Mid-scale farms are disappearing across America in favor of small lifestyle farms and industrial agriculture. Urban sprawl, while pressuring these farms to sell for development, has also contributed to a societal disconnect from the land. This loss of a sense of place can be seen in shifting consumer attitudes towards food and a rising demand for local, sustainable, and organic products. Tapping into that trend is the farming method (optimized for mid-scale farms) championed by Polyface, Inc; a rotation of various livestock across pastures maintains the farm as an ecosystem, balancing the needs of both land and animals. Greenmont Farm lies in the Shenandoah Valley: a landscape of rolling hills crisscrossed with fence lines and overshadowed by the Blue Ridge Mountains. Currently farmed by Polyface, Greenmont's future is unclear and it is struggling to break even. Phasing in limited residential development alongside an intensification of the working farm forms a modern agricultural community, allowing Greenmont to stay intact. Thickening the boundary between protected regions of unchecked growth and the open pastures creates a narrow site for each phase. The housing units react to their placement in between the pastoral and the rugged, while common spaces reflect the inherent seasonality of a farm. / 0 / SPK / specialcollections@tulane.edu

El proyecto consiste en diseñar un nuevo mercado para el distrito de Magdalena del Mar en Lima, Perú. Este se caracteriza por fusionar las actividades principales de un mercado de abasto y gastronómico con torres de tipologías híbridas, las cuales tienen el uso principal de oficinas, pero varían su función según el usuario, llegando a ser vivienda – oficina o únicamente vivienda. Con la modernización del mercado y las tipologías híbridas se repotencia la zona comercial de Magdalena y se establece como un nuevo polo comercial y turístico en Lima. El terreno se encuentra ubicado frente de la plaza Túpac Amaru, nodo principal del distrito, por la variedad de actividades comerciales, gastronómicas y culturales que se realizan en su entorno. Asimismo, se encuentra a dos cuadras de la Av. Sucre, que conecta el distrito con pueblo libre y la costa verde; y a cuatro cuadras de la av. Brasil, que lo conecta con el Centro Histórico de Lima. El énfasis está enfocado en el uso de los espacios centrales para generar jerarquía y tener recorrido perimetral que permita la integración y permeabilidad con su entorno urbano, además de resolver el problema de la afluencia peatonal en su perímetro. Adicional a esto, se propone el uso de calles internas para lograr una conexión urbana entre el mercado, la Plaza Túpac Amaru, el Boulevard José Gálvez, la Huaca Huantille, la Iglesia Sagrado Corazón de María y el malecón; de esta manera el mercado funciona como motor económico, urbanístico, turístico y social del distrito. / The project consists of designing a new market in the Magdalena del Mar district in Lima, Peru. The market’s concept is characterized by serving the function of both a food market and a gastronomic center for sampling a variety of foods. The market features hybrid typology buildings that serve primarily as offices, but can be adapted into home–offices or just homes, based on the user’s needs. The market’s modernization project and the hybrid typology architecture aim to revitalize the commercial zone in Magdalena and establish it as new commercial and touristic destination in Lima. The land for this project is located across from Plaza Tupac Amaru, a major hub of the district due to the variety of commercial, gastronomic, and cultural activities that take place around it. It is also located two blocks from Avenida Sucre, which connects the district with Pueblo Libre and Costa Verde, and four blocks from Avenida Brazil, which connects it with Lima’s Historic Downtown. The emphasis of the project is placed on the use of central spaces to generate a hierarchy and create a path around the perimeter that allows the market to integrate with its urban surroundings seamlessly, as well as to solve the issue of pedestrian flow. In addition to this, it is recommended to use internal streets to achieve an urban connection between the market, Plaza Tupac Amaru, Boulevard Jose Galvez, Huaca Huantille, Iglesia Sagrado Corazon de Maria, and the Malecón. In this way, the market can serve as an economic driver and urban, touristic, and social center for the district. / Tesis