Munich Germany - A. Weich, Z. Jiannan, Q. Fang-jie

Weich

Zhang Jiannan

Qi Fang-jie

BA Interactiondesign

We are designers for the future and as we all know we should change in the way how we produce and also how we consume products.

froma Germany, Munich

BA Industrial Design

BA Product service system design

It is a total new subject for me and the expansion of knowledge can help me become a better designer. from China, Zhengzhou, Henan

Major Required Corses. But also it is an interesting and meaningful course

from Taiwan, Taichung

Alexandra

Q:Why we chose Munich City?

A: One of our team member, Alexa , who is come from Munich. We both are attracted by this international city after she described the view of Munich. Munich lies on the elevated plains of Upper Bavaria, about 50 km (31.07 mi) north of the northern edge of the Alps, at an altitude of about 520 m (1,706.04 ft) ASL. The local rivers are Lsar and the Würm. Isar is the tributary of the Danube where is from the northeast through to the southwest of the city which is the major rivers in Munich.

The German museum is located in one of the island by Isar.

English garden is one of the most magnificent and the most historic garden in the word.(picture 2) lt is a large public park in the center of Munich, stretching from the city center to the northeastern city limits. lt was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753-1814).

The transportation in Munich is very convenient. The city is throughout by train, subway and high-road. You can find the Munich Main Railway Station (picture3) is really near from city center.

The Olympic Village was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Nowadays, it is a big not only for the Olympic but also open to the public.

Climate Zone Diagram Climate of Munich, Germany

Munich’s climate lies between the humid continental climate and the oceanic climate. Being at the center of Europe, Munich is subject to many climatic influences, so that weather conditions there amore variable than in other European cities, especially those further west and south of the Alps.

Climate

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Town Annual Climate Summary

Record high and low

The city center lies between both climates, while the airport of Munich has a humid continental climate. The warmest month of the year, on average, is July. The coolest month of the year, on average, is January.

Average precipitation mm (inches)

Showers and thunderstorms bring the highest average monthly precipitation totals in late spring and throughout the summer. June, on average, records the most precipitation of any month. The winter months tend to bring lower precipitation, on average, and February averages the least amount of monthly precipitation for the year.

Wind speed

Over the course of the year typical wind speeds vary from 1 mls to 6 mls (light air to moderate breeze), rarely exceeding 13 mls (strong breeze). from 55% in May to 81% in December.

humidity

The average annual relative humidity is 65.8% and average monthly relative humidity ranges.

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°C 15 10 5 0 80 74 62 57 55 58 55 55 61 71 80 81

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Hardiness Zone Map Hardiness Zones

As is shown in the graph,the hardiness in Munich is from -17°C to -9.4. That means the plant in here can growing in a cold weather. As we all knows, Munich is famous for its black beer and high quality Hops. Hop is a plant which is one of the material that we make black beer. Hops have high cold resistance and fear heat, so The climate in Munich is ideal for growing hops.

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ZONE 7A

ZONE 7B

12 to -9.4 17.8 to -15 15 to -12.2

Unit: Degree Celcius Referrence: PLANT MAPS http://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-germany -plant-hardiness-zone-map-celsius.php

1. Hardiness Zone Map of Munich and Surounded Area

Hardiness Zone

Avarage First Frost Map

The average first frost in Munich is fromOct.11 to Oct.31. The average first frost map will help you easier to plan your garden. The regions on this map will help you estimate the first date of frost in the fall in Munich.

Oct. 11 to Oct. 20

Oct. 21 to Oct. 31

Oct. 01 to Oct. 10

Sep. 21 to Sep. 30

Aug. 01 to Aug. 10

Aug. 10 to Aug. 11

Acid Deposition of Europe Hardiness Zones

Maps showing changes in the extent to which European ecosystems are exposed to acid deposition. By 2010, the areas where critical loads are being exceeded have shrunk significantly campared to 1980. These improvements are expected to continue to 2020, although at a reduced rate. That means the damage of acid rain on soil in Munich will be reduce.

Source:

Deposition data collected by European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMAP); Maps drawn by Coordination Centre for Effects (CCE); EEA 2010. http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/SOER2010/StateTrends.html

1. Acid Deposition of Europe in 1980

2. Acid Deposition of Europe in 2010

Psychometric Chart (Summary) Natural Systems

As shown in the right figure that the area In the circle marked with blue lines is the comfort zone.

