Bird Nest Congwei Cao

Bird Nest

Taking care of the vulnerable member Congwei Cao

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THE VULNERABLE ANIMALS & PLANTS:

Eagles Black Bear Red Wolf Elk Coyote Fox Jackrabbits Woodpecker Cardinals Lowest point

River Otter

Creek

Pin Oak

Sweet Gum

Silver Maple

A-A SECTION

Ninebark

Little Bluestem

The most common backyard birds in the state of Missouri is Northern Cardinal (62% frequency)

The northern cardinal is a midsized song bird with a body length of 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in).

It has a distinctive crest on the head and a maskon the face. The male is a vibrant red, while the female is a reddish olive color.

Habitat

Look for Northern Cardinals indense shrubby areas such as forest edges, overgrown fields, backyards, regrowing forest, and ornamental landscaping.

Food

Northern Cardinals eat mainly seeds and fruit, supplementing these with insects.

Common fruits and seeds include dogwood,wild grape, grasses, blackberry, and corn.

Nesting

Cardinals nest 1-15 feet high and hidden in dense foliage and shrubs. They use many kinds of trees and shrubs, including dogwood, grape,pines,elms.

Behavior Ground forager

Northern Cardinals hop through low branches and forage on or near the ground.

During foraging, young birds give way to adults and females tend to give way to males.

Conservation

Northern Cardinal populations slightly increased between 1966 and 2014.

There is a global breeding population of 120 million with 77% living in the U.S., and 22% in Mexico.

Open shrubby woodlands

Seeds

Shrub

Low concern

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THE TRAIL NEAR THE CREEK The site has a very vibrant natural environment which especially good for setting up hiking trails near the creak. And the trail will attract lots of hikers and tourists who want to merge themselves into the nature.

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FOREST PARK

WE WALK ALONG THE FOOTPATH ON SITE TO UNDERSTAND THE SCENERY ALONG THE WAY, AND I THINK ARCHITECTURE SHOULD CONTINUE THIS LINEAR JOURNEY.

SITE PLAN

Because our land is very large, so I decided to make full use of this, so that the main users of my building can fully explore the land.

1. Set the parking lot on the north side of the flat land 2. The winding footpath connects the parking lot with the building 3. The main users of the building are students and few hikers, so its function is ecological center, which is mainly used for biological and environmental education and teaching 4. The south side of the building connects the hiker’s foot trail, which connects the main roads in two directions at the same time 5. There are three bed hostel in the building for hikers to rest

SITE PLAN I have analyzed the seasonal wind. It mainly blows southeast in summer and northwest in winter. I will make corresponding countermeasures in the building facade design.

ROAD

PARKING LOT

HOSTEL

SOUTHEAST WIND IN SUMMER ECOLOGY CENTER

HIKERS’ FOOT TRAIL

ROAD

GROUND FLOOR The main functions of the first floor plan include the kitchen of the hostel and the ecology center with its coffee bar. The windows on the facade can change the opening direction according to the wind direction.

This will maximize air flow and create the best indoor conditions for the ecology center.

Bar

Kitchen

Ecology Center

GROUND FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR The main function of the second floor plan is a three room hostel and a viewing platform. People can enjoy the scenery on the viewing platform and watch the cardinal at the same time. Because the food that cardinal likes to eat is planted on the ground of the first floor, cardinal will be attracted to build nests on the first or second floor.

Hostel

Nest for cardinals

SECOND FLOOR

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Nest for cardinals

ROOF

Roof

Roof

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2-2 SE BIG BLUESTEM HELPS EROSION CONTROL, FORAGE PRODUCTION, LANDSCAPING, GRASSLAND RESTORATION. (ZONE 4-9)

FLOWERING DOGWOODS IS AN NATIVE AMERICAN PLANT AND IT CAN OFFER GREAT SPRING COL OR IN THE LANDSCAPE. (ZONE 6

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RAMPS ARE NATIVE TO THE EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN MOUNTAINS WHICH GROWS GOOD IN THE YARD UNDER DECIDUOUS TREES. (ZONE 2-6)

Pin Oak or White pine