Professional Documents
Culture Documents
urban planning and transport :Airports,train stations,urban transport,Bridges and communication towers,Squares,Promenades and streets,Urban
parks,Peripheral parks,Urban monuments and land art Cultural facilitiesMuseums,art galleries,Cultural centres and foundations,school and
universities,libraries,Religious buildings Leisure facility Auditoriums, theaters and cinemas,Sport facilities,Theme parks and
attractions,Bars,discotheques,and game rooms,shopping malls,stores and showrooms,Restaurants Public buildings,institutions,and offices
Public bodies,Public service buildings,offices,banks,corporate buildings,convention and exhibition centres,research centres,factories,skyscrapers, Homes
multifamily urban homes,multifamily suburban homes,hotels and residenced,semidetatched and row houses,single family suburban homes,single family country
homes,
LIST OF THESIS TOPIC FOR ARCHITECTURE Advanced Trauma Centre and Hospital,Aquanarium-Aqua display and Research Centre,Mass Rapid Transit
System (MTRS) Study and Station,Institute and Studios for Gaming and Animation,Multimedia Film City,Centre of Excellence for Lighting,Waterfront
Development Beach Convention and Exhibition Centre,Integrated Transportional Node,Architecture for Hills: A Site Responsive Settlement.Forest Research
and Training Institute,Urban Entertainment Centre,Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre,Aqua Marine Park,Archeological Survey of Research and
Training InstituteLow Cost Housing,Drug De-addiction and Rehabilitation CentreAutomobile Research and Training Institute,Fashion Technology Park,Tribal
Heritage Museum,Convention Centre,Houses -A Study in Contrast,Digital Morphogenesis and Its Implementation in Fairlie Center,School of Art, Design and
Technology,Centre for Art, Culture and Tourism Promotion,Museum of Modern Art,Bus Terminal Cum Commercial Complex,Aurofilm - Film and Research
Institute,Galleria Mall,International Cruise terminal,Bio-climatic Tower,Luxury Sea-front Apartments Varnaparichay The Book Mall,Orientation Center and
eco tourism,Reviving Community: Changing lives Urban Renewal,Resort,Cricket Stadium,MRCI Center School for Rural Children,Media CenterPolo Retreat- Relax
and RejuvenateInstitute for Disaster Management,Anna Ashram: Spectrum of Anna Ideologies,City Library,Film & Television InstitueAuto Mobile MuseumInstitute
For Interprene,urship and TechnologyCricket StadiumMRCI Center,School for Rural Children,Media Center,Polo Retreat- Relax and Rejuvenate,Institute for
Disaster Management,Anna Ashram: Spectrum of Anna IdeologiesCity Library,Film & Television Institue,Auto Mobile Museum,Institute For Interpreneurship and
No.
1. Mr. Sohan Lal Saharan Portable Habitat, Jammu.
Associate Professor Varun Mohapatra, 32/08 International Convention & Expo Centre, Gurgaon
Partha Das, 37/08 Mega Tourism Complex at Goa
Mr Janbade T Prafulla
Assistant Professor
3. Ashutosh Mukherjee, 02/08 General Hospital, Manimajra
Daanish Deep Singh, 04/08 5 Star Hotel and Punjab Circuit House Complex,
Amritsar
Venus Kashyap, 41/08 National Centre for Social Justice, New Delhi
10. Assistant Professor Renuka Parashar, 17/08 Sanskritic Dharohar Kendra, Ahmedabad
No.
1. Mr. Sohan Lal Magadh History Museum, Patna
Saharan
Darpan Bhatia, 7/07
Associate Professor
The Absence of Visual Means: College
of Arts for the Visually Challenged
Jaskaran Chauhan,
13/07
Pier Project - Redevelopment at
Pondicherry
Sakshi Gupta, 25/07
Sports Complex-cum-School, Manimajra
Sanyam Bahga,
28/07
2. Mr. Parmeet Singh Aakanksha Bhardwaj, Five-star Ecotel at Ludhiana
Bhatt
1/07
Associate Professor Ayoshi Goel, 5/07 School for Alternative Learning at
Gurgaon
Hrishikesh Datta, Centre for the Art of Living, Foundation
at Vasind, Mumbai
12/07
Neeti Chandor, 17/07 Bio-Science & Medicine Museum at
Ahemdabad
Mr Janbade T
Prafulla
3 Manish Chaudhary, General Hospital , Sector 10, Dwarka,
Assistant Professor 16/07 Delhi
6 Assistant Professor Nishtha Bali, 18/07 Srishti School of Art, Design &
Technology, Bangalore
No.
