Carolyn Crego

CAROLYN CREGO

SAVE-CEROS|A RANGER STATION

THESIS ADVISOR: KELLY VRESILOVIC

AFRICA

BOTSWANA TROPIC OF CANCER

ATLANTIC OCEAN

EQUATOR

INDIAN OCEAN

BOTSWANA

OKAVANGO DELTA

MOREMI GAME RESERVE

SITE

TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

SAVE-CEROS THE WORD RHINOCEROS CAN BE BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS RHINO= NOSE

OKAVANGO DELTA

AIRSTRIP

-CEROS = HORN

THIS PROPOSAL IS OF A RANGER STATION IN BOTSWANA, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE PROTECTING AND OBSERVING RHINOS RELOCATED TO THE AREA. THE DESIGN IS FOR A SHELTER THAT ENCOURAGES AND IMPROVES THE LIVES OF RANGERS AS WELL AS THEIR WORK SUCCESS. IN EXPECTATION THAT THE STATION WILL EDUCATE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO AID IN ENDING THE POACHING CRISIS. THESIS STATEMENT: DOES ARCHITECTURE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASSIMILATE WITH NATURE WHILE SUPPORTING ITS USER AND IMPOSING A STRONG INFLUENCE OVER ITS SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT?

NORTH SITE

SOUTH SITE

POACHING CRISIS

CONSUMERS OF RHINO HORN

CHINA

in the past

40 years

95%

the world lost

CONSUMERS COUNTRIES TRANSPORTATION COUNTRIES RHINO POACHING COUNTRIES

of its rhinos

HONG KONG VIETNAM SOUTH AFRICA

100000

80000

60000

BLACK RHINO WHITE RHINO

40000

RECENT RANGE

ORIGINAL POPULATION

20000

RECENT RANGE

INTRODUCED POPULATIONS

HISTORICAL RANGE BLACK RHINO

WHITE RHINO

0

‘60 ‘70 ‘80 ‘81 ‘83 ‘85 ‘87 ‘89 ‘91 ‘93 ‘95 ‘97 ‘99 ‘01 ‘03 ‘05 ‘07 ‘10 ‘12 ‘15

BLACK AND WHITE RHINO POPULATIONS 1960-2015

RHINO TRANSLOCATION FROM HIGH POACHING AREA TO BOTSWANA LOCATE HABITAT LOCATE RHINO

MEDICATE

LOAD RHINO

TRANSFER

FLY

VET BOMA

RELEASE

RANGER STATION USERS MANAGER

OVERSEES PEOPLE COMING AND GOING

RHINO TRACKERS

GPS IMPLANTS IN RHINOS AND MONITOR RHINOS FROM HELICOPTER

KITCHEN STAFF

PREPARES MEALS

RHINO MONITORS

TRACKING RHINOS AND OBSERVE BEHAVIOR AS THEY ADAPT TO NEW HOME

CLEANING STAFF

KEEPS STATION CLEAN

TRANSLOCATION TEAM

TEAM THAT MOVES RHINOS INTO OKAVANGO DELTA

TOURISTS/GUESTS

VISIT STATION TO LEARN ABOUT RHINOS AND DELTA

GUIDE RANGERS

RANGERS DEDICATED TO EDUCATING VISITORS AND TAKING THEM AROUND THE DELTA

SITE USERS COMING AND GOING

THE STATION IS DESIGNED TO BE USED AT A MEETING SPACE BETWEEN PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE DELTA AND THOSE WITHIN THE BUSH. RANGERS STAY AT THE STATION FOR 3 MONTH DEPLOYMENTS WITH A MANAGER WHO IS THERE FOR 6 MONTHS. GUESTS AND TRANSLOCATION TEAMS COME AND GO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

JUNE MARCH APRIL MAY 6 MONTH DEPLOYMENT 3 MONTH DEPLOYMENT 3 MONTH DEPLOYMENT

JAN

FEB

JULY

AUG

SEPT

OCT

NOV

DEC

6 MONTH DEPLOYMENT 3 MONTH DEPLOYMENT 3 MONTH DEPLOYMENT

25 20 15

WORKER

10 5 0

VISITOR

5 10 15 20

25 30

WET SEASON

DRY SEASON

WET SEASON

RHINO MONITOR OFFICERS

STATION MANAGER

KITCHEN STAFF

TRANSLOCATION TEAM

RHINO TRACKING TEAM

RANGER GUIDES

CLEANING STAFF

TOURIST GROUPS

PRECEDENT ANALYSIS ARCHITECT: LOCATION: DATE: TOTAL SF:

ILIMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

MASS DESIGN GROUP ILIMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 2015 11,850 SF

DESPITE BEING A REMOTE VILLAGE THE PROJECT WAS ABLE TO TEACH PEOPLE NEW WAYS OF BUILDING USING ONLY MATERIALS LOCATED AT THE SITE. ARCHITECT: LOCATION: DATE: TOTAL SF:

SANDIBE OKAVANGO SAFARI LODGE

NICHOLAS PLEWMAN ARCHITECTS + MICHAELIS BOYD ASSOCIATES OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA 2014 57952.89 SF

SUSTAINABLE LODGE WITHIN THE DELTA THAT TAKES ITS ORGANIC SHAPE FROM ANIMALS THAT CARRY THEIR HOME.

