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From Seed to Supper: An Urban Permaculture Garden and Community Kitchen

Dahlman, Alexandra
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307441566

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2011, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Despite the many known benefits of urban agriculture that have been observed recently and over the last few decades, there is still much room for improvement. Common trends in urban food production tend to include either a reluctance, or inability, to work within a city’s bureaucratic hierarchy, or a lack of understanding and creativity to think beyond the existing, traditional farm framework. The grassroots approach to starting and maintaining urban farms might be more appropriate for communities in the short term, but top-down design thinking has the potential to create more long-term solutions that not only incorporate architecture, but also take advantage of the inherent characteristics of urban areas. A hybrid architecture based on permacultural principles is proposed that seamlessly integrates building and landscape to optimize the functions of both. The intended outcome will be a community kitchen and edible landscape located on a small abandoned urban lot that produces food in an ecologically sensitive and low-input process, while providing a place for the storage, cooking and consumption of food. This will result in a stronger, healthier community that has a better understanding of the whole food cycle, allowing its residents to make more informed choices and to increase their accessibility to fresh food.
George Bible, MCiv.Eng (Committee Chair)
Michael McInturf, MARCH (Committee Chair)
85 p.
Architecture
permaculture; urban agriculture; food

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  • Dahlman, A. (2011). From Seed to Supper: An Urban Permaculture Garden and Community Kitchen [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307441566

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dahlman, Alexandra. From Seed to Supper: An Urban Permaculture Garden and Community Kitchen. 2011. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307441566.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dahlman, Alexandra. "From Seed to Supper: An Urban Permaculture Garden and Community Kitchen." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307441566

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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