1. Mr Pradeep Kumar Nishaant Saxena Advanced Trauma Centre and
Bhagat Hospital, Sector 53, Chandigarh
22/04
Assistant Professor Jagjot Singh 38/04 Eco Park at Mullanpur
Manav Batra 20/03 Aquanarium-Aqua Display and
Research Centre, Chandigarh
2. Mr. Sohan Lal Aditi Gupta 2/04 Utilization of Space Under Flyovers
Saharan Hina Sahi 14/04 Bangalore Mass Rapid Transit
System (MTRS) Study and Station
Assistant Professor Design at the Majestic
Khushboo 17/04 Railway Museum at Lonavala
Amit Kumar Verma Institute and Studios for Gaming and
03/03 Animation, Multimedia Film City,
Sarangpur, Chandigarh
3. Mr. Parmeet Singh Debajyoty Dam Centre of Excellence for Lighting,
Bhatt 9/04 Bangalore
Richa Talwar Waterfront Development Kala
Assistant Professor 25/04 Kendra, Pondicherry
(CAS) Sarang Goel 30/04 Integrated Transportional Node,
Sector 17, Chandigarh
Saumya Sharma Architecture for Hills: A Site
31/04 Responsive Settlement at Dakhoo
4. Mrs. Sangeeta Bagga Aina Mittal 3/04 Forest Research and Training
Mehta, Institute- Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Ruchika Thakur Urban Entertainment Centre,
Lecturer (Sr. Scale) 26/04 Hyderabad
Co-guides)
5. Mr. Janbade Prafulla Amol Langer 5/04 TATA Cancer Hospital, Kolkata A
Biophilic Approach
Diptarshi Dev Aqua Marine Park, Mangalore,
Tarachand, 10/04 Karnataka
Umadhar Kamti Chandigarh Home A machine to
Lecturer (Sr. Scale) 35/04 live in
Amandeep Joon Archeological Survey of India
36/04 Research and Training Institute,
Greater Noida (NCR), U.P.
6. Mr. J. P Singh, Anu Dhiman 8/04 Low Cost Housing at Karjat,
Mharashtra
Lecturer (Sr. Scale) Harveesh Kaur Drug De-addiction and Rehabilitation
13/04 Centre at Kharar, Punjab
Mukesh Kumar Automobile Research and Training
Sondhi 19/04 Institute, Pune
7. Mr. Sujay Sengupta, Jatinder Kaur Fashion Technology Park, Mohali
16/04
Lecturer (Sr. Scale) Sajal Das 29/04 Tribal Heritage Museum, Sonapur,
Assam
Siddhartha Convention Centre in Rajiv
Bharadwaj 34/04 Gandhi Education City, Sonepat
8. Mrs Deepika Gandhi, Aman Sohal Houses for Raghu Rai and
Lecturer 04/04 Isabelle Normand A Study in
Contrast
Gagandeep Singh Digital Morphogenesis and its
12/04 Implementation in Fairlie Centre,
Kolkata
Richa Sari Distt. Jail Srishti Campus School of Art,
at Mandoli, New Design and Technology, Bangalore,
Delhi Reformatory India
Approach.n 24/04
9. Mr Manoj Kumar, Rahul Vig 23/04 General Hospital at Sector 23-A,
Lecturer Gurgoan
SK Nawaz Ali Centre for Art, Culture and
27/04 Tourism promotion of North East
India
Cornelius Deb Museum of Modern Art, Kolkata
Barma 9/03
10. Mr Gaurav Gangwar, Jaskanwal Singh Bus Terminal cum Commercial
15/04 Complex, Mohali
Lecturer Neha Narang Aurofilm -- Film and Research
20/04 Institute, Auroville
Shikhar Sharma DLF Galleria Mall, Ludhiana
32/04
11. Mr Dharmendra Gagandeep Bawa International Cruise terminal,
Kumar 11/04 Mumbai
Shivank Sharma Bio-climatic Tower, Gurgoan
Lecturer 33/04
12. Ms Harleen Kaur, Abhimanyu Gupta Orchid Condominium, Mumbai
1/04
Lecturer on Contract Sagar Prasad - 28/04 Airport at Jaisalmer
Basis Supriya Kukreja Varnaparichay The Book Mall,
39/04 Kolkat
1.
Demonstrate an innovative application of knowledge within the field
2. Analyze, critically examine, and/or empirically test ideas/theories
3. Creatively synthesize, expand and/or develop designs/theories
Additional information and a PDF document of recent theses are available at the link to the
IDEALS repository. Information on finding older theses can be found at the CPLA library site.
2013 Theses
Chen, Feixue - Grant Park vs. Millennium Park: Evolution of Urban Park Development
Hochhalter, Anna - Waterfront Spectacular
Liu, Ruolin - Inhabiting the interstitial: design experiments in aviary architecture and habitat
creation
Peterson, Kyle - Sociotechnical systems in campus stormwater management: impediments and
driving forces for refined sustainable systems
Rajora, Neha - Vision, movement and landscape experience in Princely Town Amber, India
Ren, Xinran - Time-based media in landscape interpretation: Route 66 at McCook Quarry
(Chicago)
Roberts, Jessica - Transparent animism: a framework for participating in ecological design as
agonism
Sanes, Shawn - Giving new meaning to Mound City landfills as a historical narrative of St. Louis,
Missouri
Valderrama, Ana Maria - Formless accident: a happening towards the fall
Zimbovsky, Shimon - Child's play: playgrounds and child development
2012 Theses
Broughton, Janet - Tectonic sites: structuring the landscape with textile-derived construction
techniques
Carlson, Samantha - Design for a student homestead at a land-grant university: integrating
vernacular patterns, local systems, and ecological heritage (POSTER)
Day, Miran - Design(ing) strategies for a sustainable and resilient coastal beachfront community
Miller, Abbilyn - Determining critical factors in community-level planning of homeless service
projects
Wang, Guangyan - Guidelines for outdoors WiFi space design
2011 Theses
Barth, Bram M. - Towards a Greater Knowledge Base - Engaging Chicago River Watershed
Intelligence to Demonstrate Systemic Landscape Design Strategies (POSTER)
Baumgartner, Susan J. - Sustainable agriculture in central Illinois: Visioning the future
Blecha, Joseph J. - Expanding the Field: A New Prototype for Stadium Design (POSTER)
Cole, Benjamin D. - Forging city and lake: Marquette's waterfront beyond the ore dock legacy
(POSTER)
Garrett, Michael - Design investigation of the Lake Calumet Complex: improving water quality to
regenerate local industrial, community, and ecosystem resources
James, Shawn C. - Stewardship gardening: multifarious meanings through community, ecology,
and food (POSTER)
Lee, CheongJong - Hybridizing old downtown Suwon City: how new urban fabric may save the
past (Restricted to U of Illinois) (POSTER)
Li, Chuo - Chinatown and Urban Redevelopment: A Spatial Narrative of Race, Identity, and Urban
Politics, 1950-2000
Peng, Lu - Sustainable Urbanism, Rising Sea Level, and Green Infrastructure: New Strategies for
Central London
Phillippe, Laurel Amber - A demonstration of riches: landscape narratives at Chatsworth
(POSTER)
Qu, Yi - Living with Alzheimer's disease: environmental design patterns for aging communities
(POSTER)
Sprague, Erich A - In plain site: scripting value in an urban terrain vague (POSTER)
Stewart, Kevin A. - Temperature and dynamic form in contemporary hardscape environments
(POSTER)
Stout, Nathan F. - Intersections of community, traditional knowledge, and place: a park design
for the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians
Varma, Annie - Vishram ghat, Mathura, India: a conservation model for ghat restoration in India
Wu, Shuangshuang - Peace/time landscape proposals for the Israeli and Palestinian border
(POSTER)
Wu, Xin - Productive Landscape - Revitalizing a Post-industrial District with Slow Economy
2010 Theses
Berner, Jason - Alternative futures for headwater stream and wetland landscapes in the Upper
Delaware Basin, New York, USA
Chodon, Lobsang - Uttarakhand Crafts Village, Dehradun, India
Feng, Lei - The landscape of high-tech corporate culture: redesign of CISCO office park in San
Jose, CA
Gollnick, Rebecca - Containing Ground: A Proposed Master Plan for the United States Army Corps
of Engineers Rivers Project Office Site on the Mississippi River Floodplain in West Alton, Missouri
