Cultivating Infrastructure: Farm to Tower // Yvonne Zhang and Peter Peng
Degree Project - Spring 2020
Studio Critics: Kathleen Dunne + Michael Trencher + Shannon Hayes + Paul Haacke
By
Yvonne Zhang - yzhang13@pratt.edu
Peter Peng - ppeng@pratt.edu
Studio Critics: Kathleen Dunne + Michael Trencher + Shannon Hayes + Paul Haacke
By
Yvonne Zhang - yzhang13@pratt.edu
Peter Peng - ppeng@pratt.edu
Artist Statement
Rural lands are declining.
Urbanization projects and industrial development are putting an end on agricultural lands, globally. In China, the speed of urbanization over the past three decades has unfortunately resulted in widespread inefficient land use. Overtime, urban expansion encroaches into more farm land, displacing farmers and reducing China's total arable land.
Ever since the industrial revolution and the rise of developing heavy infrastructure, China's total arable land area drop drastically and the transition of large amounts of carbon emissions into urban areas are incredibly high.
Because of the rising environmental and social conflict, the CULTIVATING INFRASTRUCTURE: FARM TO TOWER is the vehicle to cultivate traditional farming from the old town to the new town- as technology and certain methods are advancing.
Our project focuses on the transition from the OLD TOWN to the NEW TOWN by advocating the traditional farming methods into the form of industrial development.
Urbanization projects and industrial development are putting an end on agricultural lands, globally. In China, the speed of urbanization over the past three decades has unfortunately resulted in widespread inefficient land use. Overtime, urban expansion encroaches into more farm land, displacing farmers and reducing China's total arable land.
Ever since the industrial revolution and the rise of developing heavy infrastructure, China's total arable land area drop drastically and the transition of large amounts of carbon emissions into urban areas are incredibly high.
Because of the rising environmental and social conflict, the CULTIVATING INFRASTRUCTURE: FARM TO TOWER is the vehicle to cultivate traditional farming from the old town to the new town- as technology and certain methods are advancing.
Our project focuses on the transition from the OLD TOWN to the NEW TOWN by advocating the traditional farming methods into the form of industrial development.
Cultivating Infrastructure Farm to Tower
By Yvonne Zhang and Peter (Shuai) Peng - Studio Critics: Kathy Dunne, Michael Trencher, Shannon Hayes, and Paul Haacke
Peter Peng Final Booklet
By Peter (Shuai) Peng
Yvonne Zhang Final Booklet
By Yvonne Zhang