The humidity from 0.033 to 0.130 and the temperature between 68°F to 75°F are comfort zone form January through December in Munich. You can feel familiar, at ease, in control and experiences low anxiety and stress in this zone. It makes you feel comfortable.

Natural Systems

Psychrometric Chart

(4pm, Sep. 21st)

This is the plot of Sep. 21 Dry Bulb & Relative Humidity sourced from the internet in Munich Germany.

The humidity is 0.0115 degrees and the dry blue temp is 72°F. It is a comfortable moment for your psychological state.

Satellite Map of Area around D&I Water Systems

The research is center on the D&I´s gate. The picture is the Satellite Map of the area around the D&I.

WE ARE HERE (D&I)

Source: http://www.earthol.com/city-11.html

Water Systems

Pedestrian Access Major & Minor in the area

The area of blue is the Scope of research. The blue star is marking the gate of D&I. The red line means the major of pedestrian access and the yellow line means the minor of pedestrian access. You can clearly get the information from the Arrow pointing.

Pedestrian Access Major

Pedestrian Access Minor

Source of Based Map: http://map.baidu.com/#

1. Architectural Design and Research Institute, TJU 2. No.284 Community, Buxin Rd 3. Deep Sea Exploration Museum 4. China Bohai Bank

Tongji United Plaza TowerB 6. Tongji United Plaza TowerA

Tongji University Metro Station

Water Systems

Stream Collection and Pollutant Collection around D&I

As shown in the right map, the Stream Collection and Pollutant Collection around the D&I. The blue dotted line means stream collection. The orange dotted line means pollutant collection. We point out the polluted stream (marked by orange doty) that you can clearly know where is pollution sources. And we find out that mostly the pollution sources are nearby the restaurants.

Street Stream Collection Pollutant Collection Building Rain Water Pullutant Polluted Stream 1

Orientation for Wind map

The pictures on the left are satellite maps, vector map and a construction map of the building. Using these maps we can have a better understanding of the exact shape of the building and which derection it faces. This absolutely helps us to predict how wind will flow by the building.

Source: www.google.de

Orientation for Wind

windrose & windspeed

In the first diagram you can see data of direction and speed of the wind in Munich, Germany. You can also observe more clearly in the second diagram. As you can see, the strongest wind usually comes from the west. The third cart illustrates how many days the wind was blowing in different speeds in the last 12 months.

Source: Climate Consaltant 6.0; www.meteoblue. com

Orientation for Wind floor plan

With the help of the map from the building and Munich wind data diagrams, we can use lines to draw an approximate chart that show the predicted directions of wind flowing by the building. The fist chart gives you the view when wind comes from the southwest and the second one is about when the building would be positioned 12 degrees clockwise. So if the building would be rotaited the cooling would be better because the wind can flow directly into the entrance.

Source: www.muenchenwiki.de

1. corrent postition of the Frauenkirche

2. rotated position of the Frauenkirche

Orientation of Heating

passive heating by sun path

As we all know, Solar heat gain is the main source of room cooling load.

As shown in Figure, the white towering stone columns , the windows with beautifully ancient colored glass and the dome with special design of this building can effectively reduce this part of heat gain through windows. That the reasons why the temperature inside the church is lower than that of the outside.

Orientation of Heating

Front opening (ventilation)

According to the Compass, you will know which side is south facing orientation of this building. South facing orientation of the church can gain more sunlight and more solar radiation.

However, the two towers of the church provide solar and wind assistance to natural ventilation. It can reduce the influence of heat gain on building. Thus reduce energy use and temperature of indoor that make people feel comfortable in the church.

day lighting solar gains sunlight sun path ventilation

Orientation of Heating

Left opening (ventilation)

On both sides of the door in the building is air ventilation shown in the figure. And the ancient beautiful painted glass can block out the light in order to reduce heat gain through windows and naturally reduce the indoor temperature.

day lighting solar gains sunlight sun path ventilation

Here is the result of my first survey of my carbon footprint. I took the result on the 9th of October and will do it 5 days later again. In these 5 days I will track my food and how ofter

I use the bicycle ore the metro. I hope it will show that I actually use less of food and goods and everything else to get a litte bit better result. The second picture shows how much less I could use if I change my lifestyle a little bit in living more healthy by buing local food and using more the bicycle or sharing the car.

