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==The Digital Gardener==
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==The Muck and the Lotus==
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The lotus flower also known as the Nelumbo nucifera [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera] is a plant specie which uses nutrients from river beds which few other plants find useful. While most plant species, regard the surrounding environment as muck and not fit to establish a colony, the Lotus manages to thrive in such conditions.
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"The lotus flower is one of the most ancient and deepest symbols of our planet. The lotus flower grows in muddy water and rises above the surface to bloom with remarkable beauty. At night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again." [http://www.jendhamuni.com/lotus-flower-symbol-of-purity-and-great-beauty/ Source]
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'''What?''' The project’s main function is to create an oasis where the individual or a small group of people can find a place to relax and escape from the hectic RDM site into a calm and tranquil 'natural' environment. This project focuses on the interaction between Humans, Virtual reality (through gaming) and Nature (through gardening). The idea is to make gardening more accessible to the City dwellers at the RDM, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and the world through gaming. Therefore a sense of ownership will be created through virtual interaction with the Digital Gardener.
  
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The extraordinary thing about such a plant is that is strives in seeping its root deep down where most of the ‘muck’ is located. The plant stretches in height in order to fulfill its contradictory needs; reaching down for the nutrients while floating on the water surface to reach the sun. If successful the pant finally blooms into this beautiful flower floating on the water, attracting new species.
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'''Why?''' The intentions of this project focuses on two levels; The RDM as its location and the technological and social context we are facing globally. "Children today know more brands and logos then birds or tree species", "there are more file patents then species in this planet" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BDbasRTyzmE]]
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This design project will use this plant as an analogy, strives to nurture itself from the surrounding muck. The project will be a spearhead in accepting the challenges around the site and using it as an opportunity to create an attraction, which would ultimately attract more activities in the area.
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NEXT NATURE - The history of interaction between the Biosphere and the Noosphere (Vernadsky, 1863-1945)
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What is the muck it is going to nurture on? How could this Lotus blossom in such a mundane environment?
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One of the first considerations which came to mind, regards the huge potential to use one of the most prominent and easily attained resource in the area… Water; Being a harbour area the water surrounding the site is unfit for recreational activities. The lack of FUN in the area is very evident.
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The people in the area need to be furthermore entertained?
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Where can the hedonist find his well deserved dose of fun?
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'''How?''' Due to the limited space in the site, a condensed form of landscaping had to be designed. This concept materializes itself through the typology of an infinite park consisting of two intertwining spiral surfaces which gives the impression of two parallel infinite surfaces moving together; physically apart, yet constantly interacting with each other. Furthermore these two spiraling surfaces have the double function to filter the gray RDM waters (using a Phytodepuration system)for it to be used for the 'Variations' project. The demand for filtering water, strengthens the reasoning why a spiral surface was used.
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In using such a geometric simple process, water will never get stagnant in certain areas but free to flow down and filter along the surface. This shape also helps in reducing additional weight on the structure due to trapped water on flat surfaces.
  
 
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In the second week the concepts has been further developed; the focus of this project is to create an oasis which would contrast the surrounding environment. The aim is to come up with a way to provide the inhabitants/visitors of the area with a warm environment where they could swim and enjoy fresh and clean water all year long. This floating tropical water park will also be used as a green house to produce a small amount of food yield which could supply the small restaurant. An attempt to include aqua-phonics could also help in connecting the fresh clean water also with food production... (still an idea reading about technical problems related to this technology at the moment) The concept has further developed, into a water filtering system with the idea of 'oyster-tecture'.
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'''WHAT IS NATURE!?'''
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One might ask one's self; What is the natural and what is the man made? We have modified the environmental around us so much that this boundary is increasingly being blurred? This concept's purpose is to make us rethink the division and interaction between these two notions.  
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NEXT NATURE - The history of interaction between the Biosphere and the Noosphere (Vernadsky, 1863-1945) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BDbasRTyzmE]]
  
 
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[[project33:frontpage|Brewery]], [[project02:frontpage|HYDRO^3]]
 
  
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[[project24:frontpage|Variations]], [[project05:frontpage|Interactive Park]], [[project19:frontpage|Reizende Drijvende Markt]], [[project35:frontpage|Floating Theater]]
  
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Latest revision as of 12:30, 25 January 2013


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[edit] The Digital Gardener

author(s):Matthew Tanti, Susanne Hofer

[edit] WHAT? WHY? HOW?

What? The project’s main function is to create an oasis where the individual or a small group of people can find a place to relax and escape from the hectic RDM site into a calm and tranquil 'natural' environment. This project focuses on the interaction between Humans, Virtual reality (through gaming) and Nature (through gardening). The idea is to make gardening more accessible to the City dwellers at the RDM, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and the world through gaming. Therefore a sense of ownership will be created through virtual interaction with the Digital Gardener.

Why? The intentions of this project focuses on two levels; The RDM as its location and the technological and social context we are facing globally. "Children today know more brands and logos then birds or tree species", "there are more file patents then species in this planet" [[1]] NEXT NATURE - The history of interaction between the Biosphere and the Noosphere (Vernadsky, 1863-1945)

How? Due to the limited space in the site, a condensed form of landscaping had to be designed. This concept materializes itself through the typology of an infinite park consisting of two intertwining spiral surfaces which gives the impression of two parallel infinite surfaces moving together; physically apart, yet constantly interacting with each other. Furthermore these two spiraling surfaces have the double function to filter the gray RDM waters (using a Phytodepuration system)for it to be used for the 'Variations' project. The demand for filtering water, strengthens the reasoning why a spiral surface was used. In using such a geometric simple process, water will never get stagnant in certain areas but free to flow down and filter along the surface. This shape also helps in reducing additional weight on the structure due to trapped water on flat surfaces.

[edit] Developments

WHAT IS NATURE!?

One might ask one's self; What is the natural and what is the man made? We have modified the environmental around us so much that this boundary is increasingly being blurred? This concept's purpose is to make us rethink the division and interaction between these two notions.

NEXT NATURE - The history of interaction between the Biosphere and the Noosphere (Vernadsky, 1863-1945) [[2]]

[edit] Connections

Variations, Interactive Park, Reizende Drijvende Markt, Floating Theater

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