Ella Yun Hong Architectural Portfolio_2024 RIBA Part 1 Architect, Designer Addr. Berlin, Germany Tel. +44 7928114651 Email. yhong020528@gmail.com
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Table of Content
1. 2. 3. 4.
ACADEMIC STUDY _ In-Between Cocoa
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PERSONAL PROJECT _ Alongly
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PRACTICE EXPERIENCE _ VIP Creative Centre
14-18
TECHNICAL STUDIES _ Chocolate for Coexistence
19-20
Oxford Blue Boar Quad In-depth Material Study Drawing Architectual Association Year 1
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Academic Study Year 3 Unit 3 Tutor: Ricardo Olavo Ostos, Nicholas Zembashi
In-Between Cocoa Under a Mythical Narrative, Investigating Human & Animal Relationship in Indonesian Cocoa Plantation.
Separation & Moment of Interactions between species
Different textures to show underground layering
Color Inspiration from rabbit’s Color-blindness
‘The Cocoa Machine Atrium’ Section of Subterranean Concept Design
Animals Role Observations in Java, Indonesia MYTHOLOGY A Mischievous God In Traditional Wayang Theatre Play, Yogyakarta
PROPERTIES Birds Stocked In a Street Market, Jakarta
COMPANIONS A Rabbit In a Pet Market, Jakarta
1- THE RABBITS’ KINGDOM In Indonesia, a developing country, enhancing animal well-being is a significant challenge. Discussions with sociologist Harry from the University of Indonesia highlighted the influential role of anthropomorphism. The Easter bunnies’ story is transformed into a selling point, with rabbits partnering with cocoa farmers, and cocoa woodlands becoming the location of underground chocolate factories. Speculating on a new relationship of Rabbits and humans ‘farming’ on a Cocoa Plantation
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2- COCOA CONFLICTS OF BOJOINGJENGKOL
COCOA CORPORATION VS. LOCAL SMALLHOLDERS Interviews :
I contacted the company owner Kakan, who informed me about the time that the lack of cooperation between the cocoa plantation company LBD and the locals. The owner had to give out the 1600 hectares of cocoa plantation back to the locals. However, with no help from the organization, smallholders struggle to process high-quality beans and enhance their value.
Issues Facing The Bumiloka Plantation
Monocultural Dense Cocoa Plantation1
Dominating Western Chocolate in Indonesia Activities that Local Smallholders can Accomplish with Cocoa Beans Processing
Conflicts: Locals Burning the Plantations2 Credit 1: RooM the Agency / Alamy Stock Photo Credit 2: The previous owner Kakan
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Design Decisions Diagrams of Iterations
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3- BUMILOKA PLANTATION SITE ANALYSIS Scenographically Hidden Among Trees
My proposal involves designing a chocolate factory on a cocoa plantation in Java, Indonesia. The factory will serve as both a production facility and a public space for social interaction, acting as a mediator between the company and smallholder conflicts. Additionally, it will serve as a playground for local children and families.
