Uptown Bluff: Urban Homesteading 3.0

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Hillary Pritchett (2014)

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An ecotone is the meeting place of two biomes, or communities. It is a place in its own right—a transition place—at times harboring species not present in the converging communities that define it. Some species depend on ecotonal areas for nesting, courtship, or sustenance.

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The place where two communities meet can take on any one of myriad forms. What if a mixed-use housing project used the ecotone concept to integrate human and non-human habitat by way of food production? Much like an ecotone, Uptown Bluff incorporates a gradient of intersecting indoor, outdoor, and “in-between” spaces to achieve habitat, cultivation, and community.

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