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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Led by Architect and Instructor Derek Hoeferlin in Spring 2008, a senior undergraduate architecture design studio at Washington University in St. Louis as part of the CITYbuild Consortium of Schools, designed and built a chicken coop and a goose coop for God's Vineyard Community Garden in New Orleans, Louisiana. The garden, technically an urban farm, is co-directed by Noel Jones and Earl Antwine. Half of the farm is for vegetables, primarily devoted to growing hot peppers. With the assistance of the nearby community, primarily low-income children, these peppers are harvested and used to create the amazing St. Thomas Seven Hot Pepper Sauce. The other half of the urban farm is dedicated to several hens, a rooster, a few african geese, a wild turkey, some rabbits and ducks. The rich fetrilizer from the animal portion of the farm is used for the garden portion of the farm. The design of the chicken coop is a series of pre-fabricated components constructed at Washington Univ. in St. Louis. These components, constructed of galvanized steel, polycarbonate, corrugated metal and treated wood, were flat-packed in a cargo van and driven to New Orleans for their subsequent easy assembly in the free-range portion of the farm. Also, a corresponding goose coop was constructed of a series of foldable triangle components that can be deployed in multiple configurations. Download book for free or purhase at: http://www.lulu.com/content/4011779