Mia ROSENSAFT

reMEADiation Pollinator Discovery Center & Biodiversity Research Facility at Bartram’s Garden

Mia Rosensaft

Drexel University

Kelly Vresilovic

Michael Pearson Finalist

2018

SCHUYLKILL RIVER TRAIL

CALIFORNIA

SCHUYLKILL CROSSING

MEADOW INTERVENTION

SCHUYLKILL CROSSING

VIEW FROM THE DOCKS AT BARTRAM’S GARDEN 2

SITE PHOTOGRAPHY

BARTRAM’S GARDEN

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PENNSYLVANIA

AIL CALIFORNIA

GEORGIA

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REACHES 15 STATES CONNECTS 450 CITIES EXTENDS 3,000 MILES

NATIVE POLLINATOR DENSTIY UNNATURAL MIGRATION

NATURAL MIGRATION

MOST

LEAST

ON

EN

HONEY BEE FATALITY

PESTICIDE USAGE

NATIONAL POLLINATOR SHIPMENTS

IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM & HOW TO FIND A SOLUTION

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SECTION - INTERFAITH AUDITORIUM

FENESTRATION DIAGRAM

PROJECT NAME

PROJECT NAME

Ford Calumet Environmental Center

Grace Farms

DESIGNERS

DESIGNERS

STUDIO GANG (NYC & Chicago)

SANAA & OLIN

LOCATION

LOCATION

Chicago, IL

New Canaan, CT

SIZE

SIZE

28,000 sq ft 4

RECEDENT STUDIES

83,000 sq ft

SECTION - LIBRARY & MEETING

SECTION - COMMUNITY

reMEADiation Pollinator Discovery Center & Biodiversity Research Facility at Bartram’s Garden

Can architecture act as a mediator between the built environment and existing ecosystems within an urban context to instill appreciation and awareness for natural systems, native pollinators and biodiversity.

agricultural framework

biophilic adaption

remediative architecture

THESIS STATEMENT

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Architecture as a mediator

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provide

provide

SHELTER

ACCESS

achieve

achieve

SAFETY

AWARENESS

provide

provide

VISIBILITY

CONNECTIVITY

achieve

achieve

INTEREST

COMMUNITY

SECTIONAL & SITE EXPLORATION

PROGRESS SKETCHES & SCHEMATIC DEVELOPM

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DISCOVERY

CULTURAL

ECOLOGY

OUTREACH

SUPPORT

CONSER-

2,775 FT

4,100 FT

18% 14,750 FT2

28% 14,750 FT2

2

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PROGRAMMATIC ANALYSIS

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3,475 FT

2

24% 14,750 FT2

2,500 FT

2

17% 14,750 FT2

1,900 FT2 13% 14,750 FT2

honey bee apis

hummingbird trochilidae

butterϐlies rhopalocera

bats chiroptera

14 - DAY DRY 280,000 gal

FOILAGE

DAILY DEMAND 20,700 gal WATER DEMAND

PLANTING MEDIUM

WATER PROOF INSULATION

35

10 FT

DRAIN LAYER

FT

108 FT CISTERN SIZING

WATER CONSUMPTION

ROOF DECK CEILING INTERIOR

GREEN ROOF

VEGETATIVE ORGANIZATION 9

SCHUYLKILL RIVER

BOTANICAL CORRIDOR, PLAN CREATTING A SAFE HAVEN FOR POLLINATORS

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SITE PLAN & CANOPY INTERVENTIONS

POLLINATOR APPROACH

FENESTRATION DIAGRAM

CANOPY UNDULATING MOVEMENT

AVIARY REPELLENENT SCREEN

GRAM

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CANOPY SPATIAL PROGRAMMING, ELEVATION SEMI-ENCLOSED INDOOR / OUTSIDE SPACES

CANOPY NEST FRAMING, ELEVATION HEXAGONAL BIRDS NEST FRAME FRAME

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS & PLANTING

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FEEDBACK: After the midreview, I found that creating 3 sepatate structures was more aligned with my concept of remediation, specifically the spaces between the building. Moving forward I looked at the adaptive properties of the honey comb to create a campus planning guide where the grid apapts to the landscape depending on the topography, similar to how bees form their “buildings�.