ARCHITECT: LOCATION: DATE: TOTAL SF:

&BEYOND XUDUM OKAVANGO DELTA LODGE

UNKNOWN OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA UNKNOWN UNKNOWN

EXAMPLE WITHIN THE DELTA THAT IS TALLER THAN 1 STORY.

INSPIRATION

ARTS AND CRAFTS FOUND IN TRIBES- BASE THEIR CRAFTS ON NATURE

FOREHEAD OF ZEBRA

FLIGHT OF SWALLOW

TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE

URINE TRAIL OF THE BULL

KNEE OF THE TORTOISE

DESIGN TAKE-AWAY

VERNACULAR THATCH ROOF WOOD RAFTER

BUNDLES OF REEDS

MUD WALLS

HISTORIC VERNACULAR

WOOD POSTS -MORE SOLID BUT STILL NATURAL ROOF TO KEEP RAIN OUT

-WALLS DON'T REACH ROOF -ALLOWS BUILDING TO BREATH -PASSIVE COOLING -ROOF MAY LEAK

-PLAY WITH WALL POROSITY TO ALLOW WIND TO MOVE THROUGH -RAISED PLATFORM TO ALLOW -VEGETATION TO GROW

METAL ROOF

-SMALL ANIMALS TO COEXIST -PROTECT FROM POSSIBLE FLOODS

MUD BRICKS/ CMU

MODERN VERNACULAR

-METAL ROOF TRAPS HEAT -SIGN OF WEALTH BUT UNUSABLE DURING DAY -ROOF MAY LEAK

-AIR TO PASS UNDER STRUCTURE

PROCESS LOOKING INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUN AND WIND ON THE SITE. WITH THAT IN MIND THE PLAN STARTED TO ARANGE ITSELF.

GUEST

ENTER

DEC 21

STAFF

SO LA R

PA

TH

BOMA 1. SIMPLE MATERIALS 2. TOUCH THE EARTH LIGHTLY 3. FOLLOW THE SUN 4. LISTEN TO THE WIND -GLENN MURCUTT METHODS FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

SUN

ET

S SUN

E

PA

REED SUN SCREEN

E JUN

21

SO

MUD BRICK THERMAL WALL OUTSIDE

LA

R

INSECT SCREEN TRIPLE HUNG WINDOW

RIS

TH

REED SCREEN

INSIDE 0

N

50FT

100FT

200FT

WATER RESEARCH IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA FORMATION OF ISLANDS IN DELTA

ISLANDS ARE FORMED IN THE DELTA DUE TO AN EVAPORATIVE PROCESS THAT HAPPENS THAT LEAVES SALT TO FORM LAND MOUNDS. THESE ARE VISIBLE FROM ABOVE DUE TO THE RING OF JUNGLE LIKE PLANTINGS AROUND A WHITE PATCH. THE REMAINING WATER SINKS DUE TO DENSITY AND IS DILUTED. THIS WATER IS TYPICALLY SAFE TO DRINK.

SHUT-OFF VALVE

TRANSPIRATION

TRANSPIRATION

SUPPLY

PREFILTER

EVAPORATION FRINGE

FRINGE

CARBON FILTER

SWAMP

DENSITY FLOW

BORE HOLE WATER RETRIEVAL

PRESSURE/ STORAGE TANK

WATER TABLE

HEATING WATER WITH VACUUM TUBES

ELECTRIC SOLAR GEYSER PLACED ON ROOF WOULD BE USED TO NATURALLY HEAT THE WATER. STAINLESS STL TANK (POTABLE HOT WATER)

SOLAR FLUID (HEATED)

PERMEABLE

HOT WATER OUT COLD WATER IN

SOLAR COLLECTOR

FRESH WATER SUBMERSIBLE PUMP

STORAGE TANK

IMPURITIES OUT TO DRAIN

HEAT EXCHANGER

CAP

POST FILTER

FLOW RESTRICTION

FRESH/SALINE AQUIFER INTERFACE

A BOREHOLE WOULD BE DUG AND INSTALLED TO REACH THE FRESH WATER AND COLLECT IT IN STORAGE FOR BASIC USES. THE WATER CAN IMMEDIATELY BE USED FOR WASHING, SHOWERING, AND COOKING. ADDITIONALLY TEST AND FILTERS WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE DRINKING.

