Modern homestead : the elemental farmer and the subversion of the agrarian grid
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Author(s)
Phillips, Adele D
Advisor(s)
J. Meejin Yoon.
Alternative Title
Elemental farmer and the subversion of the agrarian grid
Date Issued
2009
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
America's Heartland is nearing a state of cardiac arrest. The practice of Industrial agriculture has caused the Central Plains to fail not only environmentally, but socially and economically as well. The problem is not an intrinsically architectural one; but can design, through its practice of rethinking relationships, provide a solution? This thesis is situated on the boundary between Jeffersonian ideals and those of Sustainability. It proposes a linear architecture of synthesis. The final design is a farming infrastructure with the sole purpose of harvesting 'atmospheric crops' such as wind energy, fog, dew and precipitation. Furthermore, new type of farmer is introduced: the Elemental Farmer. His products are precious commodities, and his territory is not bounded by The Grid.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2009.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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