Harre, Bethany - Re-envisioning the Residential Street Scene: Translating the Woonerf - The Case
in Champaign
Hartman, Ellen R. - Savior City
Jiang, Mengfei - Green Infrastructure: Designing to Solve Beijing's Environmental Problems
Lee, Sungkyung - Narrated landscape as counterweight to perception of placelessness in
contemporary urban landscape: re-visioning place in Gwangbok-dong and Nampo-dong, Busan,
South Korea
Linnemann, Katie - Zero Runoff Campus: Parkland Community College - Economic, Ecological,
and Educational Implications
Marten, Timothy - Towards Sustainable Agriculture: The Dudley Smith Farm Revision
Pena Gomez, Shaney Josefina - Landscapes of Indeterminacy: Remapping Bahlla De Las Aguilas
Petri, Aaron - A Participatory Process for Evaluating Sustainable Agriculture at the Dudley Smith
Farm
Shing, Chak-Yin - An Exploration of Meaning in Landscape Architecture: Redesigning Tsim Sha
Tsui East Waterfront in Hong Kong
St. Onge, David - Reprogramming Pittsburgh's Post Industrial Riverfront: An Open Space Vision
for the South Side
Tella, Lori - Designing for Ecology: A Case Study of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Wallace, Christy - The Ottawa Heritage Trail: protecting and interpreting remnant pioneer
cemetery prairies from Danville to Paxton, Illinois
Weiss, Andrew - Garden space in vague terrain
2008 Theses
Archibald, Daniel - Preserving the Garden Heritage of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois
Cross, Lucinda Alice - Landscape heritage of Napa Valley: a riverfront park and trail design for
the city of Napa, California
Gadgil, Dipti Ajit - Sustainable water management in landscape architecture: a proposal for the
UIUC Hotel and Conference Center
Goel, Harsh - The Urban and Resident Landscapes in the Heritage Corridor of River Yamuna,
Agra, India: an attempt to restore the river's edge for the resident and tourist needs
Gowri, Swetha - An experiment in sustainable community design, Auroville, India
Hartman, Ellen R. - Savior City
Jung, Jihyung - A riparian landscape connecting the Sangamon Riverside with Allerton House
LeChien, Jay - Planning and design for the Mounds Heritage Trail
Mandal, Sarmistha - Conservation plan for South Ridge, New Delhi, India
Sajtar, Julie - The Bloomingdale Line: Emptiness and the Slow Horizon
As a culmination of master's level study and as a contribution to the field, each MLA student,
under the supervision of a committee, must pursue independently and in depth a work of
particular relevance for landscape architecture which will accomplish one or more of the
following goals:
Additional information and a PDF document of recent theses are available at the link to the
IDEALS repository. Information on finding older theses can be found at the CPLA library site.
2007 Theses
2006 Theses
Casanello Frisius, Daniela Nicole Brigitte - Therapeutic gardens at Teleton Rehabilitation Center
in Santiago, Chile: designing for children, family and staff
Fuenzalida, Gabriel Andrs - Effectiveness of loblolly and shortleaf pine as nurse trees for the
restoration of native forest landscapes in southern Illinois
Garcia, Carolina Eugenia - Preserving cultural landscapes in Mexico City: the case of Xochimilco
Ecological Park and Tezozomoc Park
McQuiggan, Kathleen - Shades of green: developing a LEED rating system for existing sites
Park, Jeong Yoon - Neighborhood park revitalization plan: Lincoln Park in south end
neighborhood, East St. Louis, IL
Stafford, Ruth Amy - Guidelines for designing and building sustainable landscapes: a model LEED
rating system for new site development
Wagner, Rebekah Ann - A study of institutions and the implementation of sustainability in the
campus landscape
2005 Theses
2004 Theses
Chang, Wan-Lian - Relating event to context: an earthquake park for the Capital Plaza, Taipei,
Taiwan
Kang, Sangjun - The effect of land use change to the Blackberry Creek Watershed, Illinois: a
model for functional landscape design evaluation in the watershed-HSPF
Lee, Sungkyung - Healing gardens creating accessible environments
Sharma, Yuthika - A new memorial landscape for India the Raj Ghat commemorative complex,
Delhi
