Be vegetal my friend JULIE MARTIn
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DESIGN & VÉGÉTAL PORTFOLIO
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CANOPY Table with a glass top supported on three legs in welded tubes around the same axis then bent to 90°.
CHINKS Tiling in shapes that form spaces and filled spaces, leaving crevices where plants can grow.
FACE TO FACE A mirror allowing presentation of the hidden faces of bouquets, the underside of flowers rarely seen.
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FOLDING Door handle with the least possible manipulation of the primary material.
KALEIDOSCOPE Geometric chair.
CANTEEN IN TOWN Biennial and national competition for micro-architecture, organized by the Cité de l’Architecture & du Patrimoine and the VIA.
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WEDDING PLANT – MINERAL 2 Following my research on hypertufa with new shapes and forms and material components.
CLOUD Kokedama giant vegetal moss which allows plantation of various varieties of plants according to their light and humidity needs.
DIY INTERIOR VEGETABLE PATCH Ecological interest of a suspended, mini vegetable garden created at home using plastic bottles.
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CORAL Soap inspired by vegetal and mineral corals, their skeleton and their arborescent mass.
PAYSAGE TRANSMIT Creation in collaboration with Marie Legentil of a new space consolidating all media at our disposal in our school.
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GROW IN LACE Mini kitchen garden, shared project for the FFDB 2012 competition.
WEDDING PLANT – MINERAL 1 Sensitive to vegetal and mineral material, I directed my Masters research around a little known material: hypertufa.
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ROCKS & CO Opening of the hypertufa field of investigation: from the domestic to the exterior.
SHADES GLASS / GREEN Recycling of glass bottles via the kokedama technic to install plants in the bottle, inverted.
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UP AND DOWN Pot suspended on two levels with connected watering.
01 CANOPY During an event organised by the ESAD of Reims and FAB21 (manufacture and marketing of metal tubes), I drew upon their know-how in order to design a new object. I was interested in the technique of bending the tube which allow different lengths of tube from the four axes. I started a design for a table with a glass tray supported on three legs of welded tube all around the same axis, then bent to 90째 at the level of the table top. This pattern, repeated several times, forms branches which reach out and connect, symbolizing a tree canopy viewed from the sky. They fit and support a custom built glass top.
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02 CHINKS This tiling is created from shapes which form spaces and filled areas, leaving chinks which become hollow spaces or where plants such as moss can grow. A parallel with the urban environment where wild plants find their place entirely randomly between two concrete blocks. Interstices is made from «wood» cement. RCW (Ramial Chipped Wood) includes pedogenesis"during manufacture ; in other words, including «living» vegetable matter, allowing the cement to transform over time, creating humus. The first growth phase of the moss will create a fertile surface on the grid so that the next growth will develop strata until it reaches the grooves in the tiling. So we obtain a surface that is almost smooth to the touch, interspersed with sparse, soft material. We must be patient to get to this point - the cement deterioration process is long.
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FACE TO FACE The project objective was to develop an original object, as aesthetic as it is functional, from the starting point of a semi-product, on this occasion a commercially available mirror. As the object is easily manufactured, I chose to present the hidden faces of bouquets, as the underneath of flowers are rarely shown and I created two versions of a single-flower vase. In the first version, the single-flower vase is placed parallel to the mirror, as If levitating. The modules are plaster and screwed together through the mirror. In the second version, the single-flower vase is integrated in the shape, the module is resin. We can place the flower directly in the interior with a little water. The two modules are stuck directly to the mirror, thereby diminishing the number of actions required for assembly.
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04 CORAL During the 20th century, the massive emissions of greenhouse gases generated by human activity has led to rises in tropical water temperatures of 1.2째C, inducing coral bleaching and deformation of the reefs. I Illustrated this process creating soap inspired by the vegetal and mineral forms of coral, their skeletons and their arborescent mass. We can use the Coral soap in two different ways: either by using a fragment, or using the entire soap as you would a wooden massage tool. After several uses, the soap starts to deform, reflecting the coral deterioration.