WATER INGRESS

MEMBRANE

PURIFIED WATER

WATER TABLE

ACCUMULATION ZONE

SWAMP

REVERSE OSMOSIS FILTRATION

REVERSE OSMOSIS FOR ADDITIONAL FILTERING BEFORE USED FOR DRINKING

SOLAR FLUID (RETURNED COOLED)

STUDY MODEL

APPROACH

STUDY SECTION

CA R I BY 2M

1.75

MI B Y BO

AT

IP

TR RS AI SITE

POST WINTER CRIT SKETCH AND REDESIGN

DOCK VIEW OF SUNSET DINING/ LOUNGE DINING/ LOUNGE DATA

BOMA MANAGER BOMA

KITCHEN

VET

VET/ DATA COLLECTION

TOWER

EXPLORATION SKETCH

POST CRIT FEEDBACK: -BUILDINGS WANT TO BE ARRANGED IN A COMMUNITY, WORK MORE ON SITE PLAN -WHICH BUILDINGS SHOULD BE A PART OF THE GROUND AND WHICH SHOULD BE RAISED? -WHAT IS THE EXPERIENTIAL SEQUENCE? -WHAT MATERIALS WILL BE USED? -HOW DOES THE TOWER INTERACT WITH THE TREES

KITCHEN MANAGER

REDESIGNED LODGE

TOWER

ADJUSTMENTS: -MAIN LODGE BUILDINGS ARRANGED AROUND BOMA (OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACE) -MAIN LODGE IS CONNECTED TO THE GROUND WHILE ALL OTHER BUILDINGS ARE LIFTED ALLOWING NATURE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH STATION

TREE GATHERING BECAUSE BUILDINGS ARE NOT VENTED WELL THEY BECOME TOO HOT TO BE IN DURING THE DAY. PEOPLE GATHER OUTSIDE UNDER TREES TO STAY COOL.

BOMA GATHERING

ANOTHER AREA FOR GATHERING IS THE BOMA. A SPACE THAT IS SHELTERED FROM THE WIND AND OPEN TO THE STARS.

BUILDING

THE BUILDING TAKES THE FORM OF THE BOMA. SHELTERING A GATHERING SPACE FROM THE WIND AND WRAPPING AROUND A TREE.

SECTION

THE LOUNGE AND THE VETS OFFICE FACE EACHOTHER WHILE OVER LOOKING THE BOMA.

EARTH TUNNEL HEATING EARTH TUNNELS RUN UNDER THE GROUND AND NATURALLY VENTILATE THE BUILDINGS. DURING COOLER TIMES THE WIND IS WARMED BY THE EARTH.

EARTH TUNNEL COOLING WHEN IT’S WARMER OUT THE WIND IS COOLED BY THE EARTH BEFORE BEING RELEASED INTO THE BUILDINGS.

THERMAL WALLS DAY THE MAIN LODGE IS BUILT WITH RAMMED EARTH WALLS THAT ABSORB HEAT DURING THE DAY.

THERMAL WALLS NIGHT AT NIGHT THE HEAT IS THEN RELEASED INTO THE BUILDINGS.

NORTH SITE PLAN

AIRSTRIP

DOCK

PARKING

TU NI

TS

LODGE

TOWER

WATER FILTRATION

GU ES

SITE PLAN

RANGER UNITS

SOUTH SITE PLAN PARKING

RANGER

VET BOMA

0 N

50FT

100FT

ENTRY VIEW

SAVE-CEROS. A RANGER STATION IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA. THAT WELCOMES RANGERS OF ALL TYPES AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RHINOS AND THE DELTA.

LODGE SECTION SAND CEMENT CAP POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE BULL NOSE EDGE RIDGE BEAM THATCH TIED OVER RIDGE BOTH SIDES LATH

LOUVER WINDOW

DEBARKED STICK SHADE LOUVER WINDOW WOODEN TRUSS

SLIDING FOLDING WINDOW 12” RAMMED EARTH WALL STEEL ANGLE ADOBE BRICK WALL

FOLDING DOOR TRIPLE HUNG WINDOW WOOD JOIST AND FLOORING STONE CAP 12” RAMMED EARTH WALL ADOBE BRICK FOUNDATION

EARTH TUNNEL VENTS PVC EARTH TUNNEL

0

8FT

16FT

LODGE PLAN

BOMA

LOUNGE/DINING

BOMA

STOR.

