Sparsification and the Reconsideration of Contemporary Rural Living

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Eric Murphy

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

M.ARCH I

Date

Fall 2008

Keywords

rural, agriculture, America, sustainability

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

"This thesis asserts that architecture and agriculture must form a symbiotic relationship united by sustainability to redefine contemporary rural living. By challenging outdated traditions, idyllic visions, and preconceived notions of the rural paradigm, it is also possible to reprove a diminishing agrarian lifestyle. Rural architecture must become as productive as the ground it replaces, and as integrated as the crop to the soil. A new model needs to be established to facilitate these assertions and reconsider contemporary rural living."

Additional Information

Advisors: Jean-Francois Bedard / Kevin Lair

Recommended Citation

Murphy, Eric, "Sparsification and the Reconsideration of Contemporary Rural Living" (2008). Architecture Thesis Prep. 26.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/26