Regenerating the Experimental Farm: How Can Architecture Make a Historic Landscape Relevant to a Contemporary Public?

The original intention for Ottawa’s Experimental Farm was to demonstrate a broad spectrum of agriculture-related activities. Once located on the outskirts of Ottawa, the Farm still researches rural farming methods despite now being surrounded by suburbs. The Farm’s deterioration of identity caused a lack of public programming has been recognised by the city and local residents.A reinvigorated Farm will uphold its role as an agricultural research centre in a context relative to its urban environment. The Farm will become a place of active education, exploring sustainable relationships with the land by combining scientific research, food cultivation and water management.Through architecture and landscape architecture this thesis aims to explore the integration of public leisure and educational amenities while making the research of the Farm apparent. The remade Experimental Farm will perform a new role of regenerating Canada’s high standards of scientific reputation and connecting people with the research process.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Murphy, Stephanie Emma

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2016 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2016-11364

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/39869