Fortress Farms: Activist Architecture

This architectural thesis explores the concept of a fortress farm; a defensive agricultural community built on lands in danger of violent and state-sponsored destruction. This building type will defend against a political destruction long ignored by the architectural profession, called Domicide: the demolition of the home, its attendant infrastructures, and domestic patterns-of-life by the sovereign of a nation state. The exploration occurs in those spaces where civilian domesticity is violated. The intention is to prevent destruction at its source in a manner which is effective but non-offensive.