Procession in Process: Finding Place in Fruit Breeding
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2014-04-03
Authors
Green, William
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The modern disconnect between agricultural producers and consumers in Canada is a result of an increasingly smaller percentage of society taking part in the ‘making’ of food.
Fruit breeding —the practice of selectively breeding two fruit varieties to create a genetically superior offspring— is a scientific process found at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre in Summerland, B.C. Canada that orchardists use to produce more while investing less.
This thesis attempts to reveal the fruit breeding process by establishing an architectural procession through the agricultural landscape in order to reconnect consumer and producer.
Further, the design of this thesis explores the development of an architecture of place in order to establish a deeper connection with the fruit breeding process for the visitor.
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Architecture, Summerland, Okanagan, Fruit Breeding, Agricultural Landscape, Place, Procession, Producer/Consumer, Visitor Experience