Progressive consumption : strategic sustainable excess

Trends in the marketplace show that urban dwellers are increasingly supporting locally produced foods. This thesis argues for an architecture that responds to our cultures consumptive behaviors. Addressing the effects of consumption in the contemporary urban environment and ultimately developing an architecture that facilitates the consumption levels we have become accustomed to with sustainable business and community based systems. The building is a new market model, built around the idea of delivering fresh produce and local food directly to consumers; the primary means for which this is done is thought the production oriented, on site agriculture. This direct-to-consumer model of food production is facilitated by hydroponics coupled with grow rooms and the benefit of a controlled environment. With the production and transportation of agriculture being highly energy intensive, produce flavor and consistency benefit greatly from a hyper-localized agricultural system.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Bonham, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph MacLeod)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Yung Ho Chang.

• Architecture.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39302

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/39302