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Concept 1 The idea for this concept is to establish a tent from a compact modus to a big open space. Existed out of an aluminium construction with a central unit that you can slide up to do the set up.
when the construction stands straight, it forms the shape of a spyder. This is a good opportunity to collect the rainwater in the centerunit.
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Concept 2 The second idea is based on a very simple concept. An airconstruction which you can compare with an aircastle for children.
The dome is made from plastic tubes which gives me a lot of advantages (look next pg.). To do the set up, we just need to pump up our construction.
To make the dome complete I will fill up the open surfaces between the tubes. This with a plastic sheet with a thickness from 1mm.
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Trade off
Product Aspects
My trade off makes it clear why I choose to go on with the second concept. The simplicity and the possibility to create new shapes are the most important aspects in my concept.
Concept
Usability • transport • set-up time • clearly • collect water • center space
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Technical difficulty • construction • number of parts • number of materials • assembly level • build costs
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Shape • possibilities • atractive • organic design Redevelopment
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Quickdesign One of the most important things in a greenhouse is the ventilation. So your plants get a continuous supply of oxygen. To keep the system green I used a traditional passive ventilation system. which is nowadays still a very effective one.
Because I was free to choose what my design was going to be, I choosed a greenhouse. An easy set up for your garden and with the help from some changes even usual for industrial growing.
After some sketches I started to work on my 3D modeling. The curves are based on the legs from a spyder which gives me an organic look. It’s also giving me a good air conduction Material The structure needs to be transparant and it needs a necessary substantiality. So I use fiber-PVC for the structure and for the sheets between the structure PVC. The PVC contains also a UV-protector to pretect the plants.
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Ergonomics The next point is about the ergonomics from my greenhouse. I based myself on a person with a height from 1,80m. Which is needed to work in a healthy and enjoyable environment.
On the section view, on your right you can see that I made the workspot right in the middle. This because you can reach all the plants and in the same time you’ve got a perfect height to work.
Section view
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Plant-table I searched for a growway somewhere between home and industrial use. I prefere still to use soil to grow, so you don’t loose any tast like you have with hydrophonic vegetables.
This is an example of your workplace. All the parts are very modular. What gives you a lot of possibilities. For example: deside how many tables, release plantplates from the table, select your plants, ...
The planttable has two levels, a lower inside and a higher outside level. I did this because the sun could reach all the plants. In the holes in the plantplates, you can put pots with standard measurements.
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Planttable expl. Here you have the exploded view from my plant-table. Included rainwater-reservoir, plantplates, filter, float and plantpots.
processing The plantplates are made with pressforming. The Al sheet has a thickness from 2mm. The table first with hydroforming and later with a bending process. The reservoir is made with turning molding. So the price of the mold stays still acceptable.
This is the filter and float to get the water out of the bottom of the reservoir.
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Plantpot-table To make the greenhouse a bit more modular, I had the idea to add a plantpot-table. This makes it easy to take a plantplate and take it to your pottable. There are no technical drawings from this part.
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Watercollector Beside oxygen and light the plants also need fresh water to grow. And the cleanest way to become this, is to collect the rainwater.
The drainpipes from the tent are integrated in the same material and they exist also out of plastic tubes.
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Watercollector
The reservoirs exist out of two peaces. which are connected to the table. Each helft has a capacity from 100 liter. So if you place 5 reservoirs you can collect 1000 liter of rainwater.
The reservoirs are connected so they can flow over in each other. This helps me to give my tent some stability.
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Pump For watering the plants I’m using a handpump which can be connected to the reservoir.
This is a fast model from the inside of the pump.
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Presentation
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Presentation
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Mock-up scale 1/600
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