Plans at 10' and 20', The Contained Figure.Plan A, Sheared Intersection, cut at 25 feet. Plan. Axonometric, intersection of farming and housing. Axonometric, reprogramed factory walls. Axonometric, suspended housing. Vertical section cut across framing axis. Vertical section cut through housing axis. Vertical section cut parallel to operable farm wall and through housing.
Abstract
This experimental farm was conceived as an east-west cut through the earth of Brooklyn. It is an institute for the research of exotic, non-indigenous farming within the city.
Title
Urban Farm
Author
Gil, Alexander
Course
Design III
Academic Year
1998–99
Semester
Spring
Faculty
Bone, Kevin
Candido, Anthony
Fouser, Todd
Jorsling, Reuben
Otterbine, Christopher
Problem Type
Urban Farm
Program Types
Farm
Architectural Elements
plane; stairs; spiral stairs; cutout
Site
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Photographer
Pro-Lab
Subjects
Agriculture
Urban agriculture
Horticulture
Density
Food consumption
Energy consumption
scale (relative size)
Rights
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