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05 PAYSAGE TRANSMIT In collaboration with Marie Legentil, we imagined a consolidation of all the media put at our disposal in a new space in our school. In a time of virtual information, it’s the simultaneity of all the media, of their content which will make their content essential. A new structure will unify the existing dispersal. That is to say: a mediatheque, books, saved documents, magazines, videos, archives, printouts and everything in our pockets that we study in class. Thanks to the consolidation of the entry materials, we approach: the complexity of materials, their strengths, weaknesses, mixing all the big various elements. So the eye wanders in search of the mediatheque. This game of crossing between filled spaces and voids, imposed at the scale of a landscape, a calm view and a serene atmosphere to encourage reading, on paper or screen. During the competition, the visual environment changed and allows us to discover the functional structures by theme: walls become assizes or offices or even doors. That which at first sight, is impressive by its height becomes a welcoming space where we feel good even if other people are circulating in the library.
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FOLDING Creation of a door handle using the fewest possible actions on the raw material. The first step consisted of cutting a hollow rectangle and piercing a hole for the screw. The second was to recuperate the cutout piece to fold and assemble. The folding was designed for use of the handle by a simple high to low push action. We do not grip the handle, we push it.
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KAL�DOSCOPE I chose to use geometry to create this chair: using an octagon, I projected eight points towards the floor and used them for the legs. We thereby obtain an aesthetic and solid chair thanks to the multiple cross forms. For this chair made from wooden dowels, the assembly of the various parts can be achieved by ligature, gluing, or screws.
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08 CANTEEN IN TOWN Bi-annual, national microarchitecture competition organised by the Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine and the VIA with the theme «My town canteen»: rejuvenate public space, Taking the idea of the canteen within its historic significance — that of a stand designed both for the transport of people but also as a refectory where meals are shared, Amélie Guilleminot and I designed a mobile object, adaptable to all sorts of places (including the most constrained: the footpath, a parking space, etc.), as well as variations in climate and conditions. Our vertical structure has an upper floor which increases eating space. The consumer discovers a friendly atmosphere, whilst benefitting from the view. The passer-by decides whether or not to take part in the scene before him. Eating is both intimate and shared.
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GROW IN LACE Growing in lace was a project designed with Marie Legentil and presented to the 2012 competition of the FFDB (French Federation of Lace and Embroidery) within the theme of «Interpretations of lace and embroidery for new applications». Our project is an alternative to the daily bothers of interior gardening. Offer the urban housing environment all the simplicity of nature, put the kitchen garden within reach of all. I created containers of various heights which can be stacked inside each other to form a puzzle. the lace is applied on the container surfaces and creates a «support» or «pocket» to create a pattern with the future «vegetal matter». Plants can be sown or grown on. The device integrates graphics on every lace pattern, allowing the user to perceive which variety each container contains. The «green thumb» is no longer indispensable!
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10.1 WEDDING PLANT-MINERAL 1 Sensitive to mineral and vegetal material, I orientated my Masters research towards a little known material: hypertufa. I’ve used this material to design empty or full containers to fix to the walls. Hypertufa, as opposed to a classic concrete, allows creation of light objects, easy to engrave, polish, color and use in the interior as much as in the exterior due to its resistance to frost. It is entirely natural and recyclable thanks to its natural components: cement - perlite – peat. Over time, moss and lichens will attach themselves. It will become green and give a more natural and rustic aspect to the contents which it will comprise. The object is not unchanging but is intended to undergo variations in colour and aspect thanks to mosses, lichens and plants which will colonise it. I used hypertufa to create rock forms, in deep relief, to allow the vegetal matter to attach itself more easily to a smooth surface.