More Shadow Direct Sunlight
Too Exposed Need to Cut More Trees
Project Citing - Former Corporation Site Offset from main road , lessen impact on existing trees
More accessible for animals (incests)
Human Access Hidden Architecture
Dry Season Sunpath Shading
Animal Access Underground Routes
Embraces the Topography
Utilising the Topography Cascading Programmes
Rainy Season Peaked Canopy
Site of Former Kakan Company Citing Design and Context Analysis
More accessible for animals (incests)
Embraces the Topography
Surya Mekar, Mixed Farm
MtsS Manbaul Ulum, Primary School
Local Houses View 1 View 2
Final Iteration of the Grand Canopy
PT. BANTEN PRIMA MINERAL, Mining
Where human, animal and cocoa converge
View 1 - The local school opposite the proposed site1
View 2 - dense flora on slope a design opportunity for hidden access2
Local Inspirations
Peak Roof
Rattan Weaving
Bamboo Structure
Credit 1& 2 : Google Map Screenshot Images for both views
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4- ENCOUNTERS IN THE MIDST OF COCOA
Forcipomyia Midges Sanctuary Crucial pollinators and friendly insects to cocoa are encouraged to inhabit the site
Intercropped Resilience Luscious vegetation of the agroforestry strategy combats monoculture and encourages biodiversity
Chocolate Stalactites The cogs of the chocolate machine turn and turn inside the grand cocoa atrium, with their excess product melting and setting into the canopy
Local Farms Flourish The locals are encourage to maintain their own farmland in the grounds of the new Agro-Cocoa-Forest
Peripheral Rattan Shelters Rattan as a new medium for animal feed
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5- RATTAN MEETS BAMBOO
The Grand Canopy’s Bamboo Components 1
Technical Section 1:67@A2 1 The Pinnacle
Programmes & Plantations
2
3
2 Upper Nests 4
3 Lower Nests 5
4 Sky Atrium
Agroforestry - Flora of the Intercropping Zones
5 Factory Atrium
1m
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Reusing the site, the ‘chocolate factory’ provides spaces for processing cocoa beans for local smallholders and welcomes the potential return of the cocoa company. The building would also provide stable food resources for animals, and raise an eco-farm that expands User Profile upon the nearby existing farm.
A Collaborative Future
Existing Timeline
Proposed Timeline
Growing An Architecture For Agro-Cocoa-Forestry
Evolutionary Phases
Drawing a new Story for all
User Profiles and Encounters
Houses1
School 2
Farm 3
Cocoa Processor
Primary School Students
Surya Mekar Mixed Farm staff
Prior workers for the company Keep the allocated cocoa land after the dispute, now renting the bean processing space
Local kids, would play around after school finishes
Owners & Workers of the local farm, experienced in goat and cattle farm
Tourist Observing Wild Birds
Locals Chating while Stray Cats Napping
Smallholder With her own plantation, she joined a 2014 protest for land expansion and now also works part-time at the chocolate factory.
Parent
Livestock
Like to have somewhere to stay when picking up kids
Farm animals including cattle, pig and goat
The Upper Terraces
The Intercropping Zones
Other Users Cocoa Collector
Previous Plantation Owner
Prior workers for the company unemployed after the company stops running, now working in the agro forestry plantation
Founder of PT. Bumiloka Swakarya and lost the 1600 ha cocoa plantation in 2022
Pets
Tourists
Wild Life
Stray cats and dogs
Foreigners that interest in chocolate farming
Including birds and insects
Credit 1&2&3 : Google Map Images of the Site Uploaded by the Locals
Primary School Students Playing
The Cocoa Atrium
Cattle Wandering Around and Generating Vertiliser
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6- AGRO-COCOA-FORESTRY
Locked In Conflict
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7-FROM PROTOTYPE MACHINE TO COCOA ATRIUM
Cocoa Farmer
The machine localizes the process of chocolate making, increasing our profit compared to before.
Factory Manager
3mm Plywood 6mm Plywood 3D print
The machine serves as a mediator between us and the human, providing not only shelters but also side-business for the vulnerable animals.
Acrylic Top Circular Wire Grid Outer Wire Layer (16) Middle Wire Layer (12) Inner Wire Layer (8)
My chocolate kid is a soft machine that makes chocolate throughout the process of playful rabbit activity. It takes on the role of both a producer and a mediator between species.
The subterranean chocolate machine in which plantation, animals and humans work together.
Working prototype of chocolate machine, wire, 3d-print and laser cut plywood components, powered by Arduino computation
Following the essence of my previous design iteration, my proposed architecture acts both as a mediator between the company and smallholder conflict and as shelters for different categorized animals.
