Agrivale: A Phantasmagorical Project for a Small Town

Since the advent of mass production, fast food has become a staple in modern society. Our lifestyles are sustained by the convenience of ready-made products, to-go cups and take-out containers. Have we lost the connection to food we eat?This thesis proposes a fictional future in the small town of Keswick, Georgina, Ontario. It addresses growing concerns surrounding food resources and arable land. Agrivale is the story of transition to a self-sustainable town; a speculative proposal that explores food as festivity, celebrating the seasons of growing, and architecture of enjoyment. Exaggerating stereotypical aspects of the small town, Agrivale retells the story of land and river through the seasons, focusing on local food through growth, production, packaging, sales, and consumption. This thesis asks how the intervention of an Agricarnival can develop a renewed consciousness towards farmland and bring awareness to emerging local agriculture while providing socially interactive and playful architecture.

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

2017

Author dc:creator

• LaPorte, Macy Alexandra

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 2017 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/2017-11887

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/40242