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| − | ==The Muck and the Lotus== | + | ==WHAT? WHY? HOW?== |
| − | 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]
| + | '''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. The project is designed in such a way to accommodate different group sizes of people, ranging from crowd to individual. These spaces are all open to the public, and the spaces will be chosen naturally according to the number of users. |
| − | 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. | + | These landscaped platforms will not only serve as mere relaxation/entertainment areas. By including specific species of vegetation, grey water from the river is pumped up to the top, and gets filtered as it percolates down the platforms. This would create excessive clean water then the project actually needs, hence also supporting the neighboring projects with clean water. |
| − | 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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| + | Refer to the site.. site analysis |
| − | 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? | | The people in the area need to be furthermore entertained? |
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The Digital Gardener
author(s):Matthew Tanti, Susanne Hofer
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. The project is designed in such a way to accommodate different group sizes of people, ranging from crowd to individual. These spaces are all open to the public, and the spaces will be chosen naturally according to the number of users.
These landscaped platforms will not only serve as mere relaxation/entertainment areas. By including specific species of vegetation, grey water from the river is pumped up to the top, and gets filtered as it percolates down the platforms. This would create excessive clean water then the project actually needs, hence also supporting the neighboring projects with clean water.
Why?
Refer to the site.. site analysis
The people in the area need to be furthermore entertained?
Where can the hedonist find his well deserved dose of fun?
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'.
