reMEADiation Pollinator Discovery Center & Biodiversity Research Facility at Bartram’s Garden
Mia Rosensaft
Drexel University
Kelly Vresilovic
Michael Pearson Finalist
2018
SCHUYLKILL RIVER TRAIL
CALIFORNIA
SCHUYLKILL CROSSING
MEADOW INTERVENTION
SCHUYLKILL CROSSING
VIEW FROM THE DOCKS AT BARTRAM’S GARDEN 2
SITE PHOTOGRAPHY
BARTRAM’S GARDEN
HO
ME
PA
PENNSYLVANIA
AIL CALIFORNIA
GEORGIA
FL
REACHES 15 STATES CONNECTS 450 CITIES EXTENDS 3,000 MILES
NATIVE POLLINATOR DENSTIY UNNATURAL MIGRATION
NATURAL MIGRATION
MOST
LEAST
ON
EN
HONEY BEE FATALITY
PESTICIDE USAGE
NATIONAL POLLINATOR SHIPMENTS
IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM & HOW TO FIND A SOLUTION
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SECTION - INTERFAITH AUDITORIUM
FENESTRATION DIAGRAM
PROJECT NAME
PROJECT NAME
Ford Calumet Environmental Center
Grace Farms
DESIGNERS
DESIGNERS
STUDIO GANG (NYC & Chicago)
SANAA & OLIN
LOCATION
LOCATION
Chicago, IL
New Canaan, CT
SIZE
SIZE
28,000 sq ft 4
RECEDENT STUDIES
83,000 sq ft
SECTION - LIBRARY & MEETING
SECTION - COMMUNITY
reMEADiation Pollinator Discovery Center & Biodiversity Research Facility at Bartram’s Garden
Can architecture act as a mediator between the built environment and existing ecosystems within an urban context to instill appreciation and awareness for natural systems, native pollinators and biodiversity.
agricultural framework
biophilic adaption
remediative architecture
THESIS STATEMENT
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Architecture as a mediator
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provide
provide
SHELTER
ACCESS
achieve
achieve
SAFETY
AWARENESS
provide
provide
VISIBILITY
CONNECTIVITY
achieve
achieve
INTEREST
COMMUNITY
SECTIONAL & SITE EXPLORATION
PROGRESS SKETCHES & SCHEMATIC DEVELOPM
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DISCOVERY
CULTURAL
ECOLOGY
OUTREACH
SUPPORT
CONSER-
2,775 FT
4,100 FT
18% 14,750 FT2
28% 14,750 FT2
2
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PROGRAMMATIC ANALYSIS
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3,475 FT
2
24% 14,750 FT2
2,500 FT
2
17% 14,750 FT2
1,900 FT2 13% 14,750 FT2
honey bee apis
hummingbird trochilidae
butterϐlies rhopalocera
bats chiroptera
14 - DAY DRY 280,000 gal
FOILAGE
DAILY DEMAND 20,700 gal WATER DEMAND
PLANTING MEDIUM
WATER PROOF INSULATION
35
10 FT
DRAIN LAYER
FT
108 FT CISTERN SIZING
WATER CONSUMPTION
ROOF DECK CEILING INTERIOR
GREEN ROOF
VEGETATIVE ORGANIZATION 9
SCHUYLKILL RIVER
BOTANICAL CORRIDOR, PLAN CREATTING A SAFE HAVEN FOR POLLINATORS
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SITE PLAN & CANOPY INTERVENTIONS
POLLINATOR APPROACH
FENESTRATION DIAGRAM
CANOPY UNDULATING MOVEMENT
AVIARY REPELLENENT SCREEN
GRAM
N
CANOPY SPATIAL PROGRAMMING, ELEVATION SEMI-ENCLOSED INDOOR / OUTSIDE SPACES
CANOPY NEST FRAMING, ELEVATION HEXAGONAL BIRDS NEST FRAME FRAME
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS & PLANTING
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FEEDBACK: After the midreview, I found that creating 3 sepatate structures was more aligned with my concept of remediation, specifically the spaces between the building. Moving forward I looked at the adaptive properties of the honey comb to create a campus planning guide where the grid apapts to the landscape depending on the topography, similar to how bees form their “buildings�.