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MID-REVIEW FEEDBACK

HEXAGONAL GRID

CIRCULATION

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

PLANTING DIAGRAM

VIEWS

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

DEVELOPMENT

INTERCONNECTED PATHWAYS

was aces prope the ar to

DEVELOPMENT DIAGRAMS

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN 14

FLOOR PLANS

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

SOLIDAGO golden rod

36” - 48” late summer - late fall normal / clay bees & butterÁies

PENSTEMON beardtongue

24” - 30”

CARBONIZED WOOD, SHIYO IN

KAVA ARCHITECTS - DENMARK

late spring - mid summer normal bees, butterÁies & hummingbirds

ASCLEPIAS butterÁy weed

18” - 24” early summer - early fall normal / sandy bees, butterÁies & hummingbirds

WISSAHICKON SCHIST

BUCHANAN - CASA LINDER

ASTER purple dome

18” late summer - late fall normal / clay bees & butterÁies

CORTEN STEEL

BUCHANAN - CASA LINDER

MASONRY WALL

EDEN PROJECT BEE BRICK

MATERIALS & PLANTING

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A2

CORTEN STEEL WRAPPING

A3

REINFORCED CONCRETE

WIDE FLANGE STEEL

AUDITORIUM

WOOD GIRT SYSTEM

A2

SECTION D1

SECTION A1

CANOPY DETAIL

AUDITORIUM CROSS SECTION

SEC

EDU

WOOD SHEATHING VAPOR BARRIER CONT. RIGID INSULATION

A1

AUDITORIUM

LOBBY OFFICE PILE CAP

MICRO PILES

SECTION A2 AUDITORIUM LONGITUDINAL SECTION

A1

SECTION A3 WALL SECTION

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SECTIONAL ANALYSIS

SEC

RESE

B2

B1

LOUNGE

CLASSROOM

EEL

WORKSHOP LOUNGE

CAFE

CAFE

GIFT SHOP

TEM

SECTION B1

B2

B1

SECOND FLOOR PLAN, @45’

EDUCATIONAL CROSS SECTION

SCALE: 1/16” = 1’

NG

ULATION

C2

C1

CONSERVATORY

SECTION C1 RESEARCH CROSS SECTION

C2

AB

INSECTARY

LAB

EXHIBITION

SECTION C2

CONSERVATORY

C1

RESEARCH LONGITUDINAL SECTION

SECTIONAL ANALYSIS

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VIEW TOWARDS THE

APPROACH 18

RENDERINGS

MEADERY

CITY

CONSERVATORY

CITY

ORY

VIEW FROM THE

MEADOW

CANOPY BARTRAM’S B AR TRAM’S

VIEW OF V EW VIEW VI W TOWARDS TO OWAR OW ARRD DS S THE

RENDERINGS

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VIEW TOWARDS THE

WATER

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RENDERINGS

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Thesis has been such a rewarding experience and I feel honored to have been recognized as Michael Pearson Prize finalist this year. reMEADiation is a fitting closing chapter to my Drexel career because this project truly was a culmination of all my architectural experiences paired with a cause near and dear to my heart. Creating architecture that acts as a mediator is a concept that should should not be limited to agricultural pockets in industrial areas. My hope for this project is that it encourages others to ultilize architecture as a creative solution to remediate our attitudes on bringing the landscape, people and communities together.

I would also like to give a special thanks to my advisor Kelly Vresilovic. I feel very fortunate to have been paired in a section with an advisor as determined to seeing my project coming to fruition as Kelly. Kelly guided all of the students in her section with boundless encouragment and optimism through out this process. My project would not have been the same without Kelly or the other students comments in my section.

MODEL PHOTOGRAPHY & FINAL THOUGHTS

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