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The Agricultural Shed; Redefined
The Great Plains, US
2021 / Academic
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Architectural Design Studio 408
Professors:
Adam Framptom
Karolina Czeczek
In Collaboration With:
Andrea De Haro
Neha Tummalapalli
Our critique on modern farming practices lead us to look into a future of sustainable farming practices in a region plagued by environmental degradation. This project aims to identify issues with mass production and find other means that simultaneously help the environment while maintaining crop yields. The Great Plains is an area in the US that is and will face extreme droughts with the increasing rate of climate change. The design proposes to implement ICLS farming (Integrated crop and livestock systems) onto previous sites of mass production. ICLS uses premises of livestock and crop diversity to manage more sustainable farming practices that could begin replacing modern farming techniques. The main idea becoming that the animal, the crop, and the soil are all interconnected and equally important in outputs and farming strategies.
ICLS Process
Grazing Techniques
Seasonal Rotation between Crop and Livestock Systems
Hay Insulation
