry, as well as aim to predict what the future holds.
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2022-05
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