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The Feedback Loop: In Pursuit of ‘Living’ Design that Integrates Natural Environmental Cycles and Transformative Processes

Gepford, Stephanie B.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306500656

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2011, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Buildings are built within a dynamic natural ecosystem where various feedback loops and cyclical processes maintain the equilibrium of the ecological system. Currently, the existing built environment does not actively participate in localized natural processes to an appropriate degree, which ultimately disrupts the equilibrium of the ecological system. By engaging with ‘negative’ feedback loops like the nutrient, solar and water cycle, the built environment begins to forge a mutually beneficial relationship with local ecosystems. Buildings can also participate in ‘positive’ feedback loops like evolution by applying transformative processes found in nature to reuse and potentially alter existing and historic infrastructure. To integrate these theories, I will be proposing a residential design for a retiring couple that actively participates in localized feedback loops within the northern Minnesota landscape over time.
George Bible, MCiv.Eng (Committee Chair)
Michael McInturf, MARCH (Committee Chair)
111 p.
Architecture
ecological design; historic preservation; sustainability; feedback loop

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  • Gepford, S. B. (2011). The Feedback Loop: In Pursuit of ‘Living’ Design that Integrates Natural Environmental Cycles and Transformative Processes [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306500656

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gepford, Stephanie. The Feedback Loop: In Pursuit of ‘Living’ Design that Integrates Natural Environmental Cycles and Transformative Processes. 2011. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306500656.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gepford, Stephanie. "The Feedback Loop: In Pursuit of ‘Living’ Design that Integrates Natural Environmental Cycles and Transformative Processes." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306500656

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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