agritecture: fusion of agriculture and architecture

Agritecture

Arch. Andrew Peñalosa

Agritecture is the fusion of Architecture and Agriculture.

“Buildings That Grow Food”http://www.agri-tecture.com/

Architecturethe art & science of building;

specifically : the art or practice of

designing and building structures

- especially habitable ones

profession of designing buildings,

open areas, communities and

environments with consideration

for their aesthetic effect

Agriculture the science, art, or practice of cultivating

the soil, producing crops; raising, feeding

& breeding livestock and in varying

degrees the preparation and marketing of

the resulting products

Farming

History

An ancient Roman architect named Vitruvius wrote De Architectura and dedicated this book to his patron,

the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide for building

projects

- Three Virtues of Architecture

This formulation; for all its antiquity

remains a useful framework for the

preliminary analysis of a building.

Vitruvius gave us the ABC of architecture.

The Vitruvian Virtuesof Architecture:

Utilitas - Utility - Function

Firmitas - Strength - Durability

Venustas - Beauty - Delight

AgriTecture means the marriage or unification of

Productivityand

Creativity

Sustainable Agriculture65% of Filipinos are dependent on Agriculture ( livestock, crops, aqua and forestry) and it is the poorest sector of our economy

Effects of Agritecture

Agritecture is the multiplier, it is both the come – on and the output.

Over- all Criteria:

1.Doability

2.Replicability

3.Sustainability

4.Visibility

5.Practicality

Agritectural Primers

Orientation

Structures = Northwest - Southeast or Amihan and Habagat

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can

only advise his clients to plant vines.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Plants = East To West to maximize Sunlight

Wind Path Diagram

Orient your structures to the least surface resistant area against the monsoon

Sun Path Diagram

Orient your plants to where there is maximum exposure to sunlight

Site selection Zoning/ Classification

Permanent TemporaryMobile Potential for future Habitation Convertible for Habitation

Utilities

Geophysical Hazards

Laws

100 SQ.M Lost Cost Housing Project

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By: Arch. Ginn Cabahug

Arch. Revo Lapinig

Ms. Camille Mamac

A MODEL FOR A 100 sqm.

SUSTAINABLE HABITAT : “HEALTHY HOME”

RATIONALE

The initiation of the project primarily started with the concept of food security, providing a low cost home to less capable.

PROJECT OBJECTIVE

•To generate income at least Php 50,000.00 per annum

•To increase income by 20% by the 2nd year

•To supply or provide the unserved market demand with the production

provided

•Maximum utilization of the area given, generating income

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

COMMODITIES FIRST YEAR

GROSS SALES INPUT COST NET INCOME

CROPS 37, 475.06 5, 830.00 33, 675.00

POULTRY 46,720.00 26, 064.00 20,656.00

TOTAL 84, 195.06 31, 894.00 52, 301.00

Reflect the Characterof the Owner

Get to know and understand the Client

The Agritect shall initiate theinteraction of the structure and Natureand see to it that the needs of theclient are addressed

Sustainable Integrated Farming for 700SQM Home LotGeneral Objective:

The project aims to augment the aggregate annual income of Sycayco family of at least 50% through integrated farming by adopting organic technology and contribute in the promotion of organic farming and in the survival of our dying mother nature.

Specific Objectives: The establishment of

integrated farming adopting organic

technology aims to:

1. Increase production of at least 50% annually and a monthly

income of more or less PhP10,400.00 starting year 2013;

2. Promote integrated farming by adopting organic technology

starting in 2013 on a 700-square meter piece of land;

3. Hone the farming skills of the target proponent through the

application of integrated farming by adopting organic farming

technology;

4. Provide employment to at least 3-5 persons per cropping

season with daily wage of PhP150.00; and

5. Supply the daily food requirement of the family-proponent

starting the second quarter of the project implementation.

Project Description

The proposed project is an integrated farm that adopts

organic technology on a 600-square meter, more or

less, farm lot

The organic technology focuses on the production of

different high value commercial and cash crops like

carrots, lettuce, salad tomatoes, cucumber, and cacao

and the regular crops like ginger, turmeric, and string

beans.

Other components of the integrated farm include

carabao raising, native chicken and swine raising, and

tilapia culture. The approaches to fertilizer uses, pests

and diseases control is purely organic. In which, raw

materials come from available farm wastes,

indigenous plants and crops that are easily found and

grown within the area or nearby areas.

The crop rotation will be practiced to maintain the fertility

and condition of the soil and habitat of micro organism. At

the start of the implementation of integrated farming

system, the organic inputs will be purchased.