Source:

“Footprint Calculator.” Footprint Calculator. Accessed October 12, 2016. http://www.footprintnetwork. org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/.

United Kingdom

China Zhang Jiannan Brasil

Qi Fangjie India

Alexandra Weich

8.5

To support our lifestyle you see here how many global hectares of the Earth´s productive area´s we would need.

And compare to that you see how many percentage of which areas who needs most.

Detailview 2.5 1.9

Alexandra Weich 8.5 global hectares

Qi Fangjie 2.5 global hectares

Zhang Jiannan 1.9 global hectares

first footprint survey result

The online Footprint Calculator shows how many resources everyone of us is using. That includes societal factors and also personal components. In the society footprint is information like a government assistance, roads and infrastructure, public services and the military. In the personal footprint are informations like food, mobility and goods . So to reduce all of these components you just have to eat less meat, drive more with the bike or walk, don´t buy to much of multimedia products etc. So think about what you are doing and think about what is your government doing to take care about our world and all the resources. Because they are not endlesss

second footprint survey result

Food Shelter Mobility Goods Services Governance

Personal Ecological Footprint

Ecological Footprint

Source:

“Footprint Calculator.” Footprint Calculator. Accessed October 12, 2016. http://www.footprintnetwork. org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/.

Zhang Jiannan Qi Fangjie

Alexandra Weich

Zhang Jiannan Qi Fangjie Alexandra Weich

Qi Fangjie

I choose five of my favorite and most representative clothes. The first , second and the fifth I bought in the United States. But they aren´t made in USA. And the fourth I bought in Taiwan and this is made in Indonesia. The third I bought in Nanjing and it is made in China.

Footprint

Where are my clothes made?

Zhang Jiannan

These are photos of some clothes I own. As you can see they all come from different countries. First picture is a label of my pink coat designed by OCE. As it is a brand from Guangzhou, China, it is made in China. Second one is one black skirt of mine designed by Monki, a north European brand owned by H&M. But it was produced in Indonesia.

Next piece is a T-shirt. It is a gift from my boyfriend bought when we were in a trip in Taiwan. It is a local fashion brand established by a famous rock musician called Chen Xinhong. The following picture is about a pair of jeans and this one is interesting, it is from Egypt. This is a brand called Topshop, from UK. The fifth picture is also a T-shirt, designed by Forever 21, an American brand. But it actually was made in Cambodia. The last one was made in India, also a country known of cheap labor. The picture is about one of my vest bought from H&M.

Fottprint

Alexandra Weich

If I look through my wardrobe, these are the most common brands you will find. Most of my cloth is functional because most of them are sportsclothes. But a very interesting thing I found, that Reebok is producing in different countrys. I have some pices from China and some from Vietnam but it is still the same brand.

Average score for other woman same age

Average score for others from Munich Average score for mother of 2 from the U.K.

40 35 39

Average score for other woman same age

Average score for others from China Average score for mother of 2 from the U.K.

40 46 37

Average score for other woman same age

Average score for others from Shanghai Average score for mother of 2 from the U.K.

40 40 35

After answering the questions in the survey of “Slavery Footprint” there are the results which shows that everyone is using way to much stuff. Thant means we are used to use a lot of stuff like, cars even though we could walk the distances, to much clothes even though we could live with less, a lot of multimedia devices even though we could live and meet ohter people without all these products. Of course it makes the life easier and much maybe better. But no one us is thinking about, how the products are made. Who has to work for these products. For what kind of of working conditions do they have to agree. Mostly they would´t agree but they don´t have any possibilitys.

So we have to think about everything what we are buing and do we really need this. Or would it be better not to support these companies thus not to buy products which are not made localy.

Source:

“Slavery Footprint.” - Made In A Free World. Accessed October 13, 2016. http://slaveryfootprint.org/.

Zhang Jiannan

Qi Fangjie

Alexandra Weich

Hairdryer

Lifecycle of an Hairdryer

This sketch is about the whole life cycle of a hairdryer. On the left you can see two different materials: metal and plastic, the main materials in production of hairdryers. As we know plastic is extracted from oil, and oil is from the bottom of the sea. The hairdryer uses electricity which could possibly comes from many kinds of power generation, so i just put a solar panel here to remind us using clean energy. After the hairdryer is made, it will be transferred to supermarkets and online stores. Then most of them will go to common customers’ home, while some of them go to hairdresser shops. Finally when it is broken, it might have two endings. One is that we reusing the materials in it, like plastic and metal (some electric wires in it). Or it is just disposal and disappears over time.

