7602 SOUTH AVONDALE BLVD TOLLESON, AZ 85353 PROGRAM: An Alternative Desert City in 2070 SITE: Salt River + Gila River Confluence AZ BACKGROUND: Within the stretch of land, fresh water from the Gila, becomes salty, a rare occurence. The Salt Cedar Tree surrounds the river bank from beginning to end. The trees were initally planted to help the erosion of the river bank, but instead, the tree did the opposite- eroded the river bank and killed off the existing vegetation. PROPOSAL: The eroding of the river bank by the Salt Cedar Trees will create a set of archipelagos that future Phoenicians will claim. Monsoons will worsen, and as a result, city dwellers will develop their own farming seasons: flood, sow, and harvest.
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ADE 421: Fall 2018 Architecture Studio III
Student: Cecile Kim Instructor: Bryan Maddock