Gsapp Portfolio by YILI GAO

PORTFOLIO

YILI

GAO

MSAUD

2014

GSAPP

contents

p / 04 Urban Design Studio I

RESILIENCE

Yili GAO

Lower Manhattan, New York

architect / urban designer jewelry designer brand co-founder boutique shop owner

p / 12 Urban Design Studio II

yg2344@columbia.edu yili.gao@gmail.com

East Harlem, New York +New Rochelle, NY

HEALTH

p / 22 Urban Design Studio III

DENSIFICATION

San Cristobal, Medellin, Colombia

ÂŠ YILI GAO / MSAUD 2014 / GSAPP

2013 SUMMER / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO I

“RESILIENCE” THE 5 BOROUGH STUDIO Lower Manhattan, New York City instructor / Kaja Kuehl, Tricia Martin design team / Sangyoon Kim, Yili Gao, Faisal Almogren, Ximing Chen

“THE LOOP“ ACTIVITY THROUGH CONNECTIVITY

The Loop improves Lower Manhattan’s resiliency, while triggering local activities and connecting the segmented sectors at the same time. Lower Manhattan is one of the most critical parts in New York City. It is not only the business center of the country, but also starting to develop residential neighborhoods as it is witnessing a rapid increase in the number of its inhabitants. This increase was not accompanied by necessary growth in services and amenities for both residents and tourist, seeing that it is also one of the biggest touristic destinations in New York. The area between Batter Park City, Battery Park and the business center is witnessing in addition to its vulnerability to natural occurrences, a huge gap in connection between different parts with different sets of users as well.

“The Loop” is an elevated, much needed, recreational local project that acts as an attraction point and connector in bringing these distanced parts together. It also helps in bridging the gap between different sets of users while providing the area with much needed services and amenities, which will improve the quality of life and real estate value of its surroundings. At the same time, during the natural disaster, it is also acting as the city’s drainage system and flood wall at the front line for a more resilient Lower Manhattan.

2013 SUMMER / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO I

source: A.T. Kearney Global Cities Index 2012

General Index

Economic Power

Political Power

New York

Washington D.C.

London

Seawall + Highway + Pier

Seawall + Highway + Lowrise Building

Seawall + Highway + Highrise Building

7 4

Seawall + Ferry Station

Paris Tokyo Hong Kong Los Angeles Chicago Seoul Brussels Washington D.C. Singapore Sydney Vienna Beijing Boston Toronto San Francisco Madrid Moscow Berlin

London

Tokyo Paris Hong Kong Chicago Singapore Shanghai Los Angeles Zürich Seoul Boston Beijing Washington D.C. Osaka Brussels Rhine-Ruhr Toronto Shenzhen

Singapore

New York Brussels Paris London Geneva Vienna Tokyo Beijing Rome Madrid Berlin

Hong Kong Shanghai

Seoul Tokyo

World Trade Center Progress

Castle Clinton National Monument

Moscow

New York Stock Exchange

Berlin London Brussels Paris

Madrid San Francisco Chicago Toronto Boston Los Angeles

World Financial Center

NEW YORK

Sydney

Brooklyn Bridge

Stockhom Seoul Moscow Maxico City New Delhi Cairo Copenhagen

Buenos Aires

Statue Of Liberty

10,000km

Ellis Island Battery Park

Shanghai Buenos Aires Frankfurt Barcelona Zürich Amsterdam Stockhom Rome Dubai

Trinity Church

NY Vietnam Veterans Memorial 20,000km

Basements as Bathtubs

Hurricane Sandy

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Tunnels as Water Pipes

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Subway as Water Passage flooded

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Lower Manhattan Coastal Edge Sections

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URBAN MORPHOLOGY Flooded Subway Lines & Stations

URBAN POLLUTION

ATTRACTIONS

USERS

TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE

AMENITIES

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Scenario A

Scenario B

2013 SUMMER / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO I

INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM STUDY - ECOSYSTEM

1 2 3

NEW YORK RESILIENCY SYSTEM

OF YOUR SYSTEM.