The Chocolate Manufacturing Process
Sorting the Beans
Roasting the Beans
Removing the Shells
Breaking the Bean into Fragments
Separating the Germs
Blending
Grinding the Cacao Nibs to Produce Mass
Pressing out the excess of Butter
Mixing in the Sugar
Grinding the Mixture
Conching
Flavouring
Moulding
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Chocolate Architecture
8-EXPERIMENTING WITH CHOCOLATE PRODUCTION
Experimenting with Rattan Pattern & Chocolate as Melting Agent
Chocolate Machine Human-Operated
145mm
Loose Grid (8mm*8mm)
Lots of leaking
Dense Grid (less than 2.5mm*2.5mm)
No leaking, Used for Enclosed Surfaces
Diagonal Weave on Top of Loose Grid
Less leaking than the loose grid, Used for Direct the Flow
The Chocolate Machine integrated in the Architecture
DC Motor Spin the Fan Burning Coils Heat up
DC Motor Rotate the Conical Burr
DC Motor Rotate the Screens
320mm
+10mOctagonal Grid (8mm*8mm)
Not much leaking, Used for Porous Surfaces
+10m
DC Motor Spin the Fan
Experimental Prototype
+5m
Model Detail Drawings
DC Motor Spin the Deck Friction allows the stone grinders to rotate
+5m
Model Scale 1:10 3mm Plywood 2mm Diameter Metal Bar
+0m
3D print
+0m
Acrylic Front
Side
Top
1:100@A3
0
Chocolate as Media for Animal Feed
5m
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Rattan Weaving 1:100@A3
0
5m
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9- ONCE UPON A TIME...
Rainy Season
Harvest
Dry Season
Under the Grand Canopy
Peering into the Cocoa Atrium
Inside the Chocolate Machine
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espite the unpleasant rainy weather, everyone is brought together. On the ground floor, you’ll find a lively recreational space with people engaged in conversations. Moving through the crowd, you ascend the spiral staircase and reach the first floor, where the chocolate-pouring rattan is located. As you spend time there, you observe hungry cattle passing by. Its eyes gleam with curiosity and delight as it gently lickes the surface of the rattan. “Who knew” mumbles a farmer resting nearby “that it’s fine for my cattle to eat chocolate.”
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The air is infused with the sweet scent of ripe cocoa pods, signalling that the harvesting season has arrived.
There, if you’re fortunate, a worker may invite you for an accompanied closer look at the chocolate machine, where they are sent up using the revolving screw and the chocolate is manufactured in the central core.
oday, as the sun bathes the chocolate farmland in a warm, golden glow, the atmosphere is filled with excitement and anticipation.
Visitors and locals alike are drawn to the site, eager to witness and participate in the joyous occasion. Laughter and chatter resonate throughout the space, as families and workers come together to enjoy the festivities. As the day unfolds, the festivities continue, and gratitude fills the air—for the bountiful harvest, unity, harmony, and the human-animal connection.
nside the core under the Grand Canopy you'll find respire from the season's sun.
The resulting chocolate is either sent down to the collecting vessel in the middle or mixed with other animal feed and poured onto the rattan surface. Standing from this high vantage point you can hear the birds in the canopy nests above you while appreciating the view of the farm and the sprawling Agro-forestry of cocoa in all of its glory.
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Personal Project Main Software Used: Premier Pro, Blender, Unreal Engine, Unity and After Effect
3D Spaces to 2D Surfaces
Screenshots From Video ‘Home’, Exploring the Relationship Between Screens & Domesticity
Alongly An Augmented Reality Application Envisioning the Future of Collective Domesticity.
Accommodation
Screenshots From Video ‘Home’ in Timeline
Home: https://youtu. be/2GfqWdmTeas
Using Unity, I developed an App that stored my 3D Scanning Room data and Gernerated a conversion to the cardboard VR Headset
1- THE ’SWITCH’ OF DOMESTICITY
Grid Division
Camera Tracking & Meshing
Physical Interpretation
With the rapidly growing technology and the acceleration of the pandemic, the Internet becomes a solution for individuals to connect to friends and the world. Single living homes have become the combination of shelters and screens, the switch between reality and virtuality. Surfaces Re-scanning
24 Hours Study of My Day on 5th May, 2022
My Architecture: https://youtu.be/OqDVjjIW8mg My Site: https://youtu.be/ANuD5f3Gp_k
Screenshots in ‘Home’ and Re-meshing the Scanned Space with Camera Tracing My initial explorations in lonely living and technology
Diagram Showing Spacially Functions of My ‘Alongly’ Room 01:38-1:50
Setting Personalized Experience
Alongly is an enhanced reality application that imagines individual collective living to tackle loneliness in the digital world.
