Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Mike Everts; Tad Bradley (co-chair)Evans, Meaghan Terese2013-06-252013-06-252009https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/1238This Thesis reinforces the natural characteristics in the zone of civilization's periphery and reverses the negative human impact on the natural world by developing a controlled experiential interaction between people and their environment. Explorations in spatial overlap, flexibility, and human activities resulted in three installations that define architectural space as a dynamic relationship between the human lifestyle, the dwelling unit, and its environment.enForest managementThesisCopyright 2009 by Meaghan Terese Evans