These are the changes we’ve made from the previous prototype. It’s now only 2 parts: bracket and container.
A detail of the interior of container.
one bracket supports 2 containers
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these are the models that Carson has already posted pictures of. Here’s a lil bit more info on it. There’s basically 3 parts to it: the container, endcaps and brackets. The end caps were the most pivotal piece functioning as the connection piece for each container.
here you can see the inset grooves on the endcap. those grooves are on both sides of each cap.
this is an exploded view that shows how the endcap and container works together.
We’ve made some changes since this model. We scrapped the endcap and made them individual containers instead.
There’s one more week left before the final crit on May 7th. The whole semester has been a whirlwind, and now we’ve got to think about how we can condense our story into 10 minutes. Needless to say, I’m excited about our group’s path even though it’s meandered throughout the semester. But I don’t think that is necessarily such a bad thing. I see it as a consistent progression our group took while looking at all the angles possible. Yesterday, during our meeting with Andrew, he mentioned that this project, however finished it will be, will still be open to thought and more concepts. I really appreciate that comment because as an aspiring designer, my goal is to provoke and stimulate a dialogue between users and the things around them. I personally hope to never be responsible for something that is considered finished, because where do you go from there?
I love that our group has knocked the notion that vertical farming is an ambitious one. Ironically, our group had too many concepts to choose from; now how often does that happen within a group project?
above are possible sizes for our growing containers. We’re still playing around with the final design of it, but like the idea of having small, medium, and larger options.
rainscreen cladding is becoming an increasingly popular facade system that has recently come to our group’s attention thanks to Lynne from Greenable. The double wall construction has on outer layer that keeps out water from the structural frame of the building and an inner layer that provides insulation. There is a cavity between the rainscreen and the building that allows for drainage as well.
Looking at the construction/ installation of the rainscreen, we see a huge window of opportunity to design a vertical growing system that can be adapted for the rainscreen as well. Materials for the panels include reconstituted stoneboards, compressed paper such as Paperstone that is 100% post consumer recycled paper and treated with water based resin. Going back to our building block concept, the same principle could apply to rainscreen panels; a cavity integrated into the rainscreen material. Or even to adapt a track system that would move along and in between the rainscreen panels.
detail of hardware for panel
Example of rainscreen from Trespa
you can see the spaces between each panel in this image.
sketches for mechanisms. meeting with Lynne from Greenables was so helpful and informational. will post more about it soon.