HABITAT & ECOSYSTEM IN NEW YORK SOIL TYPES Pavement Building Complex Beach Complex Loam Loamy Sand Peat Sand Sandy Loam Water

STORMWATER

Tertiary Vegetation: A roof of interlocking tiles of the permanent canopy.

Superfund Program Expenditures

The storm shutter. Secondary Vegetation:

incipient beach berm dune

Primary Vegetation: The foundation - gives stability to build on.

11hours Humidity (%)

10%

Imagining Future Scenario

Number of recorded storms affecting NY Temperature (°F) Population Ocean temperature (°F) Sunshine (hours)

22% Management + Administration

75mm

81°F 75%

15% Removal

38°F

70%

74°F

Imagining Future Scenario

Remedial 31%

Enforcement 15%

superfund brownfield

WINTER

As wind is deflected over the vegetation, sand is trapped on incipient or frontal dune.

AUTUMN

hind dunes

110mm

SUMMER

Rainfall (mm)

foredune

SPRING

Imagining Future Scenario

Other

Dune wall provides lateral shelter

Response support 7%

14 Sandy H. 2012 53 deaths

5hours

New England H. 1938 60 deaths

38°F

JAN

Norkolk H. 1821 17 deaths FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

5hours

Edna H. 1954 29 deaths

55%

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

43°F

Five H. 1894 10 deaths

OCT

NOV

DIC

2013 SUMMER / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO I

PARK SURFACE FINGERS & BRIDGES AMPHITHEATER

EXISTING CONDITION

STORM WATER

R N 5 4

NEW PROGRAMS

R N

CANAL

PARK

DIGITAL EXHIBIT GALLERY FOOD & BEVERAGE

PROPOSAL (PARK + CANAL)

FACILITIES

CANAL PARK

GARAGE BUILDING

MAJOR ROADS

SUBWAY LINES

TUNNELS

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC

CANAL / PROMENADE RETAINING WALL NEW PROPOSED ROAD CONNECTION RAMP / PAVING ENTRY PLAZA

PROPOSED PLAN

ELEVATED PARK / SUNKEN CANAL

CANAL PARK

PEELING "THE LAYERS"

EXISTING LONGITUDINAL SECTION CANAL PARK

BATTERY PARK CITY

TO SITE

CREATING "CONNECTION"

CANAL PARK

PROPOSED LONGITUDINAL SECTION

CONCEPT

CREATING "THE LOOP"

2013 FALL / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II

“HEALTH” THE REGIONAL STUDIO East Harlem, New York City & New Rochelle, NY instructor / Skye Duncan, Justin Moore design team / Daniela Jacome, Yili Gao, Zahraa Alwash, Hanisha Dandamudi, Ximing Chen

RE-ORIENTING THE LONG ISLAND SOUND WATER AS AN ACTIVATOR

Given that New Rochelle and East Harlem belong to the same ecological path, the Long Island Sound, a major estuary in the country, and its tributary, the East River. Our proposal is to engage their major asset, the waterfront, as a gate for Healthy Development, which means a balance in ecological, economic and social practices. Along the increasing investment on new “working-living” communities on the waterfront (Stamford, Willet Point, Hunters Point, Queens Water, etc.), our proposal sets a framework for a complementary growth on the region, based on a healthy flow of water, as a major opportunity for growth.

