tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28783381119242533032024-03-04T23:14:07.173-08:00tilting the fieldexplorations in vertical farminganastasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496597729765230401noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-41505699204148655472010-07-06T15:16:00.000-07:002010-07-06T20:19:34.564-07:00Re-encountering Past, into the Future<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPxzRltnxI/AAAAAAAAAXs/zkM52dCwjtM/s1600/07.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPxzRltnxI/AAAAAAAAAXs/zkM52dCwjtM/s320/07.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490998233891970834" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPfebcj4jI/AAAAAAAAAW0/_YBtBFMZ0k0/s1600/07.jpg"><span><span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Market before demolition (source: </span></span><a href="http://www.artinruins.com/arch/?id=rip&pr=provfruit#top57"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.artinruins.com/arch/?id=rip&pr=provfruit#top57</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPxz970QRI/AAAAAAAAAX0/W9rHWHbqSGU/s1600/interior_sm.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPxz970QRI/AAAAAAAAAX0/W9rHWHbqSGU/s320/interior_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490998245795840274" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px; " /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Ghost of the Past (photo transfer)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Providence Fruit and Produce Market</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> was established in 1929 as a warehouse and market between the train and the consumer. Since then for 69 years, it has served the Providence community well until the industry was dominated by the large super-markets. After long period of bidding process, it fell into the hands of the developer and unfortunately was resumed of its life and purpose by demolition in 2008.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Working with the ghost and memory of this thin building of 965 feet in length, I first considered its location, purpose and meaning.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPVW48Ar8I/AAAAAAAAAWU/yRINHb-eACY/s1600/site_map.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPVW48Ar8I/AAAAAAAAAWU/yRINHb-eACY/s400/site_map.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490966959912693698" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">While there is scarce green space, Providence River stream flows above the site, as the freeway and train tracks follow below. The north side of the building across the street is residential development, only surrounded by industrial buildings and the mall. The souther view towards the veins of freeway system is not desirable, and there is lack of public space, repose and congregation.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Availability of fresh produce is not found anywhere near. I find it paradoxical that more health related businesses are entering the neighborhood, without any strategic change on their environment itself. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Now architects are at work.</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In given circumstances, we needed to maximize the solar gain for commercial growing while maintaining public spaces, education facilities and marketplace.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I split the building in two by scooping away a steep valley of void in the center, eroding roof and floor plates in length, much similar to the grain and the direction of other surrounding veins. Opening up the middle of the building in a courtyard scheme not only introduced light, but also created its own </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">river</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> within.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPYwXFDfCI/AAAAAAAAAWc/E5QroizG0ck/s1600/Final_plan_basement_sm.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPYwXFDfCI/AAAAAAAAAWc/E5QroizG0ck/s400/Final_plan_basement_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490970696035302434" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 162px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Basement Plan: Public may enter in the central Market Place through basement and/or 1st floor level.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPYw0UKstI/AAAAAAAAAWk/4ebNwLC0QYs/s1600/Final_plan_1FL_sm.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPYw0UKstI/AAAAAAAAAWk/4ebNwLC0QYs/s400/Final_plan_1FL_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490970703883317970" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 194px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1FL Plan: From North Facade, the public is immediately drawn to the transparent glass box of the restaurant section.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPYxIoKU5I/AAAAAAAAAWs/gNwL04dzgNA/s1600/Final_plan_2FL_sm.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPYxIoKU5I/AAAAAAAAAWs/gNwL04dzgNA/s400/Final_plan_2FL_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490970709335888786" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 162px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2FL Plan: Restaurants and cafe, incubator kitchens, classrooms and community gardens.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The grain of the building is defined by the planting beds fountains and fish tanks in modules. From the basement level in the valley one looks up to the courtyard balconies of the upper levels and up to the sky. Main stream of fish ponds and fish tanks flow in the basement.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Large portion of the public functions and engagement occurs on the north side of the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">river </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">while private growing facilities are on the south side, mostly enclosed for sanitary reasons. They become indoor greenhouse. And the space between the building and the freeway becomes outdoor farming and live-stock area. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Water collection occurs in the roof, draining from east to west, back to the basement treatment system for irrigation and plumbing. Both public and commercial composting area is also located in the basement.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPkA0PlsHI/AAAAAAAAAXE/nP0BOoFUzf4/s1600/IMG_7787_2.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPkA0PlsHI/AAAAAAAAAXE/nP0BOoFUzf4/s400/IMG_7787_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490983073369927794" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPkBTOvl3I/AAAAAAAAAXM/Yf0X0j-FNJ8/s1600/IMG_7747_2.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPkBTOvl3I/AAAAAAAAAXM/Yf0X0j-FNJ8/s400/IMG_7747_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490983081687881586" style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPkB_KQabI/AAAAAAAAAXU/kFxETCDgGaQ/s1600/IMG_7796_2.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPkB_KQabI/AAAAAAAAAXU/kFxETCDgGaQ/s400/IMG_7796_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490983093480221106" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This building serves as the hub of public interaction and the provider of fresh produce, fish and grocery as a giant backyard for neighboring community and local citizens. However, its sheer capacity also provides opportunity to send what is harvested to other states as well. Above all, the building runs on its own ecology, amidst light, water and soil, in a temperature and humidity controlled environment while providing pleasure to the eyes with its green space in and outside of the building.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPkkVAmhdI/AAAAAAAAAXc/7cpzZr4L5AQ/s1600/sketchbook13_sm.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPkkVAmhdI/AAAAAAAAAXc/7cpzZr4L5AQ/s400/sketchbook13_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490983683460859346" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPn_aTkm4I/AAAAAAAAAXk/X8gXwzvacr4/s1600/collage1+copy.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/TDPn_aTkm4I/AAAAAAAAAXk/X8gXwzvacr4/s400/collage1+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490987447273954178" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-34577052357415095752010-06-06T17:37:00.000-07:002010-06-06T18:04:19.092-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9d6QwlDDwsi2SLRVTSk8n3LxY5vqY-CLpuqssAWzZCp2UH7rUVYYxCsCnblSQxmG3cFH0Xfk6yday_VuTShBkgOqRlucinKtOo65JfE7x9kkLQqf6xkj2CeHMK4aDg6J1894i7YE9qZW/s1600/100603+Final+perspectivereduc2.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479830040287720610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9d6QwlDDwsi2SLRVTSk8n3LxY5vqY-CLpuqssAWzZCp2UH7rUVYYxCsCnblSQxmG3cFH0Xfk6yday_VuTShBkgOqRlucinKtOo65JfE7x9kkLQqf6xkj2CeHMK4aDg6J1894i7YE9qZW/s400/100603+Final+perspectivereduc2.bmp" /></a><br /><div><div>A garden is growing out of an old mill building on the Blackstone River near downtown Pawtucket; one of the birthplaces of the American Industrial Revolution. Pawtucket was dotted with old mill buildings that were used as sweat shops in the early 1800's with long working hours, and in some cases employing child labor. Two centuries later, textile manufacturing had left Pawtucket, being outsourced to other countries and the old mills were left abandoned in the landscape; beginning their process of decay. </div><br /><div>The people have stripped away the skin from the wooden A-frame portion of the building, letting the weather in to feed their plants growing up amongst the bones of the old building. Atop the garden the people reside in a modified portion of the building that incorporates new cladding that they built using the clapboards from the removed skin. In some places on the wall they have extended rows of the clapboards out to hold soil for plants to grow along the wall. </div><br /><div>The complex was chosen primarily because of its discrete nature, its protective qualities, and its easy access to the river. The garden is located in the center of the complex surrounded on all sides by different buffers. On the East side there is a 3-story, rectangular brick building. It has a good view of the surroundings from the roof and lots of large rooms filled with old equipment. On the South side there is a large rock embankment of mostly poison ivy bordering the complex and the old school. The West side is the river, 120 feet wide; it flows at a pretty good pace because the Pawtucket Falls are only a half-mile downstream. To the North, the only access to the garden is down a narrow alley between the brick building to the East and the wooden building that holds the garden.</div><br /><div>On the West side there is a path that runs along the river. It has limited access to the garden by means of drawbridge across a moat that is separated from the river by a large ceramic wall that supports the path itself. The people water their plants during dry times using water from the moat. Once a week, the people lay the bridge across the moat to allow visitors to cross the moat to barter and trade with them for the surplus produce from their garden.</div><br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479829625532122738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspx-OwqA3ONKhL4G54J5dOvPX6Dp-yzsBd6coM99P17mvhC79stpm37zflhp9mQAtUszDRx6IDIYY8gYFB-oUVAOTORlQlkFgV7x0bFT6S3cr6XIGOBHJ9ZjGh_f_sn3KpHntZg3r_caZ/s400/100603+Final+plans+sections+elevationreduc2.bmp" /> <div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>This summer, people will be seeking out new sites for growing. . .</div><div> </div><div> </div></div>Garrett McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06533115013353026889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-40290209141413223142010-06-02T12:43:00.000-07:002010-06-02T14:33:30.938-07:00Land Farm to Vertical Farm<img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfsQ3L48T-WEobYHTke7p7gRnHO2yZfG4AdSjHRqv-LeJeltl4MuQT0bP5UgE8eGo_oTVwPpHgryHkPCVHXV0rQDX5f-u4GNT_R7BvM9f3_oYrUURz369h0ocBu3eo7_4Y3zpEyJdzSs/s320/IMG_6710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478271330523270306" border="0" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Through the remembrance of the demolished "<a href="http://www.artinruins.com/arch/?id=rip&pr=provfruit">Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse</a>" this new structure reignites the column bay structure, dimensions, floating lanterns on the roof and reinterprets its meaning.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The transition from land farming to vertical farming has become more familiar to society. Land farming (gardening) is an individual experience where as vertical farming represents production. This agricultural center encompasses these two components. Growing beds are designed and constructed for the production of fruit and produce, which then begin to transition and manipulate in form to become a land farming experience for the entering public. This transition allows for the public to be more interactive with the idea of farming and gardening. The experience from land farm to vertical farm is physically portrayed through the manipulation of growing beds.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJzmdrqbATX1rBjguJqGoQBch1XaC_qxrJpYhb8GvzzRuJ7ltEB7RWwXTE6Qed23s04K3NH86_4Rmb12ttku5N4P2yubXt_UqV2dpcFKZobWd3srodl48edq31tRRcnYA2ACa92DJfgc/s200/mo7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478274008774078514" border="0" /></div><div><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBatr26BN8NqVudn5GAMF5T0Q6PCyG4M90riXW9jJ9HLGOqU6yEF9C2blZfaGBmQ3AzcGXHaXHNmrorP0Dhi9FfsRBL97JeOzGFqIH48RhuAVpFD78DGeCoT2ggbSiEe4jf3R2Y-ibnQ0/s200/m1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478274947889917746" border="0" /></div><div><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WNDAmB2ljBFRllIx8JoLDjy0yf9AWQrPcH6D3AxQkzlvmjx8Q0hIYrV69IZaUnIQOB3wzBPRfvFt-K7Lu_5N8i3BM_nBqWfiSIW1eGFKzjGuickiV5cB6emRKn448zGWfUELW017sJE/s200/mo12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478276405261418178" border="0" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The longitudinal grain of this building is utilized with a train running within the structure; transporting fruit and produce from the vertical farming area (west) to the public market (east). Perpendicular to the longitudinal building are ramps intersecting the structure that allow for the dumping of compost.</div><div><br /></div><div>Land farming becomes vertical farming where learning centers </div><div>begin. Growing beds rise up to become vertical farming and structure for the learning centers on the southern side of the building. Learning centers are established where lanterns were constructed in the previous structure.</div><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0oq7ZrKubjTMCS3ztOcNtz2sZO-VIcub0CwUD8QJsfAHVed_WJ5t2CyNVFZbB3sGKemgpoIod4HZJT4a2zPr5av6UNH6mUMxzSvARBNw1euIafZRsMre6NzfgvU4FbnNgoL3ZmQOxXI/s320/IMG_6739.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478273045888136210" border="0" /><div><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GHtFSOlDll7psxMmPVu5kYkwCUj0HWhNd_1tix0Xk-TvuunVTssktrNbRYt4mv0jT_LPyAs_iIygCt8DLgHhlv0t2h5Z9C3Zr3QzpgDtMFYWbbkj9nXTf_Mik3YThG112iW7RFWt-xs/s320/IMG_6745.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478278920499093218" border="0" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Morgan Tinneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06807258510112505648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-48450491479114546822010-06-01T16:21:00.000-07:002010-06-01T19:06:54.201-07:00Reintroducing Food<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><b>Site Context</b></div><div>In its proximity to Pawtucket's public transportation hub, city hall, and info center (which all lie almost directly across the Blackstone River), as well as two neighboring high schools and the potential of the Blackstone Bike Path - the Blackstone Ave site possesses a large potential for active pedestrian access. In addition to this potential, the easy accessibility by freeway 95 presents a strong vehicular approach to the site.</div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PHFhEn7WZ0lLB6I9jjnfp0Pjo7NMjUhhztxrAPs4bZDz0X5b0hNsToREavz8hMY-XyA6DIbjF_nv5JeBsDmOw1JOo5tKg4iQHLy-T-VkJ5MDeV5G_lU4-GdWzgNHF7i5PTvVmMp9oyI/s1600/SiteContext.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PHFhEn7WZ0lLB6I9jjnfp0Pjo7NMjUhhztxrAPs4bZDz0X5b0hNsToREavz8hMY-XyA6DIbjF_nv5JeBsDmOw1JOo5tKg4iQHLy-T-VkJ5MDeV5G_lU4-GdWzgNHF7i5PTvVmMp9oyI/s400/SiteContext.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477959205194308354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PHFhEn7WZ0lLB6I9jjnfp0Pjo7NMjUhhztxrAPs4bZDz0X5b0hNsToREavz8hMY-XyA6DIbjF_nv5JeBsDmOw1JOo5tKg4iQHLy-T-VkJ5MDeV5G_lU4-GdWzgNHF7i5PTvVmMp9oyI/s1600/SiteContext.png"></a><br /><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Initial Observations</b></div><div>A strange detail on the site that caught my attention was a large circular opening in a masonry wall. Built to house a large industrial fan, still in place, but boarded up long ago, a small silver of light cuts between wood planks and steel blades to let a minuscule shred of sun filter down into the industrial thread room. Studying this detail (below) allowed me to understand the structure as more than just a series of disconnected, uncommunicative rooms. Instead I begun to understand that there were moments in the structure where the building almost de-laminated from itself (below)- pushing itself up or out to present its odd planes as strange sun surfaces. To better understand these quirky moments and potential continuities between spaces, I studied the structural grain of the two buildings (below).</div><div><br /></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gXqpojGf6XADFBH1cYX5nW-F_S9JF6Sgz3hYn_QkJZD4J0Xljo12WrIAeLcX7fWi4YWa_8d3W5CGvedf0nldeNF5FAp4MsR9Bwo4TaCLglRaBvBie4kqSmW-Qm8ddJfvvlaZ1tx9FrA/s1600/Detail.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gXqpojGf6XADFBH1cYX5nW-F_S9JF6Sgz3hYn_QkJZD4J0Xljo12WrIAeLcX7fWi4YWa_8d3W5CGvedf0nldeNF5FAp4MsR9Bwo4TaCLglRaBvBie4kqSmW-Qm8ddJfvvlaZ1tx9FrA/s400/Detail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477965919483496322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 84px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-6Uoqr9_G29-UMo8EB35EU8qTiIczslM7lj9o1lP39tgSodtxcevIvgvYqQ-6W2u22V02_qIahOJ06aA0_wUjmDw8RWNNe0-zSC5_8QsHpYpEUJb1QC1PSr4im4pxgVSLGyMrX3BoMc/s1600/EDIT.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-6Uoqr9_G29-UMo8EB35EU8qTiIczslM7lj9o1lP39tgSodtxcevIvgvYqQ-6W2u22V02_qIahOJ06aA0_wUjmDw8RWNNe0-zSC5_8QsHpYpEUJb1QC1PSr4im4pxgVSLGyMrX3BoMc/s400/EDIT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477967593250735698" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8HWpvYPqbebNnHwir2C7FLQjsJCCPJYPPQdF_0d4TBopwy4KjrqH5lf0tlFHWfKHOO4Dpuk6JhHULQW7LtiN4b3UT4efIjlts-5GQ_WTe0PUUYk1-p8Nf4F5mzZZdxRBIB0dfjiZlrg/s1600/bluesiteEdit1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8HWpvYPqbebNnHwir2C7FLQjsJCCPJYPPQdF_0d4TBopwy4KjrqH5lf0tlFHWfKHOO4Dpuk6JhHULQW7LtiN4b3UT4efIjlts-5GQ_WTe0PUUYk1-p8Nf4F5mzZZdxRBIB0dfjiZlrg/s400/bluesiteEdit1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477970114605375122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px; " /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8HWpvYPqbebNnHwir2C7FLQjsJCCPJYPPQdF_0d4TBopwy4KjrqH5lf0tlFHWfKHOO4Dpuk6JhHULQW7LtiN4b3UT4efIjlts-5GQ_WTe0PUUYk1-p8Nf4F5mzZZdxRBIB0dfjiZlrg/s1600/bluesiteEdit1.jpg"></a><b>Viability of Vertical Farming</b></div><div><div><div><div><div>After group work, where a proposal focusing on the urban agricultural center's role as a<i>center</i>more than a production zone was explored, I came back to individual work questioning the viability of vertical farming. While the profit of vertical farming is much much higher per foot over normal farms, the energy use by heating and lights and the massive water requirement (in an structure not precisely up to the challenges of massive weight additions) presented themselves as serious problems. So, what's wrong with the way we farm now? As identified by a earlier group study (posted earlier in this blog) the distance between production and consumption presents both a massive carbon footprint and a massive disconnect. Yet, (all) transportation is only 3rd in the list of contributors to the greenhouse gases. First is energy production and second is livestock. The curious thing is- Americans, on average, eat 7 times as much meat as the FDA recommends. Many studies have been drawing links between lifestyle diseases (heart disease, diabetes, some cancers) and countries with high meat consumption, such as America. The question then, perhaps, is the question of diet. It's the reintroduction of food into our culture. The idea that food is not merely what we eat, but what we grow, or what is grown and that we buy, what we cook, what we eat, and even what we recycle.