edible city (book two)

edible city book 2

: a productive urban landscape and food logistics hub in dujiangyan, sichuan, china

jack thomas

regenerative design thesis studio 2012 university of oregon, portland dr. hajo neis

table of contents

concept...................................................................................01 context....................................................................................03 urban......................................................................................05 program....................................................................................09 building..................................................................................11 tectonics...................................................................................19 . contact...................................................................................25

why?

concept

A G R I C U L T U R E A R C H I T E C T U R E

China’s western province of Sichuan, rocked by the devastating Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, is undergoing large scale transformation, giving testimony to China’s speedy, often “devil-may-care” attitude regarding urban and rural development.

Dujiangyan,

neighbor to Sichuan’s largest city of Chengdu, is a city with a stunning landscape which, despite centuries of urban growth, has continued to seep into the urban fabric. This project is an attempt to help stabilize a rapidly changing landscape through blurring

the lines between urban and rural, both physically and culturally. In sum, Edible City is about food security, regeneration, urban agriculture, and strengthening a Chinese community through food.

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02

context W

E

beijing

XINJIANG QINGHAI

shanghai lhasa

TIBET

chengdu

hong kong

china 03

T I B E TA N AUTONOMOUS REGION

dujiangyan

chengdu

CHENGDU PLAIN

sichuan 04

urban 5

6

1

2

8

3 11

9

10

dujiangyan

4

1

food hub & market hall

2

plaza

3

nan bridge

4

min river

5

dujiangyan weir rec. area

6

phase one mixed use

7

phase two mixed use

8

sichuan university research farm

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(existing) river promenade

10

(existing) residential

11

(existing) commercial

post-Wenchuan quake (2008)

redevelopment (2010)

06

都 江堰 du city

jiang

yan

river flood

07

viable crops

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building program (quantitative)

MARKET HALL

23%

23,000 S.F.

RESTAURANT/VENDORS

10%

10,000 S.F.

PROCESSING / PACKING / DISTRIBUTION FACILITY

16%

16,000 S.F.

LOADING DOCK

6%

6,000 S.F.

OFFICES

8%

8,000 S.F

RESTROOMS

3%

3,000 S.F.

CLASSROOMS

8%

8,000 S.F.

MEETING ROOMS

11%

11,000 S.F.

CIRCULATION

9%

9,000 S.F.

SERVICE

6%

6,000 S.F.

100,000 S.F.

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adjacencies

housing

distribution

market hall

vendors

food logistics

multipurpose urban ag. (emergent)

urban agric.

square

square

10

rooms service circulation

building

cultural links and thresholds

manipulating landscape

porous space 11

ground floor 1/64� : 1’

b

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4

4

5 9

5

4 9

13 1 a 2 12

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8

5 5 11

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12

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14

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12

1

market hall

2

event room

3

classroom

4

meeting room

5

WC

6

lobby

7

food processing/sorting

8

loading

9

storage

10

lab

11

office

12

janitorial

13

mechanical

14

terrace

2

3

4 10

10

10 3

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3

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11 4

4 3

3

14 4

4 11

13

3

4

2

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fourth floor pavilion as an event space

14

the edible city begins at the food hub

15

the bustling chinese marketplace

16

section a

south elevation 17

section b

west elevation

18

tectonics

exploded structural perspectives created in Rhino

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food logistics space

20

winter

summer

21

radiant

slab

heats

and

cools

interior

space in winter and summer respectively

22

building activity and landscape bleed into rooftop space

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aluminum coping

cast in place concrete mass wall

intensive eco roof (12”+)

gravel at parapet perimeter

filter fabric

drainage panel

drainage mat

root barrier

2” rigid insulation

irrigation

fluid-applied waterproofing

slab

1.5” air space

steel stud cavity wall filled with loose batt insulation (foil-faced)

5/8” gypsum board

shim

window

1 1/2” : 1’

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jack thomas

regenerative design thesis studio 2012 university of oregon, portland dr. hajo neis jack is a b.arch student at the university of oregon’s white stag campus in portland, expecting to graduate spring 2012. fall, he will be based in beijing.

contact: jackhenrythomas@gmail.com jackhthomas.com

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in the

你吃饭了吗？ have you eaten?

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