Design for a student homestead at a land-grant university: integrating vernacular patterns, local systems, and ecological heritage

The purpose of this thesis is to design a contemporary student homestead at a Land-Grant university. The student homestead is to function as a model system for research, education and demonstration. The history of homesteading, historic settlement patterns and the early mission of land grant institutions inform the design. Inquiry transitions to a focused study on landscape architecture practitioners and academics during the decades of rural reform and beautification, which spanned the progressive era. The investigation sets forth a foundation and allows a dialog between historic and contemporary homestead design. Finally, programming on site is suggested based on successful small agriculture operations witnessed during series of Midwest small farm tours. The value of the proposed plan is that it accommodates a contemporary Land-Grant mission.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.L.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Landscape Architecture

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2012

Author dc:creator

• Carlson, Samantha

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sears, Stephen M.

• student homestead
• Land-grant university
• design
• reconciling ties between landscape architecture and agriculture
• human scale

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright Samantha Carlson 2012

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/30934

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/30934