VERTICAL INTERSECTIONS
Brings us closer to our nature!
Fighting Loneliness & Social Isolation
Loneliness & Social Isolation is a important problematic nowadays, specially in big cities where the interactactions are mainly done digitally. There are also new comers adapting to a new culture and some far away from their families. This problematic affects people from all ages and it can cause problems such as: fear of others, negative self-esteem, depression, even reduce the life spam.
Fighting Loneliness & Social Isolation
I envision a city where people have more opportunities to connect and feel part of a community. This is the intention behind Vertical Intersections, whose mission is to make people reflect on the importance of building a community together, in order to become stronger individuals and to create a healthier society!
Vertical Intersections
Vertical Intersections is an itinerant public installation that consist in a series of vertical gardens with workshops that invite locals into shared public space to grow plants, share stories, and create community.
Concept
The vertical gardens represent local populations living in high-rise buildings. Each pocket planted with its own native or foreign species, symbolizing the individual urban dweller in their unit. Collectively they represent our vision of growing together as a diverse community, coexisting in symbiosis and supporting each other.
Concept
This installation nourishes opportunities for interaction and new friendships; grows awareness of local ecosystems and the importance of their protection and integration into urban landscapes; and educates the community to reclaim and create more green urban spaces.
Didactic
There is the symbolic activity of building a community together and being part of the installation’s creative process!
Receive an open-up pocket/unit
Construct pocket/unit with the designer’s guidance
Introduce yourself to the community personalizing the pocket/unit with your name instead of an impersonal suite number!
Receive a lovely plant and place it in the pocket/unit
Hang it in the loom and be part of a diverse and strong community! Come back to check-up on your little plant and make new friends!
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Diana
The Bentway
Vertical Intersections surrounding the columns of the Gardiner Expressway at The Bentway.
Informed by The Bentway’s Fall 2019 theme Second Nature, this installation aims to bring us closer to both “environmental nature” and our “social nature” through the exchanges of urban gardening.
site
TORONTO
Aesthetics
diversity integration welcoming gate gathering outdoors
Semiotics
gather intersect grow home direction community gate
Technical
site conditions adaptability materiality
Validated Hypothesis
Vertical Weeds Garden
• Disrupt the idea that a beautiful garden need to use conventional plants.
• Forage local weeds as a sustainable design option, testing their adaptability and endurance in new conditions.
Co-creation
• Forage local weeds with people and Co-creation and personalization of the pockets to create sense of belonging to the community garden and have them come to take care of it.
Foraging Intersections
• Forage local weeds with the people to promote community building and socialization.
• Create a domestic outdoors space with a relaxing, creative and friendly atmosphere to stimulate social bound and community building.
Protection
• Create new urban ecosystems fostering flora and fauna.
• Promote nature and public spaces protection at all ages.
DesignTO Festival
Mackenzie House Museum
Vertical Intersections and Poki participated in the DesignTO Festival in January 2020, which is the largest design celebration in Canada.
This time was an Indoors version of Vertical intersections and the design process presentation of Poki.
People enjoy it a lot and she received the DesignTO People’s Choice: Community Wellbeing Award.
TORONTO
POK¡
Modular Vertical Garden
Be part of the creative process!
industrial
simple modular domestic
POK¡
A modular vertical garden which allows the user to be part of its creation speaking the universal language of material folding and discovery
Pok¡ is suitable for outdoors, indoors and is perfect for small spaces. You can personalize it, pick your color, material and finish
The design is intended to be as sustainable as possible applying eco-design practices, including eco-friendly materials
Pok¡ Bracket
POK¡
POK¡
Configurations
- You can grow your garden adding more modules.
- Choose the configuration to fit any space!
- Have aromatic plants by your desk
- Personalize the pockets with the name of your household member
- Have cooking plants in your kitchen
- Grow plants in your balconies maximizing the space!
Lavender Sage Diana Andre Lisa
Dill Thyme Mint Persil
Pok¡ Frame
Configurations
IDITA design services
Material Costumization
Wood
The design is intended to be as sustainable as possible applying ecodesign practices
- Little, independent, replaceable and demountable parts, so easy to recycle & repair
- Minimal maintenance and customization. The pockets can be decorated with washable colors and be washed if you want a new look
- Sturdy, compact and light so easy to transport and store. Resistant to the environmental elements so it can be used outdoors as well as indoors
- Few, recycled and biodegradable materials in most of the components including packaging. FSC certified wood, eco-stains and finishes
- Minimalistic design allowing easy manufacture it in different ways
Textile
Plastic or metal
Future development
Working Space Domestic Space Outdoors Space
Design studio of multidisciplinary designer Diana Guzmán Valencia. It offers professional services in industrial design, architectural design, urban design, graphic design and UX/UI.
Diana is passionate about creating urban spaces that encourage interaction, sensitization, integration, culture, education, and nature conservation.
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