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Award - Special Citation

Entrant: Beret Dickson

Project Name: Baltimore FarmWorks: Yielding Architecture for [Urban + Agri] Culture

Project Type: Self-Directed Project

Project Description: This project proposes the transformation of a superfund site on Baltimore's Inner Harbor into a laboratory for urban farming, research and education.

Month/Year Completed: December 2008

School Name: University of Maryland

Faculty Sponsor: Isaac Williams, Assistant Professor, Architecture Program

Jury Comments: Confronts contemporary issues, i.e. integration of building and environmental systems within an urban context. A little generic, but adaptable, prototypical. Synthesizes  architecture, landscape architecture, and environmental systems.