Saad Uddin
Thesis Title:
Architecture as an Agent for Rejuvenating Built Environments
Project Title:
Yield Generator (Community Hub)
Location:
Along Usman-e-Ghani Road, Bhutta Village, near Shirin Jinnah Colony, Karachi
User Group:
Local Community
Under current world scenario, our non-mutualistic interaction with built and natural environments has resulted in metabolic imbalances within urban centers resulting in resource depletion and breaking of nature’s cycles. To address these non-mutualistic patterns, this thesis learns from mutualistic (interdependent) systems in nature. One such system identified within our local context is regenerative agriculture (organic farming and permaculture system) that relies on pro-active ecological management strategies for yield generation. Normally, yield is associated with crop quantity produced in an agricultural cycle. However, this thesis redefines yield as a combination of economic, social and environmental returns achievable by integrating resource generation within urban neighborhoods, thus allowing multiple species and subsystems to co-exist in a mutually beneficial, closed loop system.
Saad Uddin
Architecture
Thesis Title:
Architecture as an Agent for Rejuvenating Built Environments
Project Title:
Yield Generator (Community Hub)
Location:
Along Usman-e-Ghani Road, Bhutta Village, near Shirin Jinnah Colony, Karachi
User Group:
Local Community
Under current world scenario, our non-mutualistic interaction with built and natural environments has resulted in metabolic imbalances within urban centers resulting in resource depletion and breaking of nature’s cycles. To address these non-mutualistic patterns, this thesis learns from mutualistic (interdependent) systems in nature. One such system identified within our local context is regenerative agriculture (organic farming and permaculture system) that relies on pro-active ecological management strategies for yield generation. Normally, yield is associated with crop quantity produced in an agricultural cycle. However, this thesis redefines yield as a combination of economic, social and environmental returns achievable by integrating resource generation within urban neighborhoods, thus allowing multiple species and subsystems to co-exist in a mutually beneficial, closed loop system.
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Mutualisms in Permaculture & Organic Farming Systems
Creating a Network of Resource Flows
Ground Floor Plan - Cut at 5’-0” (Scale: 3/32”= 1’-0”)
Section A-A’ (Scale: 3/16”= 1’-0”)
Courtyards as Social, Economic & Ecological Yield Generators
Axis via Yield Generator Connecting Usman-e-Ghani Road to the Back Edge of the Site
Outdoor Learning for KMC School Children (Theory & Hands-on Skills Workshop)
Growing Spinach – Hydroponic Food Production areas
Jalapeno Production on Higher Levels Using Mild Steel & Soil Subsurface
Nurturing Indigenous Plant & Bird Species (Biodiversity on Site)
Makeshift Dhaba/ Community Langar Space
Market Space Selling Produce from Urban Courts & Hydroponic Farming on Site
Context Model (Scale: 1/64”= 1’-0”)
Detailed Model – Micro Site (Scale: 3/32”= 1’-0”)