Shih, Chia-Jung - The wandering garden for dementia: a design exploration of intervention for
wandering behavior
Zhang, Lifan - Garden identity in an era of globalization: contemporary practice and critical
discourse in China
2003 Theses
Anderson, Olin - Farm Buffers in the Public Eye: An evaluation of agricultural landscapes
Dancuart, Eileen - The weaving garden a site-specific museum for the Nasca Lines
Godbole, Nandita Lalit - Understanding user-dynamics in neighborhood parks in Bombay, India
Hoffman, Astrid Cecilia - Awakening the genius locus, sense of place in the edge of places
Hoffman, Michael William - Toward an experiential narrative
Leonard, Lorne Neil - Designing a virtual reality Nyungar Dreamtime
Nowakowski, Keith Gerard - The prairie-style landscape garden a landscape design for small
scale sites in Illinois
Sorensen, Kristen Terese - Effect of time spent in a hospital garden on satisfaction with hospital
care
Weaver, Megan Margaret - Expanding approaches to cultural landscapes: interpretation of
Swedish-American Bishop Hill, Illinois
Yu, Qiaojue - Gossip garden: a new People's Square for Shanghai, China
Zhang, Rui - Theme park as representations of culture: an interpretation of China showcase in
Walt Disney World
2001 Theses
Bhuthimethee, Tara - Thai Theravada Buddhist temples: the study of Thai Theravada Buddhist
cosmology in temple landscapes and the development of guidelines for designing Thai Buddhist
temples in the United States
George, Arun - Design guidelines for the Goshree Roadlink in Kochi, India
Katz, Sharon Itzhak - Jewish aesthetics of enclosed open space: image on nation. Imagination
Marlow, Christopher Michael - A computer tool for landform visualization
Mountz, Roberta Dawn Marie - The interpretation of natural and cultural resources along
Interstate 74 from Champaign to Peoria, Illinois
Nowakowski, Keith Gerard - The prairie-style landscape garden a landscape design for small
scale sites in Illinois
Schmidt, Martha Pedersen - Sacred landscapes, contemporary churches: using design prototypes
to create landscapes that encourage spiritual development
Strieter, Mark - A Memorial for the dust bowl: a technological-environmental disaster
Tomar, Nidhi - Representation of landscapes through media: an assessment of preferences for
realism and interactivity
Urban, James Patrick - Transforming the forgotten urban landscape: A development plan for
riverside north in St. Louis Missouri
2000 Theses
1999 Theses
Chavan, Abhijeet Shyam - Identifying suitable nesting habitat of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
(Picoides borealis)
Duwall, Lisa - Landscape attachment: an exploration into the emotional process
Ji, Ling - Planning a successful community-built playground project: case studies of three
accomplished projects in Illinois
Perkins, Gary - Inner-city neighborhood redevelopment master plan: a case study of the
Beardsley Park area in Champaign, Illinois
Shankar, Nupur - Influence of landscaping on building energy loads: a simulation exercise
Srivastava, Avinash - Sketch planning & design support systems: demonstrating their usefulness
through the development of HydroPedds
1998 Theses
DePooter, Stephen Frederick - Nature and neighbors: green spaces and social interactions in the
inner-city
Koenigs, Deanna - Computer assisted instruction as an effective addition to class room teaching
of runoff modeling
Samyn, Deborah Anne - The therapeutic garden for depression: a design exploration of
environmentally-influenced therapeutic effects
1997 Theses
Child, Mark Peter - Ecological and historical considerations in flood designs for the Embarras
River
Fleck-Tooze, Nichole - Evoking a sense of the natural history at historic Fort Sam Houston
Inoue, Misa - Sonic experience of a place
Lin, Tsai-lun - Image of an ethnic community: Chicago's Chinatown
Longenecker, Donald Lee - Comparing two methods of AutoCAD instruction
Mehra, Bharat - Mandala and the sacred landscape of traditional Hindu cities
More, Elizabeth Ann - The blue cornflower in downtown America
Shure, Marcy - Designing safe neighborhoods
Spafford, Anne McCombe - The prison landscape and the captive audience: is nature necessary
or amenity?