Hairdryer Phase of life

Q: Why do we choose the hair dryer?

A: The hair dryer was invented in the late nineteenth Century. Nowadays, it is a common product that we usually used in our home to dry our hair. It is a a small energy-using product with low power consumption. And the hairdryer sub-systems is Very mature. That means we can search a lot of data resources in it.

As chat shows, you can find out the materials and manufacture of the hair dryer. And many other date about LCA using CES.

Hairdryer Marterials

In the list is written what kind of material and how much is used for one Hairdryer. Also you can see how far materials will travel through the world an how much power it gives. If you would use your Hairdryer every day for 5 minutes, the average is saying it should hold for around 3 years.

©Hugh Shercliff and Mike Ashby, Aprill 2011

Biomimicry thinking sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus is a large annual forb of the genus Helianthus. The plant was first found in America. The wild Helianthus annuus is a widely branched annual plant with many flower heads. The reginal sunflower, is often possesses only a single large inflorescence (flower head) atop an unbranched stem. The plant has an erect rough-hairy stem, reaching typical heights of 3 metres. This sunflower species is grown as a crop for its edible oil and edible fruits (sunflower seeds). The seeds can be eaten raw or roasted as an snack or used for cooking, as a carrier oil and to produce magariene and biodisel. In German-speaking Europe it is mixed with rye flour to make sunflower-bread (Sonnenblumenkernbrot). It is also used as bird food, as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), and in some industrial applications. The name sunflower may was given from the flower’s head’s shape, which is similar to the sun, or from the impression that the blooming plant appears to slowly turn its flower head like the sun is moving in the sky.

Symbolic

The sunflower “Helianth” is the title of the most important novel by Albrecht Schaeffer. Furthermore, it is a state symbol of the US state of Kansas and one of the city flowers of Kitakyūshū, Japan. Sunflowers are also a sign of the hippie movement/era.

Biomimicry thinking

Life cycle of an sunflower Helianthus annuus

During the day, young sunflower plants track the sun from east to west at night the plants turn to face east awaiting the rising sun but, adult sunflowers settle down and just face east.

A new study suggests that this daily sun worship is guided by circadian rhythms during development. So the adult sonflowers stops tracking the sun.

In a series of experiments, scientists tied down young plants to prevent them from moving or rotated them so they were facing the wrong way when the sun rose. When the plants’ normal movements were thwarted, they grew far more slowly than regular sunflowers, with about a 10% decrease in both biomass and leaf area. Researchers say the rhythmic tracking helps the plants grow bigger, allowing them to add cells on whichever side is doing the “stretching”: the east side during the day and the west side at night. When the sunflowers finally settle down and stop this daily tracking, their position also gives them an advantage, researchers report this week in Science.

Biomimicry thinking

Life cycle of an sunflower

Helianthus annuus

A second set of experiments showed that mature plants’ permanent eastward orientation makes for warmer flower faces, which may be responsible for a large increase in pollinator visits—five times more than in mature plants that face west. Looks like following the sun is more than just a spectator sport!

The ability of the sunflower would be useful to adobt on some products. As on the solar panels.

Source:

Posted in: BiologyPlants & Animals

10.1126/science.aag0728

Fair Trade

Environmental organisations

Listed there are 10 Organisations about Environmentag thinking and certifications.

http://www.mep.gov.cn/ Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China http://www.dspa.gov.mo/index.aspx Direcção dos Serviços de Protecção Ambiental

http://www.epa.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=epa Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan,R.O.C(Taiwan) http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/ Environmental Protection Department – The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

http://www.sepi.gov.cn/ Environmental Protection Inspection of Shanghai http://www.caep.org.cn/ Chinese Academy For Environmental Planning http://www.ecesc.gov.cn/ East China Environmental Supervision Centre,Ministry of Environmental Protection

Fair Trade

Environmental organisations

http://www.mwr.gov.cn/

The Ministry of Water Resources of the People’s Republic of China

http://klaar-design.com/ https://www.enocean.com/de/anwendungen-im-internet-der-dinge/gebaeudeautomation/