The Current Plan for my Site

This is the current plan for my thesis site.

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http://www.prospermag.com/video/111-710

The Models

Preliminary Design

Park Case Studies

Site Analysis

Bibliography

Bibliography

Articles

Existing Built and Environmental Conditions

• Gomiero, T., Paoletti, M. G., Pimentel, D. (2008) Energy and Environmental Issues in Organic and Conventional Agriculture. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 27:239–254
• Princiotta, F. (2009) Global Climate Change and the Mitigation Challenge. Journal of Air & Waste Management Association. 59:1194–1211

• Balat, M. (2007) Influence of Coal as an Energy Source on Environmental Pollution. Energy Sources, Part A. 29:581–589
• Lippke, B., Edmonds, L. (2006). Environmental performance improvement in residential construction: the impact of products, biofuels, and processes. Forest Products Journal. 56.10. 14

Nature as the lead designer

• Galston, A. W. (1992). Photosythesis as a Basis for Life Support on Earth and in Space. BioScience. 42-7, 490-493
• Isaacson, A. (2008). Engineered by nature: the best place to find inspiration for

industrial design? The flora and fauna all around us. Popular Mechanics. 185.10. 5

• Lo, T., Cui, H.Z., Tang, P.W.C., Leung, H.C. (2008). Strength analysis of bamboo by microscopic investigation of bamboo fibre. Construction and Building Materials. 22.7. 7

Altering Nature for the Design

• Stamo, I., Ylli, A., Dodbiba, A. (2007). Induced Mutations for Improving Production of Bread and Durum Wheat. American Institute of Physics. 978-0-7354-0404-5
• Khan, S. A., Hamayun, M., Yoon, H., Kim, H., Suh, S., Hwang, S., Kim, J., Lee,

I., Choo, Y., Kong, W., Lee, B., Kim, J. (2008). Plant growth promotion and Penicillium citrinum. BMC Microbiology. 8.231 (Dec 22, 2008). 15

Websites

Population Maps

• http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/earth/human-conditions.php?format=print

Pollution Levels

• http://www.climatechange.sa.gov.au/index.php?page=greenhouse-gases
• http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/articles/others/TakMar08.html
• http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/globalghg.html
• http://www.mindfully.org/Air/2006/UN-Greenhouse-Gas3nov06.htm
• http://earthtrendsdelivered.org/node/233
• http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/about_us/great_barrier_reef_outlook_report/outlook_report/evidence/evidence_template26
• http://www.garnautreview.org.au/chp3.htm
• http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/globalghg.html

Biomes

• http://tepserver.ucsd.edu/people/Chris-Halter/CaProject/CaBiomes.html
• http://www.digitalpencil.org/Projects_AllGrades/aroundtheworld/biomes/biomes.aspx?GS=431&GK=10&S=5&C=19&Sd=16&E=1
• http://web.rollins.edu/~jsiry/Biophysical.html

Evolution of the Plant

• http://www.cropsforhealth.colostate.edu/tree.htm

Book

• Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Janine M. Benyus

• Bio-Architecture, First Edition by Javier Senosiain
• Living Sculpture by Paul Cooper
• Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
• The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City by Patrick Blanc, Veronique Lalot, Gregory Bruhn, and Jean Nouvel
• Biology by Neil A. Campbell and Jane B. Reece
• Ultimate Treehouses by David Clark
• Atlas of Woody Plant Stems: Evolution, Structure, and Environmental Modifications by F.H. Schweingruber, A. Börner, and E.-D. Schulze
• An Introduction to Plant Structure and Development: Plant Anatomy for the Twenty-First Century by Charles B. Beck
• S M L XL by Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, and Hans Werlemann
• The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture by Editors of Phaidon Press