Introducing Alonely: https://youtu.be/kowICqJxBiI
Transformation Of Amorphous Domestic Surfaces In Response To Human Movement
1:51-2:20
2:21-2:42
Space Rotation Back to Socialize
Expanding Small Spaces
Space Rotation to Socialize
Moving in Virtual Spaces
Space Expansion for Studying Space Expansion for Better Visual Experience
Personalized Your Space
Generating New Spaces
2:43-2:55
2:56-3:05
3:06-3:17
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Future of Domesticity
2- AR APPLICATION: ALONGLY
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Practice Experience GMP International (Berlin) 09.2023-02.2024 Mentor: Clemens Kampermann
Render Credit: GMP Render Team I Prepared the Sketch up Model for the Render team to render this picture.
VIP Creative Centre Engaged in the Schematic Design Phase of a GMP Winning Competition High-rise Project.
Cultural
Office
Residential
F33
F10 F4
1 WORK EXPERIENCE During my enriching 6-month internship at GMP International in Berlin, my primary engagement centred around the VIP Creative Centre project. This opportunity significantly honed my skills in SketchUp, Rhino, CAD, Photoshop, and introduced me to Revit for the first time. As this internship concludes in February, I am eagerly anticipating my upcoming internship with Studio Olafur Eliasson’s Exhibition team. Unless otherwise specified, I was the primary contributor to or played a substantial role in all the listed work.
Site Plan
Credits to the colleague in competition phases Location with convenient public transport
Site Analysis of the Area and Flow Diagrams
Credits to the colleague in competition phases driveway opening on the site
The project is situated in Pazhou, Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. It holds a strategic location within the Guangzhou Pilot Free Trade Zone. Vipshop, a prominent Chinese company known for its e-commerce platform VIP.com specializing in online discount sales, has commissioned the development. The high-rise serves multiple functions, acting not only as a cultural centre and design office but also being partially opened for residential purposes.
Opening 1
Opening 2
Apart.basement ramp
Vehicle Circulations Around the Building Apart. cars flow Office cars flow Delivery flow
3rd Floor Spacial Visualization
Residential Tower 3rd Floor Plan with credit to my colleagues
Stage Show
Apart. entrance
Lower Podium
Central Core Resting Area 1st Floor Staircases
Exhibition Area
Pedestrain Flows in the Ground Floor
Roof Garden
Upper Podium
Fashion show entrance
Main entrance
Main pedestrain Minor pedestrain Apart. pedestrain temporary flow
Library Office and commerce basement ramp The cultural center serves as a catalyst for nurturing small-scale fashion businesses within the building. Software: Sketchup, Photoshop, CAD, Enscape
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Flow and Fire Rescue Area Around the Building with credit to my colleagues
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2 THE CULTURAL CENTRE
Single Atrium Requires only one Area: 25m²x2.5M(H) And does not required a vertical smoke shaft
Single Atrium and Double Atrium Comparison
Section, Floor Hight and Usage
+44.70
Refuge Floor
11th
+44.70
Refuge Floor
11th
+44.70
Refuge Floor
9th
+36.00
Offices
9th
+36.00
Offices
9th
+36.00
Offices
+40.20
10th
Club, Lobby
+31.80
8th
Offices
+27.60
7th
6th
+23.40
4th
+15.00
Offices Offices
+19.20
5th
Offices Offices
+10.00
3rd
Public Space
+5.00
2nd
Retail
0.00
4th 503m²
5th 355m²
+44.70 Podium Area
Software: Sketchup, CAD, Photoshop, Enscape
+31.80
8th
Offices
+27.60
7th
6th
+23.40
4th
+15.00
Offices Offices