For the remaining 100 square meters is allocated for the building

construction such as house and mini structure with a restaurant, a

warehouse and a display area for the post harvest handling and the

open space for the planting flowering plants and herbs as insect

repellant and attractant.

Financial Analysis.

The proposed project will have a total capital requirements of

PhP207,000.00. Out of PhP207,000.00, 76% or PhP158,240.00 will

be borrowed from the City Agriculture through the Department of

Agriculture under the Greening Program distributed as follows

The projected Income Statements for crop and livestock

production, and tilapia culture will have a combined average

net income of PhP331,213.79 for a three-year operations,

with Return on Investment of 160.01%. The computation

also reveals that it has a payback period of 1.21 years.

Savings Generation/mobilization

The proposed project also considers the generation of

savings for the family. In every sale, the family will set aside

at least 1% of the total sales for the family savings. In which,

later on the 50% of the total savings could be used for

expansion of the project

Prepared by:

CHARITO A. CADORNA

Coordinator for Agriculture

AFOS Foundation for Entrepreneurial Development

AR. FELIPE B. JOCSON

UAP Mt. Kanlaon

WINNIE T. SYCAYCO

FITS-ISS

City Agriculture Office

Bago City, Negros Occidental

No Straight Lines

- There has to be a

surprise in every

corner

- Details, details, details

Ingress and Egress

Access - Entrance and exit

Botanical Perimeters

The Image of the City– Kevin Lynch

Paths - the streets, sidewalks, trails, and other channels in which people travel

Edges - perceived boundaries such as walls, buildings, and shorelines

Districts - relatively large sections of the city distinguished by some identity or character;

Nodes - focal points, intersections

Landmarks - readily identifiable objects which serve as external reference points.

Determine your highest point

- Know your terrain, use it to your

advantage, minimize earth moving

- identify your sources of water

- Lowest point == ponds,

Sewage and septic tanks

No house should ever be on a hill or

on anything. It should be of the hill.

Belonging to it. Hill and house should

live together each the happier for the

other.

- Frank Lloyd

Wright

Determine your core business

Determine your assets, what are you good at

Turn On’s – Farm Tourism

What are the special

features your project?

Photo Areas

Romantic Areas

Recreation Areas

Public Areas

DiversityMulti - cropping instead

of Mono- cropping

Designing for the senses

Sensing Architecture

- The architect must act as a composer that orchestrates space into a synchronization for function and beauty through the senses – and how

the human body engages space is of prime importance. As the human body moves,

sees, smells, touches, hears and even tastes within a space – the architecture comes to life.

- MARIA LORENA LEHMAN

Principles for Operations

N E W

P O T _

4 R’s

7 Principles

Natural Indigenous

Organic

Pro - Life

Pro - Health

Pro - Family

Excellence Passion for

doing the best that you can in any given situation

W – Wow Factor

Praise to the Owner

The greatest architect is God

Protect and make use of your surrounding, maximize your view

God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.

Frank Lloyd Wright

O – Sanctuary of Order

Create peace for those entering

Wellness and relaxation

Whollistic healing

T – Offer of Thanksgiving Paying it forward, it

is there to be seen, and to be replicated

Credit is given to where credit is due

Bio tecture

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Rejuvenate

The 7 P’sPrinciple of

Space and Time There is always an

opportunity in the eyes of the Agritect

There is no unproductive soil, only an unproductive farmer

There is no impossible project, only an uncreative architect

Principle of Light Hosea 4:6 – My people suffer because

they lack knowledge

“ kung walang knowledge, walang power”

Natural Lighting and Ventilation

Use available tools such as Sun path diagram, sun requirements, Shade tolerant plants,

Principle of

ColorThe more colorful the

plant the more effective

it is an insect repellant

Red, browns and yellows

(autumn colors) generally

are shade tolerant plants

Principle of Equilibrium and Balance

Rule of nature

Pest and predator

Principle of Redundancy

There is strength

in numbers

Groupings –plants

help one another

Aesthetically pleasing

Principle of Compatibility and Complementarity

companion

cropping

plant spacing

Principle of Stress In construction prior to installation

we apply post or pre tension to make it stronger

In plants and trees we apply

stress to it to produce and bear

sweeter fruits

In animals we apply stress to

produce hormones necessary for production

N – Never

E – Ending

S - Story

Remember that you are the artist, the landscape is your canvass, the plants, the animals and the structures that you put into it are your lines and colors, the brushesare the people that help you to execute it properly, as an artist you should have harmony from with in and an instinctive sense of balanceto create a perfect composition of beauty, strength and function that you could share with the world.

All Glory to God!

Mabuhay po

tayong lahat!