2013 FALL / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF POLLUTION ARE RUN OFF + UNTREATED SEWAGE DISCGARGE

Food & Beverage Marina Service

Young Middle School

Terraced Wetland

Hospital Terraced Wetland

UPPER EAST RIVER

FREQUENCY OF HY POXIA IN BOTTOM WATERS

HIGH TO LOW FREQUENCY OF HYPOXIA LEVELSIN BOTTOM WATER

0–10%

PAWS PLACE DOG PARK WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

90–100%

1950

1970

1980

2000

2010

POPULATION GROWTH ALONG THE WATERSHED IN THE LONG ISLAND SOUND

PINE PK DR

WEEKDAY NURSERY SCHOOL

VALUE OF THE GOLDEN COAST +WATER FRONT DEVELOPEMNT

MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTURE

CONNECTICUT

David’s Island

FOREST AVE

27 WESTCHESTER

OVERALL PLAN

NEW ROCHELLE TENNIS CLUB

$ 5 BILLION

REVENUE FROM RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

ACTIVE HUB New Bus Line

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

BEECHMONT DR

NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL

FLOWERS PARK

IONA COLLEGE

Commercial / F&B

HOMEGOODS

COLIGNI AVE SHOPPING HUB QN | BX

LONG ISLAND SOUND

MAIN ST / STONELEA PL

ECHO BAY

NEW ROCHELLE as a Regional Recreational Hub

SOCIAL INTERACTION

OPEN SPACE | PROTECTION | PROGRAM

10M 1,000

750

500

250

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Long Island Sound Coastal Area Protected as Open Space (CT & NY)

REFERENCES STUDY MADE BY CONNECTICUT UNIVERSITY LIS WATERSHED RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN SOUND ACTIVITIES IN SUMMER 2006, BY REGION

- Network of Bioswales that direct surface water to upland retention pond. - Waterfront wetland as flood protection and storm water filtration system. - Active public spaces on the waterfront. - Wild life habitat (Davenport Park and David’s Island). - Strengthening the public accessibility through Bus routes, Bike paths, Ferry line connections.

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Dry Marina / School of Sailing

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RAILWAY STN

$150 M

Commercial / Retail / F&B + Viewing Deck

Water Feature w/ Seasonal Programs

NEW ROCHELLE CITY COURT

PUBLIC INVESTMENT ON WATERFRONT

CULTURAL HUB

Bird Sanctuary

ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOL

VAN METERS FENS

QUAKER RIDGE SHOPPING CENTER

0M 1900

Wetland

NATURAL HUB

Ma s s a chus et t s

1850

Glen Island

24 1800

On Water Performance

Marina

BLIND ATTEMPT UNDERSTANDING NEW ROCHELLE

WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND

Marina

Resort / Thermal Spa Bath

Terraced Wetland

0.3% -5% 5.1% -10% 10.1% - 15% 15.1% - 20% 20.1% - 25% 25.1% - 28.7%

Terraced Wetland

Trinity Elementary School

IMPERVIOUS COVER BY BASIN

Performing Art Center

College of New Rochelle

proposed ferry line proposed bus line proposed bicycle route visual connection waterfront walkway

Ferry Station

Operable Bridge

Light House

ZOOM IN PLAN OF CULTURAL HUB

- Bus Line - Bike Lane - South Boulevard new walkable-bikable road section

SECTION A-A

2013 FALL / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II

Large Scale

Multi-media Light Show Boat Show

Middle Scale Marina Live Concert Graduation Ceremony

MARINA AREA IN SUMMER

Small Scale

Outdoor Fashion Show Gala Dinner New Model Boat Launching Event

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MARINA

MARINA AREA IN WINTER

2013 FALL / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II

ONE DAY IN EAST HARLEM

More FAST FOOD restaurants in the neighborhood EAST HARLEM 26%

Fewer Green Markets / Supermarkets (with fresh produce sector)

EAST HARLEM

WHAT ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR AN ORDINARY INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN EAST HARLEM?

UPPER EAST SIDE

East Harlem Esplanade: Cut off be the heavy traffic, noise and emissions of the FDR

3% 20%

UPPER EAST SIDE

of all bodegas offer leafy green vegetables

“Sun Light”

“Fresh Air”

North-West Orientation

50% Fixed Window 25% A/C 25% “Fresh Air”

to Healthy Food in Grocers

6 FARMER’S MARKETS

UNHEALTHY FOOD

90% of FOOD SUPPLY for bodegas come directly from HUNT’S POINT FRESH??