Timlin, Diane Marie - Should parks have standing? evaluating parks contribution to community
value with hedonic modeling
Umashankar, R - Landscaping for energy conservation: a quantitative modeling approach for
designers
Wetzel, Jennifer - The influence of environmentally sensitive golf course design on resort
course choice
1996 Theses
1995 Theses
Bacaicoa Lopez de Sabando, Magdalena - Tree planting and landscape maintenance: residents'
preference and sense of safety
Hale, Thomas Allen - Assessing landscape visual complexity and its relationship to perceived
scenic beauty
Hu, Jie - Modeling landscape changes through computers
Kim, Sung-Ho - Outdoor environment satisfaction: contributions of landscape design to multi-
family housing residents satisfaction
McKinley, Sheila Leigh - Rural autonomy: an exploration of the most important qualities
associated with living in the countryside
Olson, Amy Ellen - An investigation in values of rareness for two forest landscapes
Prabhu, Mona - Communicating effectively: evaluating the effectiveness of visual simulations
and readability standards in environmental impact statements
Talapatra, Vallari - Towards a more eco-sensitive habitat: a study of residents willingness to
manage their lake in two neighborhood lake communities
1994 Theses
Burt, Geoffrey Cleveland - Humboldt Park, Chicago: a case study of an ethnic urban landscape
Chaiputhi, Supawadee - Management of highway roadside landscapes: perceptions of highway
users
Chen, Chiu-Lin - The sojourner's perceptions of and satisfaction with housing in the United
States: a case study of Taiwanese students at the University of Illinois
Dvorak, Bruce David - Reading the margins: perceptions of East Central Illinois farmland
Frederickson, Karen Elizabeth - A GIS/hydrologic model interface for flood prediction and
assessment
Han, Ke-Tsung - Feng shui and landscape
Jackson, William Joseph - Evaluation and automation of the LESA system for Champaign County
Illinois
Keener, Minglan Cheung - Chicago's Chinatown: a case study of an ethnic neighborhood
Loechl, Paul Matthew - A GIS-wetland evaluation method interface for the rapid evaluation of
wetlands functions and values
Loechl, Suzanne F. Keith - Pioneer women and the prairies: impressions of a new land
Rasool, Saeeda - From private gardens to public parks: a study of transformation in landscape of
Lahore, Pakistan from seventeenth century till present
Raymund, Judi Ferrel - From barnyards to back yards: an exploration through adult memories
and children's narratives in search of an ideal playscape
Siewers, Helen Tyson - Site requirements for yard waste composting facilities: potential pesticide
fate on soils of Champaign County, Illinois
Travland, Kevin Lloyd - Design review: impressions of effectiveness a case study in Madison,
Wisconsin
1993 Theses
Raman, Deepa - The meaning and role of the Hindu temple in the United States
Uchiyama, Sadafumi - From high art to popular culture: the past three centuries of garden
making in Japan
1992 Theses
Bartlett, Timothy Alan - A comparison of Illinois municipal urban forestry program factors which
influence recovery of the urban forest following a natural disaster
Brooks, Thomas - Natural landscaping: a guide to creating natural-looking landscapes in the
prairie state
Culbertson, Joanne Dee - The role of ordering principles in design
Franzmann, Kristie Renel - An evaluation of interest and preference for landscape scenes using
an eye movement recorder
Pollowy, Timothy Richard - An endangered species investigation and recovery plan for the silvery
salamander (Ambystoma platineum) in Illinois
Poulsen, Christine Mae - Graphical user interfaces for geographic information systems
Radville, Dawn Marie - Landscape iconology: defining the role of symbolic imagery in landscape
design
Saleh, Lynn Patricia Hilchie - A model for revitalization of declining urban areas: a case study of
East St. Louis, Illinois
Tyson, Martha - The role of the outdoor environment in the care of older people with Alzheimer's
disease
1991 Theses
Edmonson, Kathryn Whiting - Eyesores or assets? how landscape architects, developers and
users perceive large parking lots
Qu, Ying - Chinese students perceptions of home and community in the United States: a case
study at the University of Illinois
Sayre, Anna Lynn - The belief-behavior connection: Predicting off-road cyclists compliance with
trail-use etiquette
1990 Theses
Cho, Phillip Sungmok - Through the eyes of visitors: an exploration of perceptions of the UIUC
campus
Darda, Jayashree - Landscape design guidelines for cave temples and monasteries in western
India
Fuesel, Paul Robert - A comparison between alternative design techniques for a residential
subdivision in central Indiana
Holmaas, Joanne - Software tools to create standardized maps using a computer aided drafting
program
LaPierre, Curtis - Regulatory protection of critical transitional areas within freshwater wetlands
ecosystems
Stuebe, Michelle Marie - Hydrologic modeling: a comparison of manual and geographic
information system methods
As a culmination of master's level study and as a contribution to the field, each MLA student,
under the supervision of a committee, must pursue independently and in depth a work of
particular relevance for landscape architecture which will accomplish one or more of the
following goals:
Additional information and a PDF document of recent theses are available at the link to the
IDEALS repository. Information on finding older theses can be found at the CPLA library site.
