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PLA

NTR

EESC

APE

VOID

SPA

CE

BY MAPPING TREESCAPE AND VOID SPACE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOCATESTRUCTURES WITHIN THE EXISTING FABRIC OF THE SITE, AND REMOVEAS FEW TREES AS POSSIBLE

WITH STRUCTURES INSET INTO PERSPECTIVE WALLS, POCKETS OF INTEREST EMERGE, AND ADDING PROGRAM AND INTEREST TOAN OTHERWISE UNPROGRAMMED SPACE

PERSPECTIVE HELD BY PLANTINGSTREES CREATE POWERFUL VERTICAL AXIS 90% OF SPACE UNUSED, AND UNPROGRAMMED

PERSPECTIVES FORMED BY TREES REINFORCED BY GROUND PLANENORTHERN FACE SOUTHERN FACE

TOWERS ENHANCE PERSPECTIVE PRESERVE CENTRAL VISTA

RUE DE L’OBSERVATOIRE

SITE PLAN PROGRAM DETAIL

RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL

INSTITUTION STUDENTSTRAVEL THROUGH HORIZONTAL AXIS

COMMERCIAL AREAOPPOSITE SIDE OF RESIDENTIAL

POCKET PARKS

EXISTING PERSPECTIVE

CIRCULATION AND UNUSED SPACE

EXISTING TREE SCAPE

RE PROGRAMMING THE PARK

THE CYCLICAL SITE PROJECT

GARRETT SIBINGANY/PARIS SPRING 2012

THE PROJECT ATTEMPTS TO REDEFINE THE CONTEXT OF FARMING WITHIN THE CITY, BY CREATING SPACE THAT IS BOTH PRODUCTIVE, AND PLEASANT. PARIS'S GREATEST ARCHI-TECTURAL LOSS, THE MARKET OF LES HALLES, HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE WASTE AND THE CONGESTION THAT THE MARKET PRODUCED. THE SITE PRODUCES AND RECYCLES THE MATERIALS IT USES, ULTIMATELY NEGATING PROBLEMS WITH CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC.

IT COMBINES ASPECTS OF FRENCH HERITAGE, WITH A MODERN ITERATION OF AGRARIAN VALUES, MIXED WITH THE SOCIAL SPACE OF A MARKETPLACE. IT OFFERS A GREAT OPPOR-TUNITY FOR TEACHING, AND ADVANCING THE PROGRAM OF SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN PARIS, WHILE STILL HOLDING TRUE TO THE MARKET TRADITION IN PARIS.

ITS UNPROGRAMMED NATURE, AND PROXIMITY TO LUXEMBOURG GARDENS, MAKE PARC DE L’OBSERVATOIRE AN UNDERUTILIZED AND SUPERFLUOUS SPACE. IN ORDER TO IM-PROVE THE FUNCTIONAL NATURE OF THE SITE, AND ADVANCE THE PROGRAM OF SUSTAIN-ABLILITY IN PARIS, MY PROJECT AIMS TO ENVISION A NEW WAY TO FARM WITHIN THE CITY.

CLEAN WATER

CLEAN WATER

AQUA PONIC TANK

GROWING BEDS - CLAY MEDIUM

WATERFALLS PROVIDEOXYGENATED WATERNECESSARY FOR FISH

FISH WASTE IS HIGH INAMMONIA, USEDIN PLACE OF FERTILIZER

VEGETATION WORKS ASNATURAL FILTRATIONSYSTEM, CLEANING WATER

AQUAPONIC SYSTEM DIAGRAM

3rd FLOOR - PEDAGOGICAL CENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM, GERMINATIONCHAMBER, GROWING BEDS, AQUAPONIC TANKS

2nd FLOOR - GERMINATION CHAMBERS, TOOL STORAGE, PROCESSING CENTER, GROWING BEDS, AQUAPONIC TANKS

1st FLOOR - CAFE, ENTRANCE HALL, INFORMATION BOOTH, AQUAPONIC TANKS, CONFERENCE ROOM

4th FLOOR - STUDENT LIVING QUARTERS, TOOL STORAGE, GROWING BEDS, AQUAPONIC TANKS, PRODUCE STORAGE

LIVING TOWERSPRODUCTIVE URBAN PARK SPACETHE LIVING TOWERS ARE A RE-INTERPRETATION OF TRADITIONAL AGRARIAN VALUES,AND A WAY TO PRODUCTIVELY USE URBAN PARK SPACE TO PRODUCE FOOD. THE CY-CLICAL SITE IS AN IDEA ABOUT CREATIVE WAYS TO FARM, AND TO SELL PRODUCE WITHIN DENSELY POPULATED URBAN AREAS. BY USING BUILDING SCALE AQUAPON-ICS SYSTEM, AND CAPITALIZING ON THE AESTHETIC POTENTIAL OF THE PROCESS, THE PROJECT CREATES FARM TOWERS WHICH ARE HIGHLY EFFICIENT, AND RETAIN SCULP-TURAL QUALITIES. IN CONTRAST TO MOST MARKET SITES, THE CYCLICAL SITE IS A SELF CONTAINED ENTITY, WHICH RECYCLES NUTRIENTS WITHIN THE SITE, IN ORDER TO GROW CONTINUOUSLY, AND PRODUCE BOTH FRESH FISH AND PRODUCE SIMULTANE-OUSLY.

THE TOWERS OFFER HIGHLY DISCOUNTED LIVING SPACE FOR STUDENTS FROM THE NEARBY BOTANICAL COLLEGE, AS PART OF AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHERE THEY WORK AND TEACH WITHIN THE SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEM.