INDN 212 - Rob, Jessica, Luke, Simon http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com Most recent posts at INDN 212 - Rob, Jessica, Luke, Simon posterous.com Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:27:00 -0800 Final modelling for the CNC router and booklet - Rob, w/ Simon http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/final-modelling-for-the-cnc-router-and-bookle http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/final-modelling-for-the-cnc-router-and-bookle

In order to route the tabletop area we had to model each individual item as accurately as possible.

there was stil a lot of hand sanding to make things fit perfect though. 

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Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:17:00 -0800 The Balcony Problem - Rob http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/the-balcony-problem-rob http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/the-balcony-problem-rob

Simon, Jess and I returned to Hanson Court for a site visit to measure out the balcony space on a typical room.

Unfortunately what we found was the council balconies were constructed so the metal railing and the outside wall were not flush; the railing was wider than the wall. Meaning, in order for our brackets to sit over the rail, they wouldn't sit flat against the wall.

After talking with Jono about this, Simon and I decided to go with a more generalised approach, making a bracket large enough to fit and then making adaptors/wedges to sit behind the wall if necessary.

 

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Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:30:02 -0800 Compost Draw-Jessica http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/compost-draw-jessica http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/compost-draw-jessica

The compost draw in the end got scrapped from the design. The process of making it was extremely difficult, and in the end the idea of the table itself changed and there was no need for a compost draw to be on the final design.

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Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:47:00 -0800 Process photos from Rob's phone http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/process-photos-from-robs-phone http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/process-photos-from-robs-phone

Old Rimu flooring from the building recyclers.

Denailing. A LOT.

Boards being planed and thickened.

Looking at bracketing systems that are already on the market.

Boards after being cleaned up.

Luke sanding the top of the CNC routed top.

Jess doing biscuit joins. 

Luke. Dremmeling out some of the finger holes.

Building the frame for the mock-up balcony.

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:22:00 -0700 Initial Sketch Model -Luke Syred http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/initial-sketch-model-luke-syred http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/initial-sketch-model-luke-syred

Initialsketchmodel

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:08:00 -0700 1:1 Sketch Model Development http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/11-sketch-model-development http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/11-sketch-model-development

Prototypedevelopment

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Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:30:00 -0700 Solid works Modelling & Render http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/solid-works-modelling-render http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/solid-works-modelling-render

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Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:21:00 -0700 Group Presentation to Council - Simon/Rob http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/group-presentation-to-council http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/group-presentation-to-council

Final Concept.

This concept combines the idea's of furniture, balconies and gardening to create a unique personal gardening unit for balconies. 

The concept is a table that mounts onto an outdoor balcony. It houses two planter boxes, one deeper than the other, and with one that hangs over the edge of the baclony. The table acts as a food preperation area, with a slight gradient that goes down to a trapdoor to a compost bin. This bin allows waste to be re used on the plants in the garden, with compost and water fertiliser being collected in it.

 

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:10:00 -0700 Research http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/research http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/research

 Problem:

We found that the problem was that the people of these flats had no personal garden spaces. To combat this we thought a balcony garden would be the best idea. Using hydroponics they could grow their own garden right on the balcony.

Hydroponics:

Growing plants in a water holdings with no or little soil.

Marijuana-wick-grow-systems

 

Positives of Hydroponics:

  • No soil is needed for hydroponics
  • The water stays in the system and can be reused - thus, lower water costs
  • It is possible to control the nutrition levels in their entirety - thus, lower nutrition costs
  • No nutrition pollution is released into the environment because of the controlled system
  • Stable and high yields
  • Pests and diseases are easier to get rid of than in soil because of the container's mobility
  • It is easier to harvest
  • No pesticide damage

Negatives

  • Expenses
  • Not easy to use
  • Different nutrient strengths for different plants
  • Electricity
  • Needs pumps
  • Difficult to learn
  • High maintenance

While hydroponics has many advantages for an avid gardener, we found with our research that this would not be suitable for tenants of these flats. So we re thought our ideas and looked at the features of what we wanted to include in the hydroponics garden, to see what we could carry over to our new design.

Originally we wanted a workbench area attached to the garden to make it an all in one experience and acitivity. We would still use this idea, and have planter boxes that look much the same as the original concept, but without the hydroponic kit.

A compost bin would be added to this workbench area and would be an important feature as it would encourage recycling and be reusable on their garden.

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:53:00 -0700 Concept Sketches -Luke Syred http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/concept-sketches-luke-syred-1121 http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/concept-sketches-luke-syred-1121

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Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:42:00 -0700 Initial Concept, Part 1 - Simon Crane. http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/initial-concept-part-1-simon-crane http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/initial-concept-part-1-simon-crane

The initial concept for this project revloved around the idea of the residents having acsess or use of a personal or communoty garden to grow produce or plants for aesthetic look. From this theme spawned a number of poissible interations of how residents could interact with a garden.

2 main idea's emerged, revolving around the use of seating, and the involving the balcony. 
From the balcony, I deleveloped two ideas. Thie first being a personal hanging hydroponics kit from the balcony. This would allow the residents to personally curate their own garden with out the use of dirt.

The second balcony idea was based around increasing the aesthetics of the buildings. Baclony hanging planter boxes would be use to help break up the grid like system of the site. The boxes would grow vine and creeper plants the would stretch down the sides of buildings, like the artist Patrick Blancs work.

The seating idea came about by wanting to create a prodcut that allowed the elderly people to tend to their garden for a long time whith out having to bend over or be on the ground. It wouyld also invoke social interaction, with seats and gardens alike being able to be pulled together to create groups. The alow for a modular system and also different ways of growing plants, through open top and greenhouse like effects.

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Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:56:00 -0700 Artist Research/Precedent - Patrick Blanc - Simon Crane http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/artist-researchprecedent-patrick-blanc http://simonsgroup212.posterous.com/artist-researchprecedent-patrick-blanc

http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/#/en/projects/typological

Patrick Balnc is a botantist and artist who utlises plants to create vertical plant facades on the sides of buildings. His work is a great precednt for this site, which has many large vertical faces that beg to be utilised. 

He asks the question, how else can we involve plant life into residential and urban schemes, and how can we do this effectivley and aesthetically.

 

 

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