1989 Theses
Bergman, Lori Janette - Children, divorce and the residential outdoor environment
Blume-Weaver, Richard - Protecting stream corridor ecosystems of central Indiana through
disturbance mitigation
Kirk, Nana Lynn - Factors affecting perceptions of social safety in public open space
Messer, Gretchen Ann - Factors influencing freshwater wetland restoration and enhancement
success
Montarzino, Alicia - Fantastic architecture: beyond labels and kinks
Monte, Susan - An assessment of a theoretical framework of environmental preference
1988 Theses
Brong, Mary Louise - A comparative study of entrance design effects on zoo visitor attitude
Emmerling-Dinovo, Carol Anne - Urban stormwater quality management: vegetation in retention
basin design
Ferguson, David - Alternative agricultural patterns on the metropolitan fringe: GIS as a planning
technique to preserve agricultural lands
Haigh, Rebecca Ann - Patients perceptions of their environment while in a critical care hospital:
the role of plants and flowers
Hemp, Lawrence - Homeless emergency shelter: design and management recommendations for
the Salvation Army emergency shelter
Krohn, Alison - Is nature a plain or merely a plane: the Corbusian landscape 191545
Mateja, Doria Fay - Improving the office environment with plants
Sullivan, Robert Gerald - Methodological issues in visual simulation of road travel
Vernon, Christopher Duane - The Illinois way: Wilhelm Miller and the gospel of the Prairie
School
1987 Theses
Chin, Yangkyo - Residents perceptions of neighbors in two types of married student housing: an
empirical test of a conceptual model
Larson, Janet Rohlf - The visual and social effects of street width and presence of vehicles in
residential street environments
Makowski, Ellen Huening - Scenic parks and landscape values
Perkins, Nathan Holmes - Residents perceptions of vandalism, safety, and maintenance at four
St. Louis low income housing developments
Tapp, Ann Rawlings - Landscape traces of the Great Depression: the WPA in Illinois municipal
parks
1986 Theses
Bumstead, Richard Clark - The historical basis of Taos Plaza, New Mexico
Himelick, Kirk Joseph - Washington Park: meeting contemporary demands, preserving historic
integrity
Hoffman, Robin Ellen - Nurturing creativity in the introductory design studio for landscape
architects
Jaskula, Mary - Survey of visitor wayfinding at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Stewart, Elva Ruth - The story of Paradise: an investigation into mythology and the meaning of
landscape
1985 Theses
Brainerd, Karen Sue - Issues in the design and planning of the outdoor areas of residence halls
Edwards, Susan Jane - Symbolism and sentiment: a study of residential and community
commemorative landscapes
Morris, Alice Ruth - Back yard enclosures: perceptions and needs
1984 Theses
Doxas, George John - Cross-country skiers: identifying skier subgroups and evaluating
preferences on ski area attributes
Hobbs, Elizabeth Ann - Window-shopping: a study of the effect of storefront spatial
configuration on window-shopping behavior
Lee, Kyoo Seock - Estimating floodplains from DTM data for use with Landsat land cover
classification
1982 Theses
Bellinger, Michael Edward - Exploring rural folks understanding of the rural landscape
Benner, Marilyn Kay - Visual quality evaluations of a coastal landscape with oil and gas
development
Butterfield, Dorothy Whitmore - Outdoor spaces surrounding group homes for the
developmentally disabled adult
Carstens, Diane Yvonne - Design guidelines for exterior spaces: mid- to high-rise housing for
older people
Dan-Cohen, Meir - The urban park as an outdoor recreation area for the elderly
Mittelstaedt Warren, Lynn Marie - Park landscapes: leisure behavior and environmental setting
relationships
O'Donnell, Patricia Marie - Preservation of historic urban parks: a balance of historic integrity
and contemporary use
1981 Theses
Hebel, Susan Jane - The use of fallout cesium-137 to determine patterns of soil movement and
their implication for land management and water quality planning
Huening, Ellen Clare - Not just another pretty space: the design of the outdoors of a retirement
community based on user research
Kunst, Lisa Ann - The role of the landscape architect in historic preservation
1980 Theses
1979 Theses
Pinfold, Zara - An analysis of family life cycle phase groups as a basis for generating planning and
design goals for outdoor neighborhood leisure
1974 Theses
Callecod, Robert Louis - Play preferences of selected grade school children on varying types of
playground equipment
Horner, Wesley Winans - Wildlife and land planning: the spatial integration of wildlife into the
land planning process
Morse, Samuel Arthur - A proposed scheme for a national land classification code
1973 Theses
Liu, Herbert Gong - Learning and teaching plants and vegetation for landscape architects
Mezga, Duane Michael - A site level methodology for the assessment of environmental impacts
Moore, Alan Wesley - Environmental education as a basis for school site design