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Program</b></div><div>The program, then, of my proposal provides the means to begin this cultural shift. It exists in two cycles: education and purchasing (see below). The educational cycle is broken down in three zones: 1. making- the ability to adapt ones built environment (at its most essential level- a shop), 2. growing- facilities to lend actual experience to various types of growing (seedling nursery, dark light growing with mushrooms, hydroponics, aquaponics and seasonal growing), and 3. cooking- the ability to both cook and the knowledge what to cook (at its most essential level- a cooking space with demonstration room). The purchasing has two tracts: 1. market- answering the very pertinent question of availability (supported by a private hydroponic system), 2. cafe- offering a food option for the quite local high schoolers roaming for lunch. (All diagrammed below).</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRO-d_myHG61UcArIYRMKQ50ksgk6-ZNaSF7dhG3wNPq6rjnML8bXV_SqEY1urj12e85ZluwuXgwOlp79vIJi0q30pqSA4FalaAuKDOcpIiYi7kSEj7Eo5SwL_oeXf-F8yN_-8SxGC7o/s1600/cycles.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRO-d_myHG61UcArIYRMKQ50ksgk6-ZNaSF7dhG3wNPq6rjnML8bXV_SqEY1urj12e85ZluwuXgwOlp79vIJi0q30pqSA4FalaAuKDOcpIiYi7kSEj7Eo5SwL_oeXf-F8yN_-8SxGC7o/s400/cycles.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477978938850913954" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px; " /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8ProfXiiilaqe_BSs4KzUVzDfgLe5raUsXDhufaP7KddSrk_lWSnaTx8WgKsNpRorNyh-MDolqPRNADqX-qk2sFpXlDO7s6hJRcF5s51qDLhfhbxqJxTGqgWIOaUFIk8rkh1WzVPlVA/s1600/program.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8ProfXiiilaqe_BSs4KzUVzDfgLe5raUsXDhufaP7KddSrk_lWSnaTx8WgKsNpRorNyh-MDolqPRNADqX-qk2sFpXlDO7s6hJRcF5s51qDLhfhbxqJxTGqgWIOaUFIk8rkh1WzVPlVA/s400/program.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477979704170479506" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px; " /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><b><br /></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Stents </b>(or the intervention)</div><div>Then if the program is to reflect different stages in this cultural understanding of food, the proposal is then to expose connections between the different programs. As one is purchasing food, how can they be aware of the means by which their very food is being produced? Massive green walls (green in diagram below) align themselves to the previously identified planes of light the buildings idiosyncratically provide, to cut between floors and program. Like a stent, they open the buildings along the seams of grain, breaking spaces previously conceived as one-story singularities into two-story connective tissues. Some exist externally, some step inside for non-seasonal growing and as a response the grain weakens between them and the sun, allowing edible growth. Similarly, the pedestrian edge opens to the vehicular edge, and circulation is allowed directly through the site with a weak-grain circulation path (yellow in diagram below).</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHG-sG_61ukLqNT4KPwQlf77JQcic3Leoh6raoJxXDw6k-7BhLA5jb2AXHusU6XmMVJjzAKelebitotkvlB7OgUis9cXLPrihSkPIX-I0Na7uGYR1Aw0ZzsAuWt9hE_KPctuMssX36nIA/s1600/parti.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHG-sG_61ukLqNT4KPwQlf77JQcic3Leoh6raoJxXDw6k-7BhLA5jb2AXHusU6XmMVJjzAKelebitotkvlB7OgUis9cXLPrihSkPIX-I0Na7uGYR1Aw0ZzsAuWt9hE_KPctuMssX36nIA/s400/parti.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477984476702824770" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Concept diagram- disconnected spaces with planes of light connected with vertical green walls and circulation path</span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C9FQH1kOztvVbGerAob5h5kOshgb6hkFEl7wpm5etCoo1jcSfYvdax5HiZ4cvlZKBXQLNktYx3YZbDcgKQPaM6xObOfGdDbkczy0jzeU-R3zqtXAO91I8lYltjGLMJxr95xBgYL26iM/s1600/joinplansSMALL.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C9FQH1kOztvVbGerAob5h5kOshgb6hkFEl7wpm5etCoo1jcSfYvdax5HiZ4cvlZKBXQLNktYx3YZbDcgKQPaM6xObOfGdDbkczy0jzeU-R3zqtXAO91I8lYltjGLMJxr95xBgYL26iM/s400/joinplansSMALL.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477986562127858018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 188px; " /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C9FQH1kOztvVbGerAob5h5kOshgb6hkFEl7wpm5etCoo1jcSfYvdax5HiZ4cvlZKBXQLNktYx3YZbDcgKQPaM6xObOfGdDbkczy0jzeU-R3zqtXAO91I8lYltjGLMJxr95xBgYL26iM/s1600/joinplansSMALL.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Plans</span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0QXdtLyDD0SgooDlitXLAKczn1VEnrkXCgMlvWuZ6RQ1YPRdVUdOSR17fIyzIdqRX_owbry_FmPMknFem1QT9CfH4X61jlLyN2vNeZqsPH7vi7Rcaj_bHy9nHTPwYlO41QBv1XbQGVk/s1600/ElevationsmergedSMALL.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0QXdtLyDD0SgooDlitXLAKczn1VEnrkXCgMlvWuZ6RQ1YPRdVUdOSR17fIyzIdqRX_owbry_FmPMknFem1QT9CfH4X61jlLyN2vNeZqsPH7vi7Rcaj_bHy9nHTPwYlO41QBv1XbQGVk/s400/ElevationsmergedSMALL.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477987299302417810" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 69px; " /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0QXdtLyDD0SgooDlitXLAKczn1VEnrkXCgMlvWuZ6RQ1YPRdVUdOSR17fIyzIdqRX_owbry_FmPMknFem1QT9CfH4X61jlLyN2vNeZqsPH7vi7Rcaj_bHy9nHTPwYlO41QBv1XbQGVk/s1600/ElevationsmergedSMALL.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Unfolded elevations cut through center of site running north south</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ahr0P1Y3lO58Ax4wqyxyjNUrJolmDbhjo0L5UUV175IJKabM5Ufn_YQg0bQB2zAWwphgh3yqtVQq7RKwNL7drSlg9I_pQ_bOU3KwSH1hrZCZA-54aa9NERxgfPF3RHG5vSa2xrscNX4/s1600/elevations.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ahr0P1Y3lO58Ax4wqyxyjNUrJolmDbhjo0L5UUV175IJKabM5Ufn_YQg0bQB2zAWwphgh3yqtVQq7RKwNL7drSlg9I_pQ_bOU3KwSH1hrZCZA-54aa9NERxgfPF3RHG5vSa2xrscNX4/s400/elevations.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477988009003019122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 72px; " /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Unfolded elevations diagrammed</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OUuNhy1CvVszVKz9Z2PZfKO5eu_iOvlAXjpFRDkwUg5FqL6rB_JiGSy1TDUSm5qF5CRQddLm-DZjg-yQkb4hOSabea-rPMjpgU7KaNd_3AUCuegExLt0IbhN1Xxh8fpoMgh5Lv06vFU/s1600/007+copy.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OUuNhy1CvVszVKz9Z2PZfKO5eu_iOvlAXjpFRDkwUg5FqL6rB_JiGSy1TDUSm5qF5CRQddLm-DZjg-yQkb4hOSabea-rPMjpgU7KaNd_3AUCuegExLt0IbhN1Xxh8fpoMgh5Lv06vFU/s400/007+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477989180163856978" style="cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OUuNhy1CvVszVKz9Z2PZfKO5eu_iOvlAXjpFRDkwUg5FqL6rB_JiGSy1TDUSm5qF5CRQddLm-DZjg-yQkb4hOSabea-rPMjpgU7KaNd_3AUCuegExLt0IbhN1Xxh8fpoMgh5Lv06vFU/s1600/007+copy.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Site plan with winter solstice shadows cast</span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXE1admrs2TA4x-UA4CmiihaPAR-eMrd2AOTx0ka0e_n7u9HlHh0nwHdWxBbCMiYu7y_BA00F68rL1P8YLG1b4gZDTl1JzHzLtpMUqZE9JBVvmkFkWfKFCWMNS5dAewpzPNkz4SzpMK4/s1600/sectionperspective+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXE1admrs2TA4x-UA4CmiihaPAR-eMrd2AOTx0ka0e_n7u9HlHh0nwHdWxBbCMiYu7y_BA00F68rL1P8YLG1b4gZDTl1JzHzLtpMUqZE9JBVvmkFkWfKFCWMNS5dAewpzPNkz4SzpMK4/s400/sectionperspective+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477991222359925250" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sectional perspective through circulation path</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07044137647248000460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-35923029944633749552010-05-31T15:23:00.001-07:002010-06-01T18:43:03.870-07:00Street-Side Aquaponics<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4NETJHj07oFylwOvVZCbCWbMMmkn7NOc2-qlGJz-C9Z40h_Qq4fMB3YSQ_ge4ALAKN0JtAlin_R1jrCYPhSRzaTX8-w5js242ffH4kPDWvwTRaKGurszZPogQnCn9tnd_6G7S8ZvY8Zv/s1600/1st+detail.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4NETJHj07oFylwOvVZCbCWbMMmkn7NOc2-qlGJz-C9Z40h_Qq4fMB3YSQ_ge4ALAKN0JtAlin_R1jrCYPhSRzaTX8-w5js242ffH4kPDWvwTRaKGurszZPogQnCn9tnd_6G7S8ZvY8Zv/s320/1st+detail.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477565643509733170" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68); line-height: 18px;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">My site is Blackstone avenue in Pawtucket which has two structures, one immense Brick building pretty regular in its shape and another wood framed building which is a oddly planned building.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68); line-height: 18px;font-family:tahoma,'Trebuchet MS',lucida,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">It is situated between river and a high school, and also in between industrial area and commercial area. A bike path has been proposed along the riverside.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I started by studying the site and one thing i was intrigued by was how much roof access there was. and how moss was growing on some of them so i did a detail of this moment. So roof access was always one of the strategies that i wanted to keep throughout the project.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCAn5VAmbWvvcXshHOpSipouxCsiWuZfmL-r6THN0qt-kkiQO9Ds3btRAG42uHzZ4uJIVGA1EQbnIQcpRuge93JDACZEsXjh0QZ-QEvwyRXUqgQU7QV8FeVBJG_7Z2yjAYBQ3E1OGegvE/s200/Diagram.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477567931511098386" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" border="0" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLC3KMFz9MJ36UVZgMvl4QJJShZaD9Dq6_NQLYoeK4MHlAIvoVJCVRm8Pe1707RoV-3JO85JtDupVHY4Hz05t2cYAVPBzxaH3HHSTTeN49GREg01r7vFWlHE31rZzt2eMPu0WkYhbLkFl/s320/Perspectives+From+Group+Work.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477570011202336354" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">My site differs from the other two in that the two buildings are divided by a sloping passageway that only had one entrance and exit. So an idea was presented to open up the other end of the passage to create access the school as well as open up a passage through the wood framed building to create access and visibility to the river.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">With these moves made, now the next thing to do was finding a way to make this new street that had been created visually pleasing. Designing the facades of the building as well as how the street level was programed was extremely important.</span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68);font-family:arial;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QzKU6_uhfxf4Ja0xkHsoNhMdGC8-cW2z6HlKR2ydQ6_FYojZvyj0T3cYf1uwg-JEpBKe-76ouAny7FYKLpbD41gH0SupkdDZYuR8klKFOKLDfKuX0V6O2_2vUsHoDQGKBO7htH0cpKyG/s320/Facade+Study.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477575667742471938" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKvmi5ygumM4lvnYDhUyeG_cLzh29rv42Rw4FuUGyAzbV_nJHYFCjjjZc1T7wvdi87HbEV3HJV7I4aY61ToMBr67ggMmvpBEry-JYiIm9Sx-8EMYcpAbr-xpvC3NW3t59nb1x5c9R_lAa/s1600/Exterior+Perspective.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKvmi5ygumM4lvnYDhUyeG_cLzh29rv42Rw4FuUGyAzbV_nJHYFCjjjZc1T7wvdi87HbEV3HJV7I4aY61ToMBr67ggMmvpBEry-JYiIm9Sx-8EMYcpAbr-xpvC3NW3t59nb1x5c9R_lAa/s320/Exterior+Perspective.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477576399446819858" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 215px;" border="0" /></a></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b>Facade & Street Studies</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTc95rVuxDUqv0n4Y_0UvBFbh-O9e04gKIhOeFM8usnHAQXtyGAsJU8e_HPiCDn1Sj-QtJaVTzMNs6tC1H7GMPl0vbvAuomVuMEi0pppcHqD5mXzNYePhW0-LBjeiPlhYQSO3sHG4w_zLf/s320/Perspective+Axon.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477571526321986482" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Since there were two buildings I decided that my program would be based on two factors, education and production. So the wood framed building became a very open layout in which you were visually connected to all the parts of the aquaponics systems so that you are able to fully grasp how it works. On the left side of the drawing you can see how the water travels fr the fish pools up to the growing beds and then filters down the system through the dirt which cleans the water and then back down to the pond. On the right side of the drawing you can see how the water goes from the fish tank to the plants and the to he cleaning water tank.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b>Roof Growing as Well as Interior Passage Layout</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68);font-family:arial;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_v9ErEHi3V6OGyZs3zyLEDC6tDekaM9ofqhVNbARoA1Kklv2BP587BqCGGN3ib_V4wx4PfH9h4R1EUyot-ZFNM4lSP0BKFq5hj8KUSCtoWg87Pa0dvuuNYpoP0WDu4fU__uJmA8rAmYo/s1600/IMG_6316.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_v9ErEHi3V6OGyZs3zyLEDC6tDekaM9ofqhVNbARoA1Kklv2BP587BqCGGN3ib_V4wx4PfH9h4R1EUyot-ZFNM4lSP0BKFq5hj8KUSCtoWg87Pa0dvuuNYpoP0WDu4fU__uJmA8rAmYo/s320/IMG_6316.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477577256599620130" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Smi02CJx5vEYIhBJv6jUr0HGtwNEUusNAySUHkfbhdOETUR-S70JFBUyucVfUGpZrsy3WWJlf2bSxaciy1_mZaNR4lmTHUrIf33ohHcStYoGT-Ecj3nubeqXWuXQhn2K0TjpwVB1yRPq/s1600/IMG_6362.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Smi02CJx5vEYIhBJv6jUr0HGtwNEUusNAySUHkfbhdOETUR-S70JFBUyucVfUGpZrsy3WWJlf2bSxaciy1_mZaNR4lmTHUrIf33ohHcStYoGT-Ecj3nubeqXWuXQhn2K0TjpwVB1yRPq/s320/IMG_6362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477577474357683906" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 68);font-family:arial;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></span></span>Oscar Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766693516551143914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-78198389718471957382010-05-31T14:23:00.000-07:002010-06-02T17:07:28.591-07:00Turn the grain, shove it out the windowThe <a href="http://www.artinruins.com/arch/?id=rip&pr=provfruit">Providence Fruit and Produce</a><a href="http://www.artinruins.com/arch/?id=rip&pr=provfruit"> Warehouse </a>building had very odd proportions: 900+ft long, 90ft deep and three stories, 2 above grade and one below. A bay structure approx 15' wide in the long axis and 20' in the short is extended along the entire length of the building. The proposal put forth focuses on the 15' wide bay by the 60' deep (depth of building). Developing the single bay allows a modular system to gang bays together to create lager or smaller production areas to invite different scales of production within the larger building. While the north facade is preserved and used as a public entrance the south facade is stripped down to the essential structure and glazed. The 2nd floor plate and roof are punched through as well to allow for more light into the building. Growing trays are packed into the interior space on the 1st and 2nd floors. These trays are built on a sliding system which allows for access to the beds. In summer the south facade is opened and the trays on the 1st floor are pushed though the facade to access maximum light. The grade on the south facade is brought down to cellar level and outdoor grow beds are accessed from that level. A rain collection and aquaponics / hydroponics system are housed in the cellar level as well as planing and work space. 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I was intrigued by how this large building is made up with small repetitions of column grid, bays, and windows. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">I saw each window as an aperture for the light. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><p></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477288264208418770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcxrT_IO08WZUznrJVb6ddoeDYJd5W6ylkS1sRte7fHg1P0hrsWzxMyfHk8sXh-_C-B6VAGmHTMVgKF7kHjINhMuR4JyQxUG3LMrqooQuAlCuiqMs6wdQSZ7gl5mOL_lZPe8JfGx-toc/s400/palm+photo.jpg" /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNiAqrQnAjVVASRRupny73DzfSiDc1V_DUE6BqLiWfU-WSC2tit0kGl3dhujmrdOkIS3AP3oUxuxFCCFka11uo9p2YgTzDPzmlno1yEVBKbe7Mzsf0NI0lXccT0_kmogcH5X6JcY_tDE/s1600/s2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 197px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477270447497263810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNiAqrQnAjVVASRRupny73DzfSiDc1V_DUE6BqLiWfU-WSC2tit0kGl3dhujmrdOkIS3AP3oUxuxFCCFka11uo9p2YgTzDPzmlno1yEVBKbe7Mzsf0NI0lXccT0_kmogcH5X6JcY_tDE/s400/s2.jpg" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477288263290948658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpoOoLgsgXzfoHfXRzpL5hfIKEbYTKekEAx8hJ-lN4R9NgDsYTRj0acGwH0od7WJTWdmI6MyXdsABPJajw_IBxc-YxjF5tlsCDHmFNVd-1CArrSv23y7OkZgxn_G5PoigmllqWQd_Y6Y/s400/growing+system.jpg" /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">As I began to think real about this building that holds vertical farm program, I rotated the abstract model in side. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">I found the perforated plate as a continuous vertical structure where it could be used as growing medium. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The plants grow vertically and are oriented to catch and harness the light while clinging to the columns and beams in the building. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">I am trying to use the existing columns, beams, wall as the armature for the plant growing.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNE5yCM6f5-QOnKMPHRNtcOkxPMlecyP82pdpYuoKI3UjoZlE2SwWq3D-E7SRsyH7mu3kmeafxITfsTuI7OCf63vYRkIWvdq3Kv0bkWUZTj27NvujwpuYCRI6gZ5YLDdN2wKmD11CMK2w/s1600/s3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 330px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477270273138765826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNE5yCM6f5-QOnKMPHRNtcOkxPMlecyP82pdpYuoKI3UjoZlE2SwWq3D-E7SRsyH7mu3kmeafxITfsTuI7OCf63vYRkIWvdq3Kv0bkWUZTj27NvujwpuYCRI6gZ5YLDdN2wKmD11CMK2w/s400/s3.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> Each floor has different growing system. There are fish tanks on the first floor that are used to pump up the water to the aquaponic systems on the second floor. There are hanging bucket growing beds on the second floor, and vine trees are growing on the 4th floor. Floor plates are carved out as much as they can to allow deeper light to come through. Thereore, different density of growing beds (fewer beds on the top denser beds on the bottom) creates </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">openess vertically to pull light from the top and let the light hit the growing surfaces and bounce.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjwRzT5UWHT-GSg9_o_JvbaTOsVGaFBN-B4DUhY7kzLdsU4dusj8RUdvSwdoeiWx89C_pzYA1qclFOB8Ne2cxjCxvraVpxvSRt_wVV8ClZds35HU1ITuglqIMghJzMDH8hw9F05vrgmo/s1600/s4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477270050424613522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjwRzT5UWHT-GSg9_o_JvbaTOsVGaFBN-B4DUhY7kzLdsU4dusj8RUdvSwdoeiWx89C_pzYA1qclFOB8Ne2cxjCxvraVpxvSRt_wVV8ClZds35HU1ITuglqIMghJzMDH8hw9F05vrgmo/s400/s4.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">As well as bringing light into the building, I wanted to bring public to engage the building with plants, sturucutre, and light. (continuous public thread woven into the building) </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The public walks along the arcade on the south side, where the new skin is created with vines growing, and enters the building to go up to the upper floors, where there are public class rooms. While the arcade is covered with vines, the row of windows in the class rooms are used as a learning method for window farming. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">I am trying to create moments where pieces of the building are exposed at something new or transforms with greenery. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477288273007380450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9sBBjnjhrBLEy5w9ULNR9IDFCvXAk2IHU5fjK33wFLLVqdjmRcWLO8YtRBF-hwsDse8T827um61Xc8_Wgf7oqAqpQZBMMLWRAeh_BAkH3fG0K15KuZTnAgDkhq3OFQcMBXxqOfARbIA/s400/window+farming.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ooWlhP-EB7T1964SVAMagVKiNMpyahWyqWR2SFkbgvL4BKGJ4fRVEyh9ZB7uW6n5pEb8doQUFkEoNi1aY24LSUy-3og1XCu8OvYRNYCRLSvAhqoD_ekFtdALVkF_N4B6DoVu7HFCsB4/s1600/s6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477269579885752866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ooWlhP-EB7T1964SVAMagVKiNMpyahWyqWR2SFkbgvL4BKGJ4fRVEyh9ZB7uW6n5pEb8doQUFkEoNi1aY24LSUy-3og1XCu8OvYRNYCRLSvAhqoD_ekFtdALVkF_N4B6DoVu7HFCsB4/s400/s6.jpg" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477269705379488898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXDUm_xayGBuicEwGo5U3ypH8hM88YhFYomW94CiNlSvIrC35Ir2t3Eqf3z0RZ02e1ZhIAkukEFZl954hws4O380VmV6-2PjZIjOOt0RqG7RFmFw7zvj3FvAGVM77MHvBCpfnbnSYyr4/s400/s5.jpg" /> </p>Saemi Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11741720261518461697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-7723185841038563652010-05-30T19:37:00.000-07:002010-05-30T19:52:06.752-07:00Constructing the Courtyard<div>concept: Constructing an interior courtyard to make better sense of the space between two disjointed buildings. The courtyard would serve as the educational core, providing a gathering space for demonstrations as well as outdoor seating as well as being the circulation core for the new site. This building has the possibility for great density on the perimeter. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1W58XeXv0RU1x__F8MVflFUxNBUmx0dWh2N0v0LHr0NYZLW0Xm17a381SXHqEz7H31_RH2A87Ynn7-N5u7qbP47nfPzHoGDlwe7hdZBnAUDalP0JL_ugzUT8mMzPjuD7dU9SowR4C38mQ/s320/3.5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477258150890997954" /></a>danorlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09961529824970323427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-53466996214575837882010-05-29T12:46:00.000-07:002010-08-03T11:46:34.986-07:00How to Build a Greenhouse in 18 Days<object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12137592&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12137592&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12137592">How to Build a Greenhouse in 18 Days</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2056438">brady gunnell</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">The greenhouse was built for <a href="http://www.newurbanfarmers.com/index.html">NEW URBAN FARMERS</a> at their Jefferson Avenue community garden. Almost all the materials were re-purposed from old buildings or construction sites.<br /></span></p><br /><p><br /></p>homme de montagnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06500753081981282622noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-41019114613700958032010-05-28T06:38:00.000-07:002010-05-28T12:48:32.067-07:00Assignment 4_ Tree of House-Urban Agriculture Center, Providence RI<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhvnHELcjBAJXd1qxaI01tRCv-2Yw1VdGUgk61sdgMa973fgtJnzjSAoHb6kzmq_rukODkxGVZocY3CF4mIlVf7OESJJNRm871_U0-AgmIYgXI3ncRkvXlqvBG2GFRuVNcveP2RvXCA0c/s1600/CY_P01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhvnHELcjBAJXd1qxaI01tRCv-2Yw1VdGUgk61sdgMa973fgtJnzjSAoHb6kzmq_rukODkxGVZocY3CF4mIlVf7OESJJNRm871_U0-AgmIYgXI3ncRkvXlqvBG2GFRuVNcveP2RvXCA0c/s400/CY_P01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476409115158295746" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">The Metaphor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The painting “tree of houses” by Paul Klee is the image for tree preserves energy to produce food to nurture people inhabited in the neighborhood.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This explains how urban agriculture center in providence serves as a place for people growing their own food, learning new acqaponic techniques, and exchange ideas& foods.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>The break<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:arial, serif;">RI 6 runs across the neighborhood and divides it to residential and industrial area. UAC here as the extension of the place for people to live, will carry the urban fabrics and bring the familiarity in the originally old textile mill.</span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlOlIaFjXET-TxNmt0hXKGe0tLsj6hALq_iAGFQgDMLfk527Qmx1DJOGdegrifhPQn3VApRqTMjTyH2R66AmPnRrL79o0AfJJf2xtrIYhGXpYrxl0Ex3pT3YCEoksbCbLKKle5b-rYmk8/s1600/CY_p02.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlOlIaFjXET-TxNmt0hXKGe0tLsj6hALq_iAGFQgDMLfk527Qmx1DJOGdegrifhPQn3VApRqTMjTyH2R66AmPnRrL79o0AfJJf2xtrIYhGXpYrxl0Ex3pT3YCEoksbCbLKKle5b-rYmk8/s400/CY_p02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476405379893266882" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">The density</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The tree is defined by aquaponics planting beds, circulation, and void space for light go through. Punitively, the numbers of trees will gradually be reduces toward north as it face the industrial areas. By section, the roof with photovoltaic cell attached on clear glass will be tilted toward south to get direct sunlight. The density of PV cells gradually increased toward north. Because the south part of the building is denser of plating beds, and need more sunlight.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Nv00g-zgzZSp2sOP0-JLN-Jx0DgYHHJ1AO4msx6qtnZKlmh3s3IjyBuBpgjw1TiCNFnLEC6izIkh2NMvC_NFt5u-36VtRIM8yu10b3hYuPvJrUjk0-w_99L8cIbelPcxBSj9RSsAVsxC/s400/CY_P05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476404136003480210" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Programmatically, there will be more traffic toward south with functions such as, market, public food production (witch you can rent your own planting beds) café’, while the north part will be more industrial and less traffic for compost, private office and warm cast.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><b>The Public Facade</b><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28cOMoOvEYijaOEcGSK84s7V7y7Alng6hmEiocZFIvCp4lVvxZD86FDGn11CcDobFkQnkiZoX60q837XGyknqEY5MT2oUF_gyyFjxRfHu2ILhJ3VO2BzlRGhydBgukK9NEsGXpQboQwVw/s1600/PICT6640.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28cOMoOvEYijaOEcGSK84s7V7y7Alng6hmEiocZFIvCp4lVvxZD86FDGn11CcDobFkQnkiZoX60q837XGyknqEY5MT2oUF_gyyFjxRfHu2ILhJ3VO2BzlRGhydBgukK9NEsGXpQboQwVw/s400/PICT6640.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476404117182345298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BDe_7CZkolw6ohH5RUvA86YGVHy0_01fnnduWdbXVsoxYNEl3dWTnz1R4qJA39CBsD4B8_sV26K3KxwQY5rjK3iegJlcJbifnr8ZF1Lg4wDdEfWwZWZvCc_vxDm3NPWxxg5jUQfSfmDd/s1600/PICT6636.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BDe_7CZkolw6ohH5RUvA86YGVHy0_01fnnduWdbXVsoxYNEl3dWTnz1R4qJA39CBsD4B8_sV26K3KxwQY5rjK3iegJlcJbifnr8ZF1Lg4wDdEfWwZWZvCc_vxDm3NPWxxg5jUQfSfmDd/s400/PICT6636.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476404107945635810" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">To make the south façade as a new gesture for public, there’ s a new staircase with exterior growing beds lead people from parking lot directly to their own planting beds in 2F and 3F. It is also an open-air market feature with swing doors that can unfold to become table, bench, and shade during a hot summer day.</span><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p></div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><br /><!--EndFragment--></div>Claire.Y.Yehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02076970884703915792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-20185208470083912010-04-13T18:10:00.000-07:002010-04-13T18:05:41.109-07:00CNN on Urban Agriculture:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/08/urban.farming.city.growing.food/index.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5JJgHwoKHAByUC5PL2_kyni_gGFoMPlq_RasHspTUlu0pW3bLRH5yxcURHIPsTm5iByIzzO-BzEjonwRgJ7Q9UN06bXK2Ce-WGXQDjFQP1jLs59zO1hXtvjr2ZYvc5RVGbi2cJmXQrQ/s320/vertical+rice+paddies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459790132443362466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Urban farms herald green city 'revolution'</span></span><br /><br /><br /><h1 style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/08/urban.farming.city.growing.food/index.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></a></h1>anastasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496597729765230401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-40837263478979444142010-04-13T18:01:00.000-07:002010-04-13T18:06:55.443-07:00Greening Food Deserts Act:<div id=":131" class="ii gt" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-4971" target="_blank">http://www.govtrack.us/<wbr>congress/billtext.xpd?bill=<wbr>h111-4971</a></span></span><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:14;">"To increase the emphasis on urban agricultural issues in the Department of Agriculture through the establishment of a new office to ensure that Department authorities are used to effectively encourage local agricultural production and increase the availability of fresh food in urban areas, particularly underserved communities experiencing hunger, poor nutrition, obesity, and food insecurity, and for other purposes."<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> </div>anastasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496597729765230401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-80436167486281575602010-04-09T19:19:00.000-07:002010-04-13T17:31:01.920-07:00Assignment 2: Ecotect Analysis - Light Study of a Vertical Ramp<div style="border: medium none ;">Garrett McClure</div><div style="border: medium none ;"></div><div style="border: medium none ;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px; display: block; height: 257px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458289235363168658" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniKjaNzOwJkaG0-5A7nYqRp5ED8kQyOjcshgDqWmFy7vPhSXAIEd-WOm99xXYE_cI5sEWV1i2LWJhYa_hEIcXjtB8ZtnqRO2L7GxXD_dGGWnSxkbyUpzAqnlLiloQVSOXM3lfEx4sEqI/s320/blog1-01.jpg" border="0" />The concept: A square opening will be placed in the roof, and Vertical ramps will be constructed inside the space of 91 Hartford St. in which, plants (ideally leafy greens) will go through a full growing cycle from top to bottom. They will be housed in floating planters that will be chained together and will be hand cranked down the ramps by farm workers. The water will be pumped up to the top from a fish tank below the ramps and will naturally flow down the ramps keeping fresh water moving through the system. Holes in the bottom of the planters will allow water to get to the soil and allow roots to grow through to the water, if they wish. . .Areas along the path will specified as harvesting stations contributing to the efficiency of the system.<br /><div style="border: medium none ;"><br />In order to find the best configuration of ramps for the space, a light experiment was set up, testing four different iterations. For the experiment, the size of the base panel for the ramps remained a constant 7' wide. The two factors that changed were the horizontal and vertical spacings.<br /><br />Ramp A:<br />vertical spacing - 4'<br />horizontal spacing - 3'-6" o.c.<br /><br />Ramp B:<br />vertical spacing - 4'<br />horizontal spacing - 1'-9" o.c.<br /><br />Ramp C:<br />vertical spacing - 2'<br />horizontal spacing - 3'-6"<br /><br />Ramp D:<br />vertical spacing - 2'<br />horizontal spacing - 1'-9" o.c.<br /><br />An Ecotect test for overall daylight analysis was run over all four iterations and the square footage of direct sunlight was calculated based upon the results.<br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 405px; display: block; height: 184px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458297749543742050" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwNVRLuFgYTvkZLqB7MdL3cYBlMJ25_Y3IOfx-uMupOYIx72q4CaIXCBkqLNJdDbKa57WhGAn1AgNmaIJW9nMutTu8dit6JHPY9CMEkjSazuod-rIHs3kG5frMR_o3MYpApEC_ApZl_0/s400/blog2.jpg" border="0" />After analyzing the square footage data it was found that Ramp C was the best iteration, with a vertical spacing of 2' and a horizontal spacing of 3'-6" o.c.