Sustainable, Rural Design by Auburn's Rural Studio
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Construction of the Rural Studio Farm
Elena Barthel: “The idea is to design and build our own farm with the students as a prototype to extend out of the academic community. We’re building an irrigation system based on gravity; water is collected off the roof in cisterns, then pumped up into a smaller water tower, then gravity will feed a drip irrigation system. The greenhouse as a whole is a manifesto of sustainable farming.”
Photo by Tim Hursley