Rauhe, Warren John - Natural areas: their definition, description, and location on the landscape
1972 Theses
1971 Theses
Anthony, Steven Jeffrey - Potential natural vegetation as an indicator for land use
Berg, Dale Ray - The use of trees and shrubs in the control of vehicular traffic noise
Clements, Franklin Charles - An analysis of human needs as determinants for design in landscape
architecture
Johnson, Bruce Arthur - Recommendations regarding the application of the behavior setting unit
in the environmental design process
Moery, Edward Tim - A physical education environment for the trainable mentally retarded
Oh, Whee Young - Enumeration and analysis of picnic ground facilities in the Forest Preserve
District of Cook County, Illinois
Smith, Gerald Lee - The landscape of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois: a hypsographic review
1970 Theses
Baxter, John Golden - Site planning for sand and gravel operations
Fraser, William Eugene - Non-structural methods of floodplain management: identification,
evaluation, and selection
Geraci, Joseph Lester - An experimental process of involving people in creating environment
Harkness, Terence Gene - A landscape in evolution: the graphic history of Champaign and Piatt
Counties from 70,000 B.C. to A.D. 1860
Hutchings, Bruce Lyman - Airports and urban development integration through open space
organization
Pickels, George Herbert - Realizing the recreational potential of sand and gravel sites
Wiberg, Roderick Allen - Recreation and the urban poor: a literature survey and development of
design guidelines
Zolomij, Robert William - Guidelines for the design and location of transmission lines
1969 Theses
Barnes, Alton Anthony - Principles for site selection and design of automobile salvage yards
Belden, Carl Robert - Prairie establishment in human use areas
Curry, George Washington - Public housing: site development criteria for environmental
improvement
Goetz, Carl Ludwig - Design proposals for improving the environment within urban residential
rights-of-way
Westphal, Donald Charles - Designed flexibility for mobile home sites
1968 Theses
Budge, Vern Jensen - Landscape planning for water control in an urban environment
Conroy, Bruce John - Land use selection for sanitary landfill sites
DeTurk, Phillip Eugene - An introductory history of medieval castle gardens
Fuhriman, Jerry Woodrow - Landscape architectural design criteria for the elderly: an
exploratory study
Gerlach, Carl Frederick - The use of plant materials to modify climate in downtown Midwestern
cities
Plummer, Gerald Lewis - Survey and analysis techniques for predetermination of spoil residual in
potential strip-mine land
Porter, Joe Allen - Animation for visualization of architectural and landscape architectural
projects
1967 Theses
Godi, Donald Harry - Root environments for landscape planting in urban areas
Jensen, David Richard - Land use potentials and development of sand and gravel sites
Kotter, David Herman - Landscape design criteria for ski slope development
Walker, Theodore Delbert - Recording physiological perception in landscape architecture
1966 Theses
Johnson, Craig William - Practical operating procedures for progressive rehabilitation of sand
and gravel sites
Kuska, James John - The landscape development of a tributary watershed to extend the life of a
main stem reservoir
Lingo, Donald Scott - Landscape architectural planning and design analysis applied to potential
development of strip mined land in Central Illinois for recreation and park use
Pollock, James Walter - Application of landscape survey, planning and design techniques to
Midwestern marina developments
1965 Theses
Bauer, Anthony Matthew - Selective excavation of gravel deposits for land development
purposes
Hanchett, Craig Byron - Spatial form in landscape architecture
1964 Theses
Molnar, Donald Joseph - Physical design criteria for the landscape design of pre-school play
areas
Rutledge, Albert John - Application of selected esthetic principles in landscape design for the
Midwest prairie region
1963 Thesis
1962 Theses
Cain, Raymond Frederick - The landscape architectural approach to flexible golf course design
Longenecker, George William - Summer camp site development: the ecological base in site
selection, planning, and design
Nath, Deba Prasad - Limitations of the recreational use and landscape development of the flood
plain
Walker, Donald Lumsden - Tree planting design and timber production
1961 Thesis
Correy, Allan Dale - The identification of landscape perceptual values in evaluating recreation
potential in rural areas
1960 Theses
Brown, Charles Oliver - Land space and its relation to row housing
Datta, Krishan Lal - Bridges in relation to landscape; a study to evaluate the demands of
landscape elements and their relationship with the structural form of bridges
Dhar, Ranjit Kumar - An approach to regional landscape planning and design in Damodar Region,
India
Hazlett, Thomas Calvin - Applications of the modular concept in landscape architecture
1950 Thesis
Schuster, Charles Stephen - A landscape design for a major arboretum for central Illinois