+19.20
5th
Offices Offices
+10.00
3rd
Public Space
+5.00
2nd
Retail
0.00
1st
Event Hall
10th
+40.20 +31.80
8th 7th
Offices
+27.60
6th
+23.40
4th
+15.00
5th
Club, Lobby
Offices Offices
+19.20
Offices Offices
+10.00
3rd
Public Space
+5.00
2nd
Retail
0.00
1st
Event Hall
6th 385m²
4th 448m²
5th 425m²
6th 0m²
4th 310m²
5th 0m²
6th 0m²
Wider Columns Dimmer Space
Wider Columns Dimmer Space with Limited Hight
A Full Floor with Better Soundproof
Same as Option 2
7th Floor Offices Interior Comparison
Narrower Columns Lighter Space
11F
Club, Lobby
Major Plan Difference in 4 5 6th Floor
Event Hall
+40.20
10th
Ground Floor Interaction Space Interior Comparison
Double Atrium Requires two different smoke exhaust room at 11F Vertical smoke shaft needed
Option 3 Doubled Atrium 2
11th
1st
Void Area
Considering the fire compartment regulations in China, we have devised three building proposals that expand upon the competition design. The Single Atrium option integrates natural light into the podium, albeit with a slight reduction in usable area. This configuration impacts column density and compresses the central space. The Two Atrium design facilitates separation between iteration spaces below and offices above, but it results in a dimmer entrance to the podium due to the absence of natural light.
Option 2 Doubled Atrium 1
Smaller Floor Area with Nature Lighting
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Option 1 Single Atrium
3 PODIUM ITERATIONS
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4 FACADE OPENING ITERATION
Plan that highlights the opening positions, with credit to my colleagues.
In optimizing the competition design, we integrate additional window openings on the facade to assess the visual impact portrayed in the renders. In this scenario, we explore both horizontal and vertical openings to compare their visual effects on the overall tower. Standard Floor Plan from the tower high zone
Locations of the top opening division
Option 1 : Top Opening
Locations of the pushing window
Option 2 : Floor-to-ceiling Pushing window
2250mm
2250mm
350mm
Overall Building Facade
Software: Sketchup, Enscape, CAD
Section Measurement
3000mm
800mm
Open sash close and open condition in consideration of the constructable sizes of materials
2200mm
3000mm
800mm 2200mm
900mm
Closed-Up Facade Difference With Prevailing Vertical Stripes
900mm
Closed-Up Facade Difference With Revealed Horizontal Paths
Open sash close and open condition in consideration of the constructable sizes of materials
4000mm
500mm
350mm
Interior View
Overall Building Facade
Section Measurement
Interior View
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To effectively convey the spatial effects to the clients, I’ve generated multiple interior renders based on the provided plan and section. The attached images include renderings of the apartment lobby, the shared space on the 8th floor compared to the allocated offices, and a visualization of the rooftop garden on the top floor.
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5 INTERIOR VISUALIZATION
Plan that highlights the rendering interior, with credit to my colleagues.
Multifunctional Ground Floor Plan, with difference usage of entrances
Location of the apartment lobby entrance at the ground floor
Sharing and Private Office Space at 8th floor
Roof Garden Plan
Sharing and Private Spaces Comparison, Interior Render for 8th Floor
Apartment Lobby Interior
Software: Sketchup, Enscape
Roof Terrace
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High Pass Commendation Technical Study Excerpts From the Academic Project In-Between Cocoa.
