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A touch of rural in the city: Green education for D.C. youth

Posted on:2005-11-10Degree:M.ArchType:Thesis
University:University of Maryland College ParkCandidate:Channell, Cecily CFull Text:PDF
GTID:2457390008992091Subject:Architecture
Abstract/Summary:
This thesis project will design a small environmental education facility that provides alternative educational opportunities for students of D.C Public Schools through a program that teaches the history of agricultural life in this country, and the farm as a model of sustainability and environmental stewardship, this unique experience will offer these children rewarding hands-on lessons in personal and societal responsibility.; I have chosen a site in Near Southeast Washington. This 3-acre site (now a parking lot) allows ample space for the program, which will include a series of vernacular buildings situated around a courtyard, that are clothed in an urban industrial/commercial hybrid façade.
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