<br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px; display: block; height: 202px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458299445081077906" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wBncl8K2dn61fPW9dsoGLPY1nWOHJ2dCQsqqeTONllPydfCJeDmIknsIT1ntwwQ5swdxh8EN7nn9Orh9bTXvc5pN_yRKVjtfo3fhlDiISW42V4jK4mMuXnwuVjv4tFB3lHdkpMSYOTA/s320/blog3-01-01.jpg" border="0" />Also from the experiments an yearly average line of direct sunlight could be deduced and helped inform a section drawing. A plan was sketched to find a way of connecting the ramps so that the portion of the planter that did not get direct sunlight would be turned along the ramp's path to give it direct sunlight. The different sides of the planter would go back and forth along their path alternating which side was in direct sunlight.</div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px; display: block; height: 256px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458304860938188066" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi3MHzpnaGbZDRGYqGKBdRYpupmukKFC9LgXdYE5zDU5u-kTx_g4xNdXR1GUWBZBVP9Lc8kpunBt3w9A-z0SBn-lNgE6y5KMEkxs3E508saG1uLe9OCh6v6P6Y88NnsH6y6RP3orZ0wY/s320/blog4-01-01.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div style="border: medium none ; text-align: center; clear: both;" class="separator"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-f8Bf-Mj_KUGywo3RrmCfgmTnQvtSJg904pzjQs5PMByWOxM74Uj6ou8LMMwuEcK67maTxBO1bHYwRrWugWw4NGF2Q6TTIZOLXIJBL8l4z2zlZ5LtPdDgFEmGgfXjS3mcO5U_Bdp4xk/s1600/blog5-01.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-f8Bf-Mj_KUGywo3RrmCfgmTnQvtSJg904pzjQs5PMByWOxM74Uj6ou8LMMwuEcK67maTxBO1bHYwRrWugWw4NGF2Q6TTIZOLXIJBL8l4z2zlZ5LtPdDgFEmGgfXjS3mcO5U_Bdp4xk/s320/blog5-01.jpg" wt="true" border="0" height="275" width="320" /></a></div></div>Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763301687122472769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-75966639886001227762010-04-06T11:43:00.000-07:002010-04-06T19:31:52.955-07:00Assignment 2: VERTICAL PLANTERS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6Z9Y2vlWogMDoM4RtLKORfIir0Rl7iBagYLqYpAQuV6pMA1mD4XpBr-FEYojNIknT0PWoWBd4cVQyzV8-8pPbl5yomdgxJaA1jjD4P0KfEnmVBAxbdc2Ei81tyQDstBCIZP7Qf4oE8vn/s1600/density1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfr5YgZURf-DKR0F_wTR0cmgodvtjeM_51ai7tcltLntzAwHFTriu0AGJcEgTR0DKbq2FziRLPynfxt3lYgMj3h1kd5Q-mxG5mpmItOWLN2VFfZQPxHAN6k5KW5qinRm7m0Bo7uAMxqw/s400/cutaway.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457100370613968338" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My first foray into the world of adaptive reuse and urban farming took shape around a scheme where old floor boards were re-assembled to create a tiered interior garden. Because of the narrow column bay spacing, it is easy to imagine a scenario where small members span between existing beams, adding a cross grain to the building fabric that helps to define planting areas.</span></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacNoR3ks6qpzJVof_HTebdbVSEqUvM0m1wbHERLwnDAHdI0y9yLJpYIaXhshsDhHKn-WHCWG9bJE5ibYIoHjmK252agn1UXlzJMGwjJ5c29F5aVCWX0WhV55re1A7xSnLq4xWJduZKfc/s1600/long+section.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacNoR3ks6qpzJVof_HTebdbVSEqUvM0m1wbHERLwnDAHdI0y9yLJpYIaXhshsDhHKn-WHCWG9bJE5ibYIoHjmK252agn1UXlzJMGwjJ5c29F5aVCWX0WhV55re1A7xSnLq4xWJduZKfc/s400/long+section.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457101376199768978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYSRiN0lQTyUptJ45p96l02pW2T8laXeiL1e5i4Q7LfmryklHUPcqbSyUql36Y9pz_stzlU186t8znDZo3wuM759e50mpUKI8kn1_vb64cU6hAipp_9GnbQb1K6lYH6FrV3AAbPa9yDI/s1600/transverse+section.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYSRiN0lQTyUptJ45p96l02pW2T8laXeiL1e5i4Q7LfmryklHUPcqbSyUql36Y9pz_stzlU186t8znDZo3wuM759e50mpUKI8kn1_vb64cU6hAipp_9GnbQb1K6lYH6FrV3AAbPa9yDI/s400/transverse+section.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457101367053872530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A system of tensile cables helps to support beds on different levels within a given story. This allows for increased light penetration, as well as allowing for easy access to all planting areas.</span></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76zivkEXh6Co2m-r3hsiVza5y-wR0t94kE3oNXPghyhyphenhyphenv8RsVtSjk6IGlilJKc_q7wo-IsiPzX4m6CPDIw_3YAoQI1dAgllAq8mwjb2rT4gJon0JEQwqJqH88NfO_5ysUn7ES-dKHcyA/s1600/composite.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76zivkEXh6Co2m-r3hsiVza5y-wR0t94kE3oNXPghyhyphenhyphenv8RsVtSjk6IGlilJKc_q7wo-IsiPzX4m6CPDIw_3YAoQI1dAgllAq8mwjb2rT4gJon0JEQwqJqH88NfO_5ysUn7ES-dKHcyA/s400/composite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457103061195236930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A translucent roof assembly over the planting areas further increases light available for growing. As would be expected, a range of light values are present going from the top to bottom of the system.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">My analysis within ecotect focused on maximizing the productivity of the configuration I had established. I developed a reflective bounce wall at the back (north) of the planting area, and then used ecotect to map its effectiveness using the solar ray tracing tool. I also measured the average annual incident radiation on the wall.</span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU69wUEbEN23VmexSzDh_Rtt6_SaAx9W9FYba-tFtQmqLCO24rx1Vih7rr_XpGt-4EHXKDMIShjIXoeCJ30V87j64e-tZ95QP8lsNUNVh160ZyYF5gHXZ7EnFuWjdR037bUriS2k9T0g8/s1600/Mar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU69wUEbEN23VmexSzDh_Rtt6_SaAx9W9FYba-tFtQmqLCO24rx1Vih7rr_XpGt-4EHXKDMIShjIXoeCJ30V87j64e-tZ95QP8lsNUNVh160ZyYF5gHXZ7EnFuWjdR037bUriS2k9T0g8/s400/Mar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457104485121720626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwx3kh7Hc-NVuckw-E91OHzF6h4kSjnG04l-H5CSdCeQOMneaTPimCVmjii2Ftkrq3bHMhylW0MFktMLlS9qgnTftI5rGhB2nEg0NHH4JHFM8Tnt4tpadYT-l9roo-UJfB47sW66svSTI/s1600/Hourly+Incident.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwx3kh7Hc-NVuckw-E91OHzF6h4kSjnG04l-H5CSdCeQOMneaTPimCVmjii2Ftkrq3bHMhylW0MFktMLlS9qgnTftI5rGhB2nEg0NHH4JHFM8Tnt4tpadYT-l9roo-UJfB47sW66svSTI/s400/Hourly+Incident.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457104469899378258" border="0" /></a>By varying the angle of the wall and mapping the results, I was able to compile a matrix of conditions that charts both seasonal and architectural change.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJCZmPsqWmxnGeUjPNEWQTfI8PmyEBN4yZO2WaaS_8ifrD9f6o_GZxCrSLO1hbOO-yn2RP0H5HC3LQWzyQ775fsv_h9uxupwTeNtFieY1QcABYOWnlyvhH4kwHmTudKKIM0FOGxYRx_A/s1600/Compiled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJCZmPsqWmxnGeUjPNEWQTfI8PmyEBN4yZO2WaaS_8ifrD9f6o_GZxCrSLO1hbOO-yn2RP0H5HC3LQWzyQ775fsv_h9uxupwTeNtFieY1QcABYOWnlyvhH4kwHmTudKKIM0FOGxYRx_A/s400/Compiled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457103057389030482" border="0" /></a>nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18052866763829993537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-22928960373841362152010-04-05T14:55:00.000-07:002010-04-06T19:34:27.213-07:00Assignment 2: Rolling with the EcotectI moved forward with Ecotect analysis by creating a simple sectional scheme that relied on a bounce wall. With the exterior facade oriented towards the south and the roof ripped off and replaced by a transparent hoop house I set out to 3 dimensionally map the quantitative qualities of light available to the interior.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUSg-QsC_8MwNVzWJch6OJvoeIfmWjueSIZax2wED6Xi9jiWR0uSZ9d4NN64RzeA7posMnRIMnCanQQ4lWiXCzcY0QfaRD3PZV1tLcTMCUdRCUTz1vALPOcyGXEa76PR7pzSZ9_qByyav/s1600/Slide2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUSg-QsC_8MwNVzWJch6OJvoeIfmWjueSIZax2wED6Xi9jiWR0uSZ9d4NN64RzeA7posMnRIMnCanQQ4lWiXCzcY0QfaRD3PZV1tLcTMCUdRCUTz1vALPOcyGXEa76PR7pzSZ9_qByyav/s320/Slide2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456780254348078626" border="0" /></a><br />Above is the basic section of the building with plans below.<br /><br /><br /><img src="file:///Users/bradkisicki/Desktop/VF2FinalJPEG/Slide3.jpg" alt="" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZDgJDsEplpkWTEQZL98rrZD6kFZrWVCobfX91VXOyyCht2n8odf_yRIjbL_BRtvJA7m_r5x8Y8D_r5JCcgHMGccXQeEOLaGZH6pFWUCnRBb3cHJI7MAYdDvrIHDb1rr9XOgRUKjR0wDE/s1600/Slide1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZDgJDsEplpkWTEQZL98rrZD6kFZrWVCobfX91VXOyyCht2n8odf_yRIjbL_BRtvJA7m_r5x8Y8D_r5JCcgHMGccXQeEOLaGZH6pFWUCnRBb3cHJI7MAYdDvrIHDb1rr9XOgRUKjR0wDE/s320/Slide1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456779150480799106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here are a few renderings via Ecotect to help clarify the basic scheme:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Hl9ORHDB9aao_yWHF-RQsgysqoydh3dpBgG8Rf9NP_2X-8wnd8z7TtwzP_C1JbkADxBnLZRcCITbuYlfZBs1nTWNHGE8GjDY3HWNB07emav-Nd6m7Gf7hh7xNMMJAk4jQOq9vEbDNF17/s1600/Slide3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Hl9ORHDB9aao_yWHF-RQsgysqoydh3dpBgG8Rf9NP_2X-8wnd8z7TtwzP_C1JbkADxBnLZRcCITbuYlfZBs1nTWNHGE8GjDY3HWNB07emav-Nd6m7Gf7hh7xNMMJAk4jQOq9vEbDNF17/s320/Slide3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456780936218999378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuSo84ryKi2WSutWrN7X1rwzfRuiFQts3c8RlMiMxMbl7Qgrdnshcjz5d5CfyZdJgF9LXOD1F1USAQw2sfK9x2I9QkBNUwHv1xVCf7cLhDClEpoPbhxj9ac56sejwpd50bqEfCxfY8eTB/s1600/Slide4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuSo84ryKi2WSutWrN7X1rwzfRuiFQts3c8RlMiMxMbl7Qgrdnshcjz5d5CfyZdJgF9LXOD1F1USAQw2sfK9x2I9QkBNUwHv1xVCf7cLhDClEpoPbhxj9ac56sejwpd50bqEfCxfY8eTB/s320/Slide4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456781334925564578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The vast majority of my time was spent rendering very dense 3 dimensional images and converting them into a usable format; in this case animation.<br /><br />The animation below shows average daily sunlight hours and ave. daily sun intensity in ft.Cand.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyj6PwqLTqu8Gb6UzEhco1fgRd0IXmNx9eCUzGm2Gi0_tkOmxYjnaqa63J0ska_Ol2I5Rn6fEw5-pXWVqcdEA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />This animation shows ave. daily PAR and ave total radiation.