KITCHEN MANAGER

VET

METAL ROOF

TOWER

THE TOWER MARKS THE INTERSECTION OF EVERYONE AT THE STATION. THE PATHS FROM THE DIFFERENT SLEEPING UNITS AND THE LODGE MEET HERE. EACH LEVEL OF THE TOWER HAS A FUNCTION, THE FIRST TWO LEVELS ARE SPACES OF GATHERING AND OSERVING LIFE WITHIN THE TREES. THE THIRD LEVEL IS WHERE THE WATER TANK IS SITUATED. AND THE FOURTH LEVEL IS FOR OBSERVATION OF THE DELTA, CLEAR ABOVE THE TREES. LARGER GATHERINGS AND POSSIBLE SMALL MEALS COULD BE HAD HERE AS WELL.

LEVEL D

TOWER LEVEL D

TOWER VIEW

WATCH TOWER AND WATER TOWER

LEVEL C

TOWER LEVEL C

LEVEL B

TOWER VIEW

WATCH TOWER AND WATER TOWER

LEVEL A

TOWER LEVEL A

PATH LEVEL TOWER PATH LEVEL

GUEST SLEEPING UNIT SECTION

SAND CEMENT CAP POLYOLEFIN MEMBRANE BULL NOSE RIDGE RIDGE BEAM

LOFT PLAN

A-FRAME TRUSS LOFT

+9’-0”

FIRST FLOOR DATUM 0’-0”

THATCH TIED OVER RIDGE ON BOTH SIDES LATH PRECAST CAP W NOTCH FOR TRUSS

BEDROOM 3

STUD WALL W NATURAL FIBER INFIL AND CLAY PLASTER WOOD PILINGS

SECOND LEVEL

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

LIVING ROOM

BEDROOM 2

PORCH BEDROOM 1 SHOWER

W/C

FIRST LEVEL

RANGER SLEEPING UNITS MANAGER

RANGER

RANGER

RANGER

RANGER

SECOND LEVEL

RANGER BATH MANAGER RANGER

RANGER

RANGER

RANGER

FIRST LEVEL

RANGER BATH

THE RANGERS AND STAFF HAVE THEIR OWN CLUSTER FOR HOUSING. THIS CREATES A SPACE FOR THEM TO GATHER AWAY FROM GUEST. EACH RANGER UNIT HOUSES 4 RANGERS. THE MANAGER HAS A HUT TO THEM SELF. ALL STAFF SHARES A COMMON BATHROOM HUT THAT HAS SOLAR PANELS FOR COLLECTING ENERGY.

WATER FILTRATION BEING A SITE THAT IS OFF THE GRID, ALL WATER HAS TO BE GATHERED AND TREATED ON SITE. THIS SITE USES REVERSE OSMOSIS TO FILTER THE WATER FOR USE. THE WASTE HAS TO BE FILTERED AS WELL BEFORE BEING RETURNED TO THE GROUND. THE BOREHOLE IS CAPABLE OF PULLING ENOUGH WATER FROM THE AQUIFER FOR THE STATION. IN THE TOWER A WATER TANK SITS THAT CAN HOLD ENOUGH WATER FOR 2 DAYS WITH THE STATION AT FULL CAPACITY. AFTER THE WATER IS USED, IT IS BROUGHT BACK TO THE FILTRATION BUILDING THAT ACTS AS A LIVING MACHINE. THE WATER IS MOVED THROUGH A SERIES OF DIFFERENT TANKS THAT FILTER THE WATER BEFORE IT IS RETURNED TO THE EARTH. REVERSE OSMOSIS FILTERS

SAND PIT FOR OPTIMAL BOREHOLE LOCATION

2 1

3 4

5 6

WATER STORED IN TANK LOCATED IN TOWER

WATER HEATED WITH SOLAR GEYSER VACUUM TUBES AT EACH BUILDING WATER GRAVITY FED TO LOCATIONS OF USE

WATER MOVED THROUGH TUBES UNDER PATHS

WATER FILTERED THROUGH REVERSE OSMOSIS BOREHOLE COLLECTS WATER FROM AQUIFER

RUNOFF WATER COLLECTED OFF PATHS IN GUTTERS

AFTER USE GREY AND BLACK WATER MOVED TO BE FILTERED COMPOSTING TOILETS IN ALL BATHROOMS

WATER SENT TO LIVING MACHINE TO BE FILTERED

AFTER LIVING MACHINE WATER SLOWLY RETURNED TO GROUND THROUGH SPRINKLERS UNDER PATHS

SAVE-CEROS A RANGER STATION IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA. A PLACE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, THAT HAVE SIMILAR GOALS, TO WORK TOGETHER AND STRONGER. A PLACE THAT FORMS A COMMUNITY IN THE BUSH. BRINGING DIFFERENT TRADITIONS, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES INTO ONE HOME. A PLACE THAT NOT ONLY PROTECTS NATURE BUT ALSO CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH NATURE. A PLACE THAT LEAVES YOU WONDERING... ...WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO SAVE THE RHINO? ...WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO SAVE THE HORN?”