Stable But Not Staid: 8 Contemporary Approaches to Agricultural Typologies
Agriculture has long been a hallmark of human ingenuity — a seminal one, in fact — and, while its scale and scope has shifted radically over the last few centuries, the conceit of living off the land has only grown more romantic in the digital age. Yet, as these eight projects show, it's possible to have the best of both rural and contemporary 21st-century agricultural facilities that hearken back to traditional agricultural typologies. Cow Barn in Lignières by LOCALARCHITECTURE, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Swiss agriculture is the most protected agriculture in the world and recent legislation of neighboring countries to phase out all export subsidies threatened its very existence. In response, LOCALARCHITECTURE designed this free-stall barn for 30 cows that fit the budget allocated by federal authorities that is respectful to the local architectural form. Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility by De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop, Goshen, Ky. Consistent with the tropes of regional farm structures and local buildings, this pair of large barns was sustainably constructed with “low-tech” strategies. The site and buildings work together to ... , Gabrielle Golenda, read more http://ift.tt/1LoiuRg
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