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzpVG06-SddE0Xb2DOy3vCxgFGs3FVHqgA_9IOWDuYRgh6kkTRa_UyKaKqfFKEiwsyWcb6mW68Twd8MlXuhKg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Brad Kisickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12940393002002465402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-58108107475736403472010-03-30T14:48:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:25:00.422-07:00Assignment 2: New Aquaponics for Urban Farmers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I love nature.<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/S7J0x65rLZI/AAAAAAAAAV0/R9-_Zc7wC7c/s1600/board_new.jpg"></a></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">We are part of nature and have a great impact on it whether we realize or not. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Interestingly, I ended up with a quick exercise to design an aquaponic system for an old industrial building. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Basically, water from fish tank is pumped up to go through soil based greens and watercress on gravel as filters while nourishing them. cleaned water once again flows back into the tank. How wonderful.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Without defying the techtonics of the aged building, components are arranged to track the movement of the sun along the south facade. Large gesture of the overall arrangement shows flow of water throughout the building corresponding and mingling with natural light. New clearstory is added to allow more light to soil based greens.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/S7J0x65rLZI/AAAAAAAAAV0/R9-_Zc7wC7c/s1600/board_new.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/S7J0x65rLZI/AAAAAAAAAV0/R9-_Zc7wC7c/s320/board_new.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454550499672665490" style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The sunlight becomes quantified through modern technology: Autodesk </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Ecotect</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, analyzes sunpath, radiation, insolation in btus, or solar exposure. The software offers detailed analysis with graphs and report to aid decision making during design phase.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/S7J2MMA-poI/AAAAAAAAAWE/vocdCt9ldLc/s1600/daylight+copy.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuqmCb_znUs/S7J2MMA-poI/AAAAAAAAAWE/vocdCt9ldLc/s320/daylight+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454552050454931074" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">For new urban farmers and architects, various new tools are available. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">To maximize renewable resources and preserve the world we live in, we must work together.<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-80323767426934916842010-03-30T03:44:00.000-07:002010-04-06T19:35:26.609-07:00Assignment 2: Tree of Houses<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAh2yASTrm-uNUJtydFXOND6DqdhyphenhyphenHeJ8kUxxklEhd0Mw4kgmuyLDhZqdKnK8aGAayxjjDyviBvBV-iRxycJT1ikK6rHN0YZtwHCb8G9_4bEn2dmoYVX3FhZYEWlbmnOQqm2cpFMxGxEC/s400/the+tree+of+housed.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454391122585807650" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">I use “ tree of houses” by Paul Klee as a metaphor for the vertical farm.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Trees absorb water and sunlight then neutralize people who inhabited in the houses, just like the vertical farm in the unban environment provide food for people who lives in the neighborhood.Ecotect here is a tool to divide area that need 24 hours artificial light. I open it to be an atrium and planning to plant trees of beds. Locations of beds are decided according the maximum use of daylight in the atrium under adjustable roof, when the rest is green roof. Storm water storage is at ground level when columns here become metaphorical tree branches.</span><br /></span></div><br /><br /></div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHzorPf5EmiwDNv5caZAHY23HMEVTs1hp2p5RX5FuDWfqLF7Drkmg1Fi8F-a87bR7mfRvxJDI3oQZ2Tb3jS73qcX5KqXegdxYr68tv21qlHAqqMwu12k0wKYuvNzDg4Um5rmfsHi2JbZs/s400/a1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454391141709539938" border="0" /><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWZJ6_WhgZ5wibPjctVNoAIKWCvZODHN7Y8EJRYlNoF3tQ0S36IiZOYNaz2kj2S4YxhrhTRXmD-TQGVgbgWxysOvDpGu7ZtIFSqFK8pqW31OShw0_Nd2o8srAMLYuuZzE4tXwoVMjBvlP/s400/a2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454391153927403538" border="0" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">For educational purpose, visitors can stand at a certain floor but view fish tank level, filtering bed, and vegetable bed at the same time to understand how the vertical farm operate. The challenge of the project would be reflective and translucent material research to maximize the depth of daylight.</span></div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiNhvA5oTNf0fe1M4dp47KSRP3DkIQnt9cyQVZNTHTFF7s9G1uAOvJUB83hdhPMGqSaAu6W1rghZ6hwtYAfwTPR9upzbJZ4IJN0D_WbbOWvgaT1a0FAJ_M37EzZaLszYPpk3HJ4uG6Q-S/s400/a3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454391170341324722" border="0" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Claire.Y.Yehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02076970884703915792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-67329162043679813272010-03-29T14:28:00.001-07:002010-03-29T15:37:02.298-07:00Assignment 2: Ecotect Analysis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcm9cMlMGg1JODKBgNCgndClJSP4Xa0pI1i-3jzSDf9b77LM2jbwbcIlaFggyHyyOCD6nNOVfK0ECnyC4prDoJttwuBw955e8xzj6S5dHdCHqC3VamZHb4QuEBPLxpUKMBRbDogVoZWi8/s1600/saemi.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 364px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454188073955603746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcm9cMlMGg1JODKBgNCgndClJSP4Xa0pI1i-3jzSDf9b77LM2jbwbcIlaFggyHyyOCD6nNOVfK0ECnyC4prDoJttwuBw955e8xzj6S5dHdCHqC3VamZHb4QuEBPLxpUKMBRbDogVoZWi8/s400/saemi.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">For my analysis, I was interested in stepped structure.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">I thought having wider spaces on upper floors with more windows would maximize the natural light into the building. I first did shadow studies to see how deep the light penetrates into each floor during different season.</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 364px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454171274393726802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mUkZ_0e0j4w8GhqL5oJMxQw8p6tYVCfnQZrBIuySOA2kTXi_kVyZsINiSN_qTBWPNXM28qJJAqd5R-W_X0RlWYXBlnO0SqMlzVVCtkKMCa6B7oazvEjioJY5kq8ITuy6w89yGW-2UDI/s400/saemi2.jpg" /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">And then, I tested PAR values during spring, summer, and winter. Based on the results, I didn't get much of natural light than I expected.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Therefore, I decided to have sky light that is open to below in order to bring more light into the lower floors as well.</span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 364px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454171192929482770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87MItk9wCj_23sdchORJ-yN_wM4T1TJ2SNm9W6O17eGmq0FnN_soXcH7FN8bcMs7m9mS30Lhwz3vTaCUxdBag4Jwbjwy_t9sZASkvgAR5mIqOItCJtCoW-xNVvoD4ztuKy7TRpPmCLlk/s400/saemi3.jpg" /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">As I assumed, I was able to get much higher PAR values on each floor, and much wider spaces were covered by natural light. Although, I got lower PAR values during winter with the sky light, more light was permeated into the building and lit more spaces.</span> <div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 210px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454187711706882258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiO2PXeQ7iXJJccp3UkXQzod5d_NPsrc3MpLBrawvaMbQ8_W-6zz5M9GvlRaRQPKpnfcAgDWm9vVAnzzFKZe0d9pk-yMqXhrerbZWy7ZrSVF56vZaqlgTcXYMvKCEtfj3KU76PAhnFVXc/s400/Untitled-1.jpg" /> </div></div>Saemi Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11741720261518461697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-84246814352147912362010-03-28T21:22:00.000-07:002010-03-28T21:42:56.497-07:00PostNatureI just finished watching the first episode of the Ken Burns documentary on National Parks. It highlighted the early debate over public vs. private, and how and where to preserve nature as the United States grew into an industrial superpower. And importantly the types of characters involved in the debate and motives behind their involvement.<br /><br />So if you get a chance, check it out. Kind of Hollywood but definitely on point.<br /><br />Also along the lines of preserving nature in early America. Below is a link to a reading that I mentioned in class the other day. This reading is about the debate between country folk and mill owners in Rhode Island in the late 1700's regarding migratory fish and the problems of dams restricting migration. It mainly centers around the mills and dams near the Pawtucket Falls, just a half-mile downriver from the Blackstone Mill that we have been studying.<br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1vJ0s7v0EmjMTI3MmM1YjQtNjkxMS00MzFmLWEyNTQtNmMxNWI3YWNmZDhl&hl=en">https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1vJ0s7v0EmjMTI3MmM1YjQtNjkxMS00MzFmLWEyNTQtNmMxNWI3YWNmZDhl&hl=en</a><br /><br />Of course the mill owners win pretty quickly, and the rest is history, but I can't help but think about what life might be like if the farmers had won. Out on the Blackstone catching salmon and herring from my canoe this Spring...Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763301687122472769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-61370526212791103722010-03-27T20:06:00.000-07:002010-04-06T19:36:07.497-07:00Assignment 2: Aquaponic Experiment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2VBhlSFhbywSk7DMnTYsaw_IwIAfakheBd6rf1DNlGvuMIGOriLUC_rlU8NpOkpx7fPhGQ8hh4vooMTvZ1dEog6digvxLCSXGhw6VaTG44_O11mD4tw0WBAuYEh3uud0feHhcXztPQQ/s1600/Aquaponics+02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2VBhlSFhbywSk7DMnTYsaw_IwIAfakheBd6rf1DNlGvuMIGOriLUC_rlU8NpOkpx7fPhGQ8hh4vooMTvZ1dEog6digvxLCSXGhw6VaTG44_O11mD4tw0WBAuYEh3uud0feHhcXztPQQ/s320/Aquaponics+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453147935679197314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Instead of simply draining water from one level to the next, this urban aquaponic scheme incorporates the use of vertical growing areas to maximize production and economy. The skylights are designed to take advantage of helpful thermal gain in the winter, but to deflect unwanted thermal gain in the summer, further heightening the energy efficiency of the building. Any supplemental heating or lighting needed will be powered by photovoltaics positioned on the roof. Ecotect was used to analyze the light efficiency of the space.