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10.2 WEDDING PLANT-MINERAL 2 After the first project, I observed the behaviour of the hypertufa for a year and I could see that it’s aspect truly changed, according to my predictions. Encouraged by this first experiment, I modified the design of my new containers. I opted for even more rocky shapes, even greater relief, in order to allow the vegetal matter to attach even more easily. I further increased the PH of the material to make it more suitable for interior plants. Once installed, they could develop and colonise the walls in all directions, prosper and participate in the creation of an interior garden. I was inspired by the shape of natural climbing grips. They are totally sculpted, apart from the back which supports the sticking system. For my Master, thanks to numerous experimentations, I found the very precise proportions for the hypertufa components which allowed me to create objects better adapted to the needs of interior plants. Once installed, they can develop and colonize in every direction on the walls, to prosper and participate in the creation of an interior garden.
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11 ROCKS & CO Following my Wedding Plant – Mineral 2 project (see previous pages), I opened up my field of investigation in passing from the domestic to the exterior. I therefore designed the rock and cascade in hypertufa. I was inspired by the rocks that we can find in nature. These shapes serve as supports and «niches» for plants in nature. They come to develop as any substratum. With time, these rocks, colonised by lichens and more or less exuberant plants will have a less bare aspect. Their colour will change according to climatic conditions. The rocks can be placed in the exterior or the interior and allow the culture of any plants adapted to the environment. These are unique pieces, made to measure. Right page, the ground diameter of the Small rock is 82 cm and 82 cm high. The ground diameter of the Cascade rock (following double page, right page) is 70 cm and 112 cm high.
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12 CLOUD This giant kokedama*, in vegetal moss, allows various plants to grow according to their light and water needs. To be compatible with a particular space, it is bespoke designed. The height is crucial. The cords hold it all together and undermine it with a red point. These are unique pieces, far from series and «standards». Over time, moss will naturally dry and the roots of its hosts will gain in size. It will be necessary to revisit and renew the older mosses.
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* Kokedama ( in English, literally «moss ball») is a ball of soil, covered with moss, on which an ornamental plant grows. The idea has its origins in Japan where Kokedama are very popular. Kokedama.
13 DIY INTERIOR VEGETABLE PATCH Create your own miniature, vertical, suspended, vegetable garden thanks to used glass or plastic bottles, mobilize the ecological interest of it all. So that they are within reach of everybody, I propose to suspend them via very simple means, with the most adapted bottles and a range of plants ready for unusual means of interior culture. I created an explicatory manual to accompany the creation of the hangings as well as a calendar poster allowing the ÂŤamateur gardenerÂť to choose and see across an entire year their plant culture. Thanks to these documents, I prove to sceptics that interior vegetable gardens created on the basis of plastic containers produce good returns, that they are available to all, inexpensive and educational. I propose various ways to install these objects in our homes by a rod system directly screwed onto woodwork or in the form of a curtain of rings which would slide along the rod.
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14 SHADES GLASS / GREEN After plastic recycling, I have looked at the glass bottles for their shape, color and transparency After a meticulous cut, I used the Japanese kokedama technique to install plants in the interior of the bottle, upside down. Kokedama allows a culture closer to nature and more biological, because it doesn’t use plastic pots. Only a pretty wire is needed: the object sticks in the neck of the bottle. The kokedama installed is suspended by the same wire which holds up everything. Watering is achieved along the length of the cord by simply sliding the cork.
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15 UP AND DOWN This third project follows the two previous ones and my desire to create a receptacle that could support the weight of cultivated plants right side up or upside down. The shape of the object ensues from the earth and water needs of the plants. Cavity of the first stage around the dome from which emerges the clip is calculated for plants with low substrata needs. Watering is shared between the two levels, the water excess from the upper level feeds the lower needs of the plants below. The object is moulded in terra-cotta due to its reabsorption and water evaporation properties. This installation needs targeted watering: as the interior temperature is stable, the terracotta will regulate the water flow and save your parquet.
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JULIE MARTIn
Be vegetal my friend
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Be vegetal my friend JULIE MARTIn
+33.6.81.40.97.92 pro.juliemartin@gmail.com martinjulie.com