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Symbiotic Districts

Symbiotic districts are becoming more common in today’s society.Changes like these seem like reasonable approaches to an improve-ment in the current economies. The fact that these districts are springingup and demonstrating self-sustaining methods while incorporation en-vironmentally friendly practice, has become a model for society. In ad-

dition to this, these districts show potential for an improved communitymodel, and even a foreshadowing of what architectural design couldbe heading towards.

The fact that a lot of the systems used by a symbiotic district are environ-mentally conscience makes these an ideal model for building design.Methods of self-operation, such as compost bins for use in gardens orrainwater collection system to re use throughout the site, become primeexamples of methods that would improve both the economic side andthe environmental side of society.

Functionally this model begins to illustrate alternative methods that onecould use to run a building or a series of buildings. These methods be-come prime to the development of communities that strive for environ-mentally good design. These not only improve the environment, but alsoprovide a way for an inhabitant to become more familiar with how abuilding functions, and how systems can be incorporated to self-run thebuilding thus eliminating harmful exterior sources of energy.This design model also invites different practices to work together for sus-taining a building or a group of buildings. The processes used in a symbi-otic district are not only bene cial to the buildings, but also to the prac -

tices of the inhabitant. For example, in this project the idea of having abakery and a brewery work together as a unit in one site begins to illus-trate how this model adapts to different cultures. The idea that a symbi-otic district sustaining itself comes down to the particular culture of thatof its inhabitants begins to tie this back to the idea of an environmentalapproach to design, because of the fact that one building could makeuse of the other’s waste and vice versa.

This in mind, the design presented is an attempt at designing a site and aset of buildings that are broken into three sections. These sections are thenconnecting the three buildings and the site, and serve speci c functionsthroughout the site. The rst section starting at the front of the buildings isintended for sales of the two businesses, in addition to the beginning orentrance to the community spaces and main pathways. The second partis composed of the community spaces, which are towards the middle ofthe buildings and begin at the corner pavilion. The third section is in therear section of the site and is composed of production and services forthe facilities. The front portion of the site also contains a set of gardens foruse by the market, as well as a pavilion and small building which couldhouse the market at some points and have other purposes when notused as a market. This portion also has a set of compost bins at the end

of the site for use on the gardens which also carry into the phase two ofthe project. These gardens and compost bins also begin to tie the site tothe rest of the community by providing goods to local businesses and al-low them to have a place for their waste to be taken. Phase two of thisproject proposes a cafe and an extension to the community spaces andpublic garden at the farmers market.

PHASE 2 DIAGRAM

SITE SYMBIOSIS DIAGRAM

EXTERIOR RENDERING | SITE

STARKVILLE SYMBIOSISKEVIN FLORESPROFESSOR GREGORYARC 4536 | FALL SEMESTER

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EXTERIOR RENDERING | PAVILION 01

EAST ELEVATION | SCALE 1/16”=1’

PLAN| SCALE 1/16”=1’

SOUTH ELEVATION | SCALE 1/16”=1’

NORTH ELEVATION | 1/16”=1’

WEST ELEVATION | SCALE 1/16”=1’

1 - COMMUNITY PAVILION | MARKET

2 - DEREGO’S BREAD

3 - SWEETGUM BREWING CO.

4 -COMMUNITY SPACE 5 - BAKERY COMMUNITY SPACE

6 - BREWERY TASTE ROOM

7 - BAKERY PRODUCTION

8 - BREWERY PRODUCTION

9 - BAKERY SALES

10 - BREWERY OFFICES | RESTROOMS

11 - COMMUNITY GARDENS

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INTERIOR RENDERING | BAKERYWALL SECTION | SCALE 3/4”=1’

EXTERIOR RENDERING | PAVILION 02 BREWERY SECTION | SCALE 1/16”= 1’

BAKERY SECTION | SCALE 1/16”=1’

SITE SECTION | SCALE 1/16”=1’

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COMMUNITY SYMBIOSIS DIAGRAMINTERIOR RENDERING | BREWERY

EXTERIOR RENDERING | BREWERY

- Represents businesses that bene t from the site, as wellas promote the products produced at the site

- Represents places that could bene t from the commu -nity spaces provided by the site

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