FREE FOOD PROGRAM

In Most BODEGAS

are held

No Farmer’s Market in 7 months / yr

BODEGA

2 of which in the north

GROSS INCOME < $27,500 *Household of 4 people

Max Amount of Benefits $668 *Household of 4 people, based on income

ELIGIBILITY determined by federal poverty gauge

“Quantity - not Quality”

Each location opens

Doesn’t account for

NYC’s High Living Cost

Once a week, 2 hrs per time, During Working Hours

WHAT IS NEEDED FOR APPLICATION finger-prints requirement face-to-face interview telephone certification long period time between application & receipt re-certification every 6 months

Inaccessibility

CROSS VENTILATION ADEQUATE LIGHTING TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR FRESH FOOD

only from JULY to NOVEMBER

FOOD STAMPS PROGRAM

REGULATORY AGENCY CONDUCTING REGULAR VISITS ENFORCEABLE STANDARD VOLUNTEER STAFFING LIMITED BUDGET -- half of the programs spent less than $17,500/yr

Unhealthy Food

Inaccessibility

LARGE FOOD PROCESSORS WHOLESALE GROCERS

Unhealthy Food

of all restaurants are fast food ones

GREEN CARTS don’t come out in bad weather

HEALTHY FOOD

Usually donated by or

to the Programs

Uninviting Shopping Experience

Long Procedure

Buying THE CHEAPEST FOOD Local bodegas / grocers have to offer

don’t accept FOOD STAMPS

Unhealthy Food

“FREE” Food?

31 YR OLD

REZONING

$ 34,379*

70% Regular Housing

COMMUTE TIME

RAILWAY

30% Affordable Housing BODEGA

PUBLIC HOUSING $842,000

PLAYGROUND

2ND AVENUE

COMMUNITY PARK NYCHA open space: Fenced off - Inaccessible to the public.

2.5M

$799,000 LISTING PRICE

90% of food supply for bodegas are from Hunt’s Point.

SUBWAY LEXINGTON AV

R8A REZONING

WHAT ABOUT?

Incentives For Private Investors [Infill Program + Rezoning]

$658,000

* Home Price Map by TULIA

$472,000 © YILI GAO / MSAUD 2014 / GSAPP

$391,000

1.3M

799K

300ft

675K

590K

485K

$250,000

300ft

438K

120ft

40 0

SECTION THROUGH BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD AVE

BODEGAS

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME 2013

100

LOW

103

110

113

116

120

125

HIGH

2013 FALL / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II

OVERALL PLAN

PROPOSED WATERFRONT

Green EAST HARLEM -Bioswales along the impervious pathways. -Detention tanks, Wetlands CSO treatment. -Strengthening connectivity from inland to the waterfront bike and pedestrian paths. -Activate Ferry line with surrounding hubs (Astoria, Hallet Point, and Randall’s Island).

2014 SPRING / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO III

“DENSIFICATION” THE GLOBAL STUDIO San Cristobal, Medellin, Colombia instructor / Richard Plunz, Michael Conard, Kate Orff design team / Fan Wang, Madhini Prathaban, Yili Gao, Hanisha Dandamudi