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2zlcM-aqBtF1RBKYID8FpaSchFjPJ2WxLKeyrDKZxYjqMv-VLeqb-Olm3vCv5Qrvrn_A8Bi7hQDNIk8YDdUJfiS7iFSqjade34MAbFsaMJf2lPeN7iIbj2fXdHy40J9rhsiVTsyZzxQ/s1600/SITE+PLAN.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2zlcM-aqBtF1RBKYID8FpaSchFjPJ2WxLKeyrDKZxYjqMv-VLeqb-Olm3vCv5Qrvrn_A8Bi7hQDNIk8YDdUJfiS7iFSqjade34MAbFsaMJf2lPeN7iIbj2fXdHy40J9rhsiVTsyZzxQ/s320/SITE+PLAN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453147011558976002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfGjoV2hma8vvHY2_MTszcPZEW-dfHM4vCuF0SQ8wNkYO231RgTF4gx6yt8_cDzwFihMyUQoaPJCHtpUaSJbZD-2hvGAncbpnrgh8iSHLc_GnmeHPxIzGSGsqN5IbUU0y4i9TwD3Ql5g/s1600/Average+Daily+PAR+Winter+Image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfGjoV2hma8vvHY2_MTszcPZEW-dfHM4vCuF0SQ8wNkYO231RgTF4gx6yt8_cDzwFihMyUQoaPJCHtpUaSJbZD-2hvGAncbpnrgh8iSHLc_GnmeHPxIzGSGsqN5IbUU0y4i9TwD3Ql5g/s320/Average+Daily+PAR+Winter+Image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453147141612015346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OhCBHStIW9nIBKkARPycZkU_4SvDiXBYCr2VE5qFfKMkVUvIlUooz5t1tM3-v8DLld1OKciJ0SM6D-U-STNYrq4QCiNfDzYfKXqbYTRw9GTGQ-WXZW31kZBh8LnVS7x9fOVgoBltcSA/s1600/AERIAL+MODEL+01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OhCBHStIW9nIBKkARPycZkU_4SvDiXBYCr2VE5qFfKMkVUvIlUooz5t1tM3-v8DLld1OKciJ0SM6D-U-STNYrq4QCiNfDzYfKXqbYTRw9GTGQ-WXZW31kZBh8LnVS7x9fOVgoBltcSA/s320/AERIAL+MODEL+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453147066548737938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBwKP_p5LjllbCGQfoSRc53Rq4MRCUsYOOIvRbUPL-K5DMwLtZkSvhHkoWCV1UkfshWoBf7OPWRcSBMCO0HbARFqklh1e1grJ3dmO_jCN-4tYVnBkGrjVqiLdJzqgyHyE3YLoz5H6XjA/s1600/Section+02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBwKP_p5LjllbCGQfoSRc53Rq4MRCUsYOOIvRbUPL-K5DMwLtZkSvhHkoWCV1UkfshWoBf7OPWRcSBMCO0HbARFqklh1e1grJ3dmO_jCN-4tYVnBkGrjVqiLdJzqgyHyE3YLoz5H6XjA/s320/Section+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453147689922464626" border="0" /></a>homme de montagnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06500753081981282622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-20704256660340400062010-03-26T19:49:00.000-07:002010-04-13T17:33:18.075-07:00Assignment 1: Gleaning; Brady, Bruce, Garrett<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP-yFu0mD8ltokbpyUTNPpmDBc_7bys2q7iXiI5evqX35HKNrrbzurOMRN1-iuAkxzNU-Oo8Jgx1uwXgV_4PBpswLz7DVRZyxqMcYyTYgDeU7AaHWK4Jzw6LvXdYQ1aGFhuvA0I6DS5Y/s1600/presentationFINAL.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP-yFu0mD8ltokbpyUTNPpmDBc_7bys2q7iXiI5evqX35HKNrrbzurOMRN1-iuAkxzNU-Oo8Jgx1uwXgV_4PBpswLz7DVRZyxqMcYyTYgDeU7AaHWK4Jzw6LvXdYQ1aGFhuvA0I6DS5Y/s320/presentationFINAL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453144489566866770" border="0" /></a>homme de montagnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06500753081981282622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-65595613497589822010-03-26T14:11:00.000-07:002010-04-13T17:32:47.947-07:00Assignment 1: Gleaning; Morgan, Shinah, Ali<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Driven by the desire and curiosity to better know where our food comes from, our gleaning investigation started by observing a range of Providence grocery options. Whole Foods, the RI Farm Fresh Farmer's Market, Stop & Shop and 7-Eleven became the key case-studies in which we observed the origin of various fruits and vegetables. The following images are the origins of apples in first winter then summer. The left column depicts the macro scale of the journey from farm to distribution center to retail, and the right column the micro. The lack of a macro scale indicates that the procedure occurs at an entirely micro scale.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">One of the most interesting finds of our research was the use of low oxygen storage technology by which most apples are stored today. Low oxygen storage allows apples to stay fresher for much longer, allowing them to be picked closer to their ripening date, no matter how long the journey before them is. What was interesting about this discovery was the question of how it complicates the question of the local versus the nonlocal in terms of carbon footprint. If Washington can produce and ship fresh apples (without low oxygen storage) in a month that Rhode Island would need to draw from low oxygen stores- is the local still more valuable than the non-local (at least in terms of carbon footprint)?<br /></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg757lTmg5V1DrJ7Cfu-qETJhB0dA2rXkSm5RNw_NlbWaDEBHSYFHtWfoERHxMfnoN9fMpdmExV37qXBG6No1jARWaudlicPj3mwV9bjJjx8alm6amHx0Iw_vY9zPPvLHuPvFdlu3RdapE/s1600/Winter.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg757lTmg5V1DrJ7Cfu-qETJhB0dA2rXkSm5RNw_NlbWaDEBHSYFHtWfoERHxMfnoN9fMpdmExV37qXBG6No1jARWaudlicPj3mwV9bjJjx8alm6amHx0Iw_vY9zPPvLHuPvFdlu3RdapE/s400/Winter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457135324584642626" style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySmEoUAssgdLoKO_iI-hfsUC2wm6bsF2kXE4vCA4RvU3SDS6xoAXFcmefE7GiNmPjXzZr54GkVk5D97lMXGA4bYxpc8Gzssl4mQE0pKdaR4FXDSucp3CSWJuctxmLRo2MJStj1ZZSOos/s1600/Summer.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySmEoUAssgdLoKO_iI-hfsUC2wm6bsF2kXE4vCA4RvU3SDS6xoAXFcmefE7GiNmPjXzZr54GkVk5D97lMXGA4bYxpc8Gzssl4mQE0pKdaR4FXDSucp3CSWJuctxmLRo2MJStj1ZZSOos/s400/Summer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457135399865537730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07044137647248000460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-80313224806943636502010-03-26T12:18:00.000-07:002010-04-13T17:32:20.551-07:00Assignment 1: Food in the City: Language and ImageBrad Kisicki and Nick Buehrens<br /><br />Our gleaning exercise hit the streets to document the quantity and character of food-related advertising on the streets of Providence. While by no means an exhaustive study, we covered 10 miles worth of streetscape radiating out from Kennedy Plaza, our self imposed "city center". We chose to focus our cataloging on the primary signage used by any establishment whose main business was to sell food.<br /><br />Our first attempt to organize information resulted in the creation of a series of photo-embedded maps that give both a geographic and qualitative understanding of the distribution of food along our chosen routes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWSdho5bvbrR4GOCb4y53A9yn7A5aL2UdLD6jazCUMjSWiHhCdyMq99xOVuZ4UwC3dwyWj_hvgcGkb3IqMzsnrZYnjNTr-3dC7FQJ4h8ZqKzu6NUHDncsUDF_O-82zHP9pCmofgkk6zY/s1600/westside.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWSdho5bvbrR4GOCb4y53A9yn7A5aL2UdLD6jazCUMjSWiHhCdyMq99xOVuZ4UwC3dwyWj_hvgcGkb3IqMzsnrZYnjNTr-3dC7FQJ4h8ZqKzu6NUHDncsUDF_O-82zHP9pCmofgkk6zY/s400/westside.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457118753394514690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0YD0ElLJiZdD4TJizfQD45VT8pFKl4hVg1ZGtCKpnqkhQjNoqf49DPeG4yw3nmVLPiZWgGKqizOHmxi6_uKkEn9nIoQE21AmX-F-O6LiayQdgK_ouOlYlXayCIJW4iUWloRBHtggfpI/s1600/East+Side+Maps+PRINT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0YD0ElLJiZdD4TJizfQD45VT8pFKl4hVg1ZGtCKpnqkhQjNoqf49DPeG4yw3nmVLPiZWgGKqizOHmxi6_uKkEn9nIoQE21AmX-F-O6LiayQdgK_ouOlYlXayCIJW4iUWloRBHtggfpI/s400/East+Side+Maps+PRINT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457118754977274290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWSdho5bvbrR4GOCb4y53A9yn7A5aL2UdLD6jazCUMjSWiHhCdyMq99xOVuZ4UwC3dwyWj_hvgcGkb3IqMzsnrZYnjNTr-3dC7FQJ4h8ZqKzu6NUHDncsUDF_O-82zHP9pCmofgkk6zY/s1600/westside.jpg"><br /></a><br />The second part of our analysis combed through the collected data to compile graphically accessible statistics on the types of businesses surveyed, and the language and colors utilized by signage. The result is a snapshot of the diversity of food opportunities in the center of Providence.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LPnxoYFuBIbM3ZZm10wvDt4cPIVzN2Cpq6yUUxY_w0zL7zl_ccUNN69QSTGru-hrZsT8uRrmRjDcDhoQDtYfXi-WmJR2zsFbq4jLAitqxnhwNosXheWmZeIxpu4lGbhW3M7JDa9Z5vA/s1600/locator+map+PRINT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LPnxoYFuBIbM3ZZm10wvDt4cPIVzN2Cpq6yUUxY_w0zL7zl_ccUNN69QSTGru-hrZsT8uRrmRjDcDhoQDtYfXi-WmJR2zsFbq4jLAitqxnhwNosXheWmZeIxpu4lGbhW3M7JDa9Z5vA/s400/locator+map+PRINT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457118765154260834" border="0" /></a>nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18052866763829993537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878338111924253303.post-58022001897658181062010-03-22T20:14:00.000-07:002010-03-22T20:18:19.400-07:00gleaning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeNcG8Qe5nfX_Gtqsvs0n-d7VaEL7MKxTHn9GgPNNn7ObHoBT4j6oT4FwSn7hF4BADUeAarrz8DQB7zOa9MlGwBp78W4WqQK5CL9WjvOAU_6ZiNjMmYFICXARy483Sc6tTP270-Krpw8/s1600-h/potato.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeNcG8Qe5nfX_Gtqsvs0n-d7VaEL7MKxTHn9GgPNNn7ObHoBT4j6oT4FwSn7hF4BADUeAarrz8DQB7zOa9MlGwBp78W4WqQK5CL9WjvOAU_6ZiNjMmYFICXARy483Sc6tTP270-Krpw8/s320/potato.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451662994245242098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We will be watching the film “The Gleaners and I” (Les Glaneurs et La Glaneuse) by Agnes Varda in class together. The film is, as described by film critic A. O. Scott “not just a record of what is seen but a way of paying attention.”<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">In groups of 2 or 3, you are to spend the next few days paying attention to the situation of food in the city of Providence. You are to use your powers of perception and tools of documentation to observe and analyze a particular relationship between food and the city. Special attention should be paid to the scale of occurrence of the relationship you identify. Is it relevant at numerous scales simultaneously?<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Your project is to make visible the relationship or relationships that you observe. The work can use any media available to you, and can be in two, three or four dimensions. This visualization is a conscious and creative act that is grounded by the media you choose.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Make sure to clarify your area of research, and be very specific in your attentions. This gleaning is not intended to be comprehensive, but instead to illuminate specific factors that may not otherwise be readily apparent.</span></span>anastasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496597729765230401noreply@blogger.com0