Ring-A-Round O' Roses

dc.contributor.advisorSchaum, Troy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWittenberg, Gordon
dc.creatorLee, Stephanie
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T14:07:47Z
dc.date.available2019-05-17T14:07:47Z
dc.date.created2018-05
dc.date.issued2018-04-20
dc.date.submittedMay 2018
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T14:07:47Z
dc.description.abstractThe production system of Kenyan floriculture is a complex web of biological, mechanical and socioeconomic relationships. The former British Colony accounts for one third of all flower sales in the European Union. However, as 90 percent of the farm operations are foreign owned, these flowers represent a capitalist process of neo-colonial exploitation. The shear scale of mechanized agro-production has shifted the identity of an individual farmer to a ‘factory worker’. As a response to these existing imbalances, this project proposes a two-fold management strategy: A series of iconic civic-centers form a ‘loose’ regional infrastructure for labor unions, while a prototype farm is developed for individual farm cooperatives. Integrated farm networks will work in synthesis to turn closed systems of exploitation to an open-system based on process and access. RRR’s objective is to explore architectural agency in large-scale agricultural sectors of the Global South.
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dc.identifier.citationLee, Stephanie. "Ring-A-Round O' Roses." (2018) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105653">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105653</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105653
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.
dc.subjectParasite Architecture
dc.subjectPrototype
dc.subjectIndustrial Agriculture
dc.subjectGreenhouses
dc.subjectRegional Planning
dc.subjectKenya
dc.subjectFloriculture
dc.titleRing-A-Round O' Roses
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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