Backyard Farm

Food-Cart Mule Spot Pick-up Mule Route

Edible Schoolyard

Large Farm

Pilot Food Processing Block

FOOD ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT A DENSIFICATION THROUGH INTENSIFICATION

Food Processing Unit

Food Hub

San Cristobal’s future identity lies in its historical agriculture and rural lifestyle. It has the potential to become the food destination of Medellin but is held back by increased food miles and rural food insecurity. Our project proposes for an intensification of the food network - production, processing, marketing, distribution and recycling - through a series of symbiotic intensifiers which will help defend its agricultural identity, rural lifestyle and establish food sovereignty. The intensifiers plug on to the brick factory, housing and the school and guide the densification pattern of San Cristobal. Farming in San Cristobal exists in 3 scales - kitchen gardening, backyard space farming and large scale commercial farms. Over 3/4th population of San Cristobal & its economy is dependent on agriculture and agro-based activities. We find a threat to the village lifestyle of the people of San Cristobal from the new urban developments. Symbiotic intensifier plugs into existing infrastructure at every phase of the food life cycle. Initially, the existing soil conditions at a community scale are remediated by incorporating rainwater harvesting infrastructure and composting pits in houses. After soil remediation edible schoolyards workshops at the school train residents organic farming. In the later phases processing units are introduced into the neighborhood to enable conversion of fresh produce into agro based products. The products from these backyard farms can be retailed in the farmers markets in the proposed Food Hub. The existing brick factory is repurposed to accommodate the food hub which facilitates wholesale & retail,marketing & distribution from the large commercial farms & the proposed backyard farms respectively. These intensifiers also function as regulators of future density & lifestyle patterns. With a strong food network, we hope to guide the future densification of San Cristobal which is uniquely rooted in its agriculture based lifestyle.

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67%

of San Cristobal’s Population Depend on Agriculture

Food travels for Days

5~7

Central Mayorista Medellin N

38%

of Medellin’s Food Consumption Depend on San Cristobal

Social Housing

87.63%

of Activities Classiﬁed as Agricultural Activities

Government proposed Food Hub Celery Commercial Farms

Legend of Slope

SLOPE AND AGRICULTURE LAND

0º

Instituto Educativo

45º

Commercial Corridor Bibliotheca Farms

San Cristobal’s identity lies in agriculture. Analyzing the land cover of San Cristobal, we discover a high dependency on agriculture activities while the existing agricultural land is facing challenges of urbanization. Local residents are competing agricultural lands with highways, urban infringe ie. social housing, informal settlements etc. The topography creates another challenge for local residents. Analyzing the slope and infrastructure of San Cristobal, the settlement pattern tends to follow the relative flat topography. EXISTING LIFESTYLE © YILI GAO / MSAUD 2014 / GSAPP

While the economic status of local residents restricts their access to trucks and pickups for harvesting and transporting agricultural produce, they are using mules to move materials and supply up and down the slopes. Looking at Antioquia, San Cristobal is a passerby community between Santa Fe , Medellin and Rio Negro. San Cristobal was established before Medellin as a mining community and then gained an agricultural identity after mining was deemed illegal. For the past 200 years, the major lifestyle determining occupation has been agriculture.

Lettuce

Cabacera San Cristobal

Cabacera - rural food insecurity

Highway Onion

Brick Factory Pollution

Palmitas

Santa Fe Dabeiba Chigorodo

Cilantro

Uraba

1) a threat to the rural lifestyle because of subsistence farming, full time farmers are forced to shift their occupation to part time farming and part time jobs in Medellin.

population dependent on agriculture. Due to food inaccessibility 70% of rural Medellin is facing food insecurity. due to food inaccessibility 70% of rural Medellin is facing food insecurity.

2) Food inaccessibility is a major problem in this rural township which produces 38% of Medellin’s food, 85% of its economy from agriculture,70% of

3) The Central Mayorista of Medellin is a monopoly in distribution of food across urban and rural Medellin. So wholesalers take the fresh produce to Medellin

Market for auction with higher profits. Large commercial farms and smaller wholesalers make multiple trips along the highway. Smaller vendors buy the produce from Medellin Market and bring it back to San Cristobal’s commercial street. This entire food travel takes 5-7 days during which the food quality is compromised.

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After looking at the existing issues, we start to build a methodology of food life cycle to see what is missing, what can be further strengthened and what might be the opportunity to intervene in order to strengthen its identity as a food center through stages of production, processing, marketing, distribution and recycle. From a timeline-wise perspective, instead of doing superimposed program

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local stores sell local food

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from the very beginning, we introduced the idea of intensifiers which is essentially a series of symbiotic interventions. The intensifiers manifested in San Cristobal at three strategic locations. By understanding the land cover of San Cristobal, we start to implement symbiotic programs centered around food for the sites. The

THROUGH

TIMELINE 2015 ~ 2030

brick factory with closest proximity to the highway allows for repurpose to a regional distribution center. The school allows for training local residents and their children to have sufficient knowledge of agriculture while the backyards and housing allows for a productive agricultural life where the residents can grow and sell their produce to support their lives. These programs are manifested in different phases.