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MID-REVIEW FEEDBACK
HEXAGONAL GRID
CIRCULATION
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
PLANTING DIAGRAM
VIEWS
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
DEVELOPMENT
INTERCONNECTED PATHWAYS
was aces prope the ar to
DEVELOPMENT DIAGRAMS
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN 14
FLOOR PLANS
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SOLIDAGO golden rod
36” - 48” late summer - late fall normal / clay bees & butterÁies
PENSTEMON beardtongue
24” - 30”
CARBONIZED WOOD, SHIYO IN
KAVA ARCHITECTS - DENMARK
late spring - mid summer normal bees, butterÁies & hummingbirds
ASCLEPIAS butterÁy weed
18” - 24” early summer - early fall normal / sandy bees, butterÁies & hummingbirds
WISSAHICKON SCHIST
BUCHANAN - CASA LINDER
ASTER purple dome
18” late summer - late fall normal / clay bees & butterÁies
CORTEN STEEL
BUCHANAN - CASA LINDER
MASONRY WALL
EDEN PROJECT BEE BRICK
MATERIALS & PLANTING
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A2
CORTEN STEEL WRAPPING
A3
REINFORCED CONCRETE
WIDE FLANGE STEEL
AUDITORIUM
WOOD GIRT SYSTEM
A2
SECTION D1
SECTION A1
CANOPY DETAIL
AUDITORIUM CROSS SECTION
SEC
EDU
WOOD SHEATHING VAPOR BARRIER CONT. RIGID INSULATION
A1
AUDITORIUM
LOBBY OFFICE PILE CAP
MICRO PILES
SECTION A2 AUDITORIUM LONGITUDINAL SECTION
A1
SECTION A3 WALL SECTION
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SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
SEC
RESE
B2
B1
LOUNGE
CLASSROOM
EEL
WORKSHOP LOUNGE
CAFE
CAFE
GIFT SHOP
TEM
SECTION B1
B2
B1
SECOND FLOOR PLAN, @45’
EDUCATIONAL CROSS SECTION
SCALE: 1/16” = 1’
NG
ULATION
C2
C1
CONSERVATORY
SECTION C1 RESEARCH CROSS SECTION
C2
AB
INSECTARY
LAB
EXHIBITION
SECTION C2
CONSERVATORY
C1
RESEARCH LONGITUDINAL SECTION
SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
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VIEW TOWARDS THE
APPROACH 18
RENDERINGS
MEADERY
CITY
CONSERVATORY
CITY
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VIEW FROM THE
MEADOW
CANOPY BARTRAM’S B AR TRAM’S
VIEW OF V EW VIEW VI W TOWARDS TO OWAR OW ARRD DS S THE
RENDERINGS
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VIEW TOWARDS THE
WATER
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RENDERINGS
GARDEN
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Thesis has been such a rewarding experience and I feel honored to have been recognized as Michael Pearson Prize finalist this year. reMEADiation is a fitting closing chapter to my Drexel career because this project truly was a culmination of all my architectural experiences paired with a cause near and dear to my heart. Creating architecture that acts as a mediator is a concept that should should not be limited to agricultural pockets in industrial areas. My hope for this project is that it encourages others to ultilize architecture as a creative solution to remediate our attitudes on bringing the landscape, people and communities together. I would also like to give a special thanks to my advisor Kelly Vresilovic. I feel very fortunate to have been paired in a section with an advisor as determined to seeing my project coming to fruition as Kelly. Kelly guided all of the students in her section with boundless encouragment and optimism through out this process. My project would not have been the same without Kelly or the other students comments in my section.
MODEL PHOTOGRAPHY & FINAL THOUGHTS
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