I focus on rabbits and how they can coexist with humans through the use of a proposed chocolate machine. While the design is heavily based on a narrative, the challenge lies in making the mythical story practically feasible, as well as the structural and spatial ways in which chocolate can benefit these little human allies. The following content involve machine coding, construction details and material testing.
void loop() { // put your main code here, to run repeatedly: int i = analogRead(POT); int rotationSpeed = map(i, 0, 255, 0 ,255); Serial.println(rotationSpeed); analogWrite(ENABLE,rotationSpeed); digitalWrite(DIRA,HIGH); digitalWrite(DIRB,LOW); int brighness = map(i, 0, 255, 0 ,255); analogWrite(LED1, brighness); delay(10); }
Ball Bearing Position inside the Model Process of Ring Welding
Machine Assemblage : Wire Welding & Connecting
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Machine Operation : Arduino Coding
When turning on the switch, LED Lights and the Blender works simultaneously
void setup() { // put your setup code here, to run once: Serial.begin(9600); pinMode(POT,INPUT); pinMode(ENABLE,OUTPUT); pinMode(DIRA,OUTPUT); pinMode(DIRB,OUTPUT); pinMode(LED1,OUTPUT);
Ball Bearing 3 Views
Grinder Axonometric
Chocolate for Coexistence
Code 3 Visual Circuit Connected
Machine Assemblage : Running Wheel Detail
#define ENABLE 5 #define DIRA 6 #define DIRB 7 #define POT A0 #define LED1 9
Upper Presser Spring
Conical Burr
Base Support
Handle
Processed Physical Model
Grinder
Speed of the motor
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Technical Studies Year 3 Unit 3 Tutor: Ricardo Olavo Ostos, Nicholas Zembashi
Max 6mm plywood Acrylic 0
Rotation of the potentiometer
180°
Structure Stabilization Base
Construction Detail
Vessel
Tunnel and Chamber
Physical Testing
Axonometric
Design Details
New Ratio Calculation
Cup 254g
Stir rod 15g
Material Comparison
Overall mixture 365g
Added Butter 84g
Dark Chocolate Cocoa, Butter, Sugar Ratio 7 : 0.5 : 2.5
Dark Chocolate (DC)
Dark Chocolate = 365g-15g-254g=96g Cocoa = 96g*(7/10)=67.2g Butter = 96g*(0.5/10)=4.8g Sugar = 96g*(2.5/10)=24g New Mass of Butter = 4.8g+84g = 88.8g New Overall Mass = 84g+96g=180g New Ratio = 67.2/180 : 88.8/180 : 24/180 = 3.73 : 4.93 : 1.31 = 3.5 : 5 : 1.5
Covering Methods More Custom Choco Position
Chocolate as adhesives
Rattan attachment
New Chocolate (NC) Chocolate rainproof roof
Melting Point
130°F, 45°C
100°F, 37°C Ventilation
Density
NC Density = 37g/36 cm³ =1.028g/ cm³
Chocolate Reorganization Thick Choco
Wire insertion 280mm
DC Density = 43g/36 cm³ =1.194g/ cm³
Used Mould Volume = 9cm*2cm*2cm = 36 cm³
Double the Scale Reduce traffic congestion in tunnels
Tunnel Design 500mm
Viscosity
Plastic Rattan Cane PE Material UV-resistant, waterproof, durable, not easy to tear, stiff and hard to weave 8 mm width, 1.2 mm in thickness
Final Choice
Holding a structure and waterproofing roof
More manageable size Can test different size of holes Recyclable Rabbit emergency food
Conclusion
Chocolate barely leaks to the other side
Chocolate leaks quite a lot to the other side
Covering the rattan surfaces.
The arched rattan tries to pull outward, whereas the thick chocolate weight on top
Chamber Design Covering Methods
Ventilation Surface
Physical Model
Meat Rattan Cane Rattan Tree Waterproof, durable, easy to tear and break, malleable and easy to weave, food resources of rabbits 2mm width, less than 1mm in thickness
More Even Distribution
Solid Chocolate Under 13°C
Melting Chocolate Under 29°C
Basket Interior
Basket Exterior
Chocolate Reorganization
Wire Support
Wire Position
70 % Dark chocolate To avoid rain
New Mixture chocolate To respond the weather
No Chocolate
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2 THE CHOCOLATE BURROW