FOOD HUB REGIONAL INTENSIFIER Restaurants Farmers Market

SPATIALIZATION OF THREE INTENSIFIERS

Retail Market

Proposed fabric Repurposed Building Existing Fabric Processing units Kitchen gardens & Backyard farming

2014 SPRING / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO III

Food Hub Intensifier The proposed Food hub of San Cristobal caters to the five corregimientos of Medellin .The programs include a Wholesale distribution center ,which assists the farmers in the five corregimientos in grading and auction their produce,giving them a voice and eliminating the middle man .The Distribution also facilitates storage areas for the farmers to store their produce in a controlled environment ,thus by not compromising on the quality. The retail market encourages the local and regional farmers and entrepreneurs. The location of the site near the highway provides accessibility to the producers and consumers. The retail market and multi purpose areas encourage the community to utilize the site and become a part it. Housing + Processing Pilot Block Intensifier We explore the potential of leftover spaces of courtyard cluster blocks to serve as backyard farm. Food processing can also be integrated into these blocks to provide residents with job opportunities and direct

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Local Retail Shops

By inserting infrastructure modules into existing light wells to support farming practice within the block. Residents can do DIY composting, rainwater collecting and filtering. Proposed food processing unit are located facing the street where pick-up mule carts will collect the processed or extra fresh produce and take them to Food Hub, food retailers and neighborhoods with fewer food stores. Through this systematic proposal, both fresh produce and organic waste within this one block can be worked out as a closed loop. Backyard to table, organic waste management, living/working shortcuts and less carbon-footprint lifestyle can be implemented into San Cristobalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neighborhoods. We are opening up the inner yard to the community to create a porous yet continuous urban form. The processing unit, water collection and composting will incorporate in the new pattern so that the agriculture

Farmers Market

lands in the backyard can contribute to the lifestyle by providing fresh food and economic support.

FOOD HUB

Edible Schoolyard Intensifier Incorporating the 2300 students of the high school, the 1st phase of intervention has the workspace which can multifunction for field crop learning workshops & vocational agro skill training to be included into school curriculum & as eating space for kids during lunch. Farmers from the township will be invited by the NGOs to teach kids. Nursery gardens help imbibe the rural identity in the next generation citizens. This will lead to the herbarium which has the gene seed bank & research facility that encourages organic food production. The workspaces will lead to community kitchen which has parents & chefs training kids and visitors to cook organic food. In this way, the edible school yard intensifier will inculcate rural lifestyle into the kids by brining in farmers and parents. Engaging with farmer cooperatives will induce interest in the kids to take up farming and food research as future career options.

Retail Market

Corregimento de San Cristobal

producir subasta

C Auction Center

food accessibility.

WHOLESALE MARKET

Storage Space

Organic waste collection Pedestrian Pathway

Restaurants & Drive-inâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Parking

West Tunnel Highway

2014 SPRING / URBAN DESIGN STUDIO III

PILOT PRODUCTIVE BLOCK

EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD

Instituci贸n Educativa Community Kitchen

Field Crop Learning

Agro Skill Training Herbarium

Nursery

Food Distribution Center Food Retailers

Fresh Produce

Neighborhoods with Fewer Food Stores

Cafe

Fresh Produce

Spill over Eating space Institucion Educativa San Cristobal

Roof Gardening Pick-up Mule

Workshop Retail

Agro Skill Training

Workshop Rain Water Collecting

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Workshop

Herbarium

Nursery

Field Crop Learning Life Sciences Laboratory

Community Kitchen

Irrigation Rain Water Filtration

Gathering Area Eating Space

Water Tank Compost Bin

Compost Tea

Kitchen Soil Quality Improvement

Solid Waste

Compost Tea

Recycling

EduTours