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The "Out House"
The "Out House"
This building is the entrance to the underground housing complex. It has storage for two cars and a large entrance tunnel.
Imagine Your Dream Room
This is an office space that is designed with rustic and modern country interior design. It is a room within a dome; tall ceilings, unique room dimensions, and cozy comforts. here is a pinterest link so you can better see these imagines :
https://www.pinterest.com/perrydute/image-your-dream-room/
Compact dwelling
Compact dwelling
this compact dwelling is designed from a semi-trailer 53' in length. it is eco-friendly with water catchment and solar.
Compact house framed (Model)
Compact house framed (Model)
FORT PROJECT!
FORT PROJECT!
Paper Cuts project
Paper Cuts project
Capital Tour!
Capital Tour!
Iconic building! The Homestead Market Hall
Iconic building! The Homestead Market Hall
City project!
City project!
Biomimicry!
Biomimicry!
Vocab:
- Biomimicry
o The design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes.
- Sustainable architecture
o It is a design that creates healthy living environments while aiming to minimize negative environmental impacts, energy consumption and use of human resources.
- Environmentally-conscious design techniques
o “The philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of ecological sustainability.” Basically, integrating or lowing the impact of the building on nature.
- Ecosystem:
o A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- Bioregions
o A region defined by characteristics of the natural environment rather than by man-made divisions.
Goal: to create a mobile rock-climbing wall that provides nutritious food and ability for the community to come together and climb, improving the overall community’s health.
The nutritious food that is produced by the wall, is grown inside of the wall. It will be growing plants such as Romain lettuce and kale as well as other plants that are easily grown in a vertical fashion. The plants will grow in an aquaponics system, meaning plants and fish both grow simultaneously. The fish will eat both pellet food and food scraps produced by the tower, the plants then grow from the fertilizer that the fish produce through their excrement.
The actual design of the rock wall has a cylinder trunk as the main climbing structure, this functions as the grow tower as well as where the four leaves will be "sprouted" from. The exterior of the rock wall will be round with a coat of a hydrophobic paint that will channel water to the inside of the cylinder and down into the water basin for use in the aquaponics system. Two leaves will be placed in 180-degree intervals at an elevation of 12 feet, being used as the "bouldering line"(the elevation for of which boulders cannot pass without proper PPE). The shape of the leaves will be designed off of an oak leaf, it will also be concave. The leave will use its concaved shape to channel the water collected from the rain and morning dew to the inside of the tower to be used once again in the aquaponics system. The top of the leaves will have a foot-wide boarder that has small shrubs that are soft but gives the structure a more living green feel. The top also has a short walking path used by rescuers that are training on the tower. In the open spaces on the top of the leaves will be covered with solar panels. The final set of leaves will be placed at an elevation on the tower at 37 feet. These leaves will be turned 90 degrees in relation to the other pair of leaves. They will have the same function and design as the other set of leaves but one added feature. This feature is the belay, there will be a self-retracting lifeline one per leaf, this will allow climbers to reach the top of the tower. The rope used in the belay devise will be created from the enzymes that produce a spider’s web material. This enzyme will be produced through the milk of an animal such as a goat or cow. The top of the tower will be "Capped" by a circular solar panel. This panel with be able to change its pitch and also its position, moving either clockwise or counter clock wise. There would be multiple of these towers in a park to allow for maximum use for many people.
Progress!!
Progress!!
Final pictures
Final pictures
How can your design help save energy, reduce waste, or otherwise benefit the environment through the use of natural influences?
My design helps save energy through the off-grid process for electricity, the leaves and roof of the rook climbing structure has solar panels on the in order to generate electricity from the sun. the automatic belay devices is another way the structure will generate electricity, When a climber falls the belay device will slowly lower the climber back down to the ground safely, but the gravitation forces that are pulling down on the climber is reduced because of the generator house in the automatic belay device allowing for it to harness this energy and convert it into usable electric energy. The inside of the rock wall uses some of the electricity produces to illuminate grow lights inside that allow for the grow and production of a verity of different Microgreens. Climbers and members of the public are able to receive the microgreens as apart of their nutritional food intake as well as being able to exercise. The use of Natural influences such as the use of certain enzymes that help spiders produce silk for web making, we can harness to make rope from for the automatic belay devices.
What elements of nature are mimicked in your design?
The elements of nature the are mimicked in my design consist of the spider silk rope. As well as the design of the leaves on the rock climbing structure in order to harness rain water and feed it to the inside of the structure to allow the micro greens to grow. The main process that mimics elements of nature include the process of growing micro greens inside the climbing structure, the water reservoir sits at the bottom, where the water is collected from the leaves, the micro greens grow alongside the inside of the structure just like moss grows on a tree trunk. The perfect environment is created with the hemp walls that help insulate the inside but also control humidity. The grow lights produce the correct light frequency for the micro greens to grow to their fullest potential. A mini ecosystem is mimicked from nature inside of the rock climbing structure.
How difficult or easy would it be to implement your design?
The difficult of implementing my design into the real world would not be as hard as many would think. The Rock climbing structure was designed to fit on a semi truck with the main "trunk" being hauled on one and the leaves to be hauled on another. The set up at a park includes stabilizing it and connecting plumbing and electric, then it is fully self sufficient.
What are your GOALS for this design project? Did you meet your goals? Why or why not?
My goal for this project was to create a mobile rock climbing wall that provides nutritious food and ability for the community to come together and climb, improving the overall communities health. I believe I did meet my goal for this project because I created a design that can produce food for the community but also be a place where people can increase the physical abilities.
What did you learn in designing/ creating your structure?
I learned that in the computer software Revit, it is hard to accurately depict what it is you are wanting to design, It takes many hours to create exactly what you want and many hours more to render your project so it is easily understood by the public. Also 3D printing software is a new program for me, and it took some time to get the hang of. The main thing that I learned is that if you want to create something good it takes time to do so.
Will anything from this lesson influence your next design projects?
I learned about water catchment from this project and I believe that will influence my next projects because the use of water is such a big issue.
What are your overall final thoughts?
My overall final thoughts on this project is it does a great job at what it was meant to do, which is to show case a place where people can work together, increase their physical aptitude, an grow some of their own food.
Pavilion
Pavilion
This Pavilion is designed to be on the north west portion of the Lunken Airport. This pavilion would be used to view aircraft landing and taking off as well as serving as a sound barrier.
Little Miami Riverfront Restoration
Little Miami Riverfront Restoration
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MATERIALS!
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MAPS!
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