Nature Cultivator

RESEARCH DATE: SPRING 2010

NATURE

CULTIVATOR Blue Tinted Acrylic Aluminum

Team: Trevor Hollyn Taub Ethan Hatton Taylor George Valdes

EYOND ROTOTYPE

COCONUT HUSK GROWING MAT

VEGETATION IRRIGATION SYSTEM COCONUT HUSK GROWING MAT LED LIGHTING

LIVING WALL: Each Pocket Cell Is Filled With Coconut Husks And Vegetation To Create Full Enclosure With Environmentally Responsive Design Elements

GEOMETRY

TREVOR HOLLYN TAUB / ETHAN TAYLOR / MADEEHA MERCHANT / GEORGE VALDES

BEYOND PROTOTYPE

VEGETATION SUBSYSTEM

TREVOR HOLLYN TAUB / ETHAN TAYLOR / MADEEHA MERCHANT / GEORGE VALDES STUDY MODEL PROCESS: The initial analogue studies focused on the creation of a two sided pocket system which would attain rigidity through mirroring the individual cells to form a deep mesh. As a result, the cells become folded brick units.

DIGITAL GENERATION: The cellular units are digitally recreated in Rhino using the parametric components of Grasshopper to map the cells onto variable surface forms and control the size of the central pockets. The adjustable depth of

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each modular component allows the folded

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mesh to either collapse into a thin building 2

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FABRICATION

ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM

ENT FABRICATION

AN TAYLOR / MADEEHA MERCHANT / GEORGE VALDES

UB / ETHAN TAYLOR / MADEEHA MERCHANT / GEORGE VALDES

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COMPONENT 1. 1/8” ALUMINUM WATERJET SHEET 2. 1/8” ACRYLIC CNC SHEET 3. #10 - 24 NUTS / WASHERS / BOLTS

COMPONENT

envelope or expand to become deeper when

1. 1/8” ALUMINUM WATERJET SHEET needed 2. 1/8” ACRYLIC CNC SHEET 3. #10 - 24 NUTS / WASHERS / BOLTS

for structural rigidity.

BEYOND PROTOTYPE

BEYOND PROTOTYPE

CONFIGURATION 1

TREVOR HOLLYN TAUB / ETHAN TAYLOR / MADEEHA MERCHANT / GEORGE VALDES

CONFIGURATION 1

TREVOR HOLLYN TAUB / ETHAN TAYLOR / MADEEHA MERCHANT / GEORGE VALDES

BEYOND PROTOTYPE

ASSEMBLY PROCESS: Bending Of Acrylic And Aluminum Components With Plastic Bender, Metal Working Tools And Dynamic Adjustable Jig

COMPONENT AGGREGATION

TREVOR HOLLYN TAUB / ETHAN TAYLOR / MADEEHA MERCHANT / GEORGE VALDES

The pocket wall system proposes a new type of modular construction where folded volumetric components would act as a new type of three dimensional building block. Each unit contains two apertures, mirrored about a center line to form a deep interconnected mesh. The components are tessellated in a running bond pattern, strategically employing a system of bent aluminum gussets and folded sheets of acrylic for transparency. The apertures provide deep pockets for lighting and/or coconut husk green wall systems to be inserted into the mesh.

SURFACE ANALYSIS: Uv Division For Smoothing And Fine Detailing

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ASSEMBLED COMPONENT SYSTEM

ASSEMBLED COMPONENT SYSTEM

BEYOND PROTOTYPE

TREVOR HOLLYN TAUB / ETHAN TAYLOR / MADEEHA MERCHANT / GEORGE VALDES PROPOSED GREEN PAVILION DESIGN