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IS CLIMATE CHANGE REAL? YES!
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With ever growing population and excessive exploitation of natural resources, it has become necessary that steps are taken toward reducing our carbon footprint on the face of earth.
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The Urban Tree - a farmers market that promotes vertical farming, consumption of fresh organic produce, aeroponic farming, healthy living, communityoriented events and much more is a step toward this cause.
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Modern, Sustainable architecture, forms the base of this project. Efficient and smart design choices help reduce the excessive energy required for domestic activities. Sustainable Architectural designs, if not completely stop, will help slow the process of degradation of the Earth. The Urban Tree, sets a precedence for all future markets and similar architectures around the world.
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Farmers Market | Level -3 Plan The Urban Tree | Vidyasagar Tarkhedkar | ARCH737 | Prof. Arpad Ronaszegi | SCAD 2018
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KINETIC SOLAR SKIN | THE FLOWERS The skin of the structure is the most important element of the building design. This kinetic skin opens and closes to allow individual aperture control in turn controlling the daylight and fresh air proportions. The top panel of each unit is a solar panel which generates energy not only for the building itself, but the excess is used to light up the urban park at night.
REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS As all floors are identical in shape, size and are supported with similar beam grids, concrete slabs with minor reinforcement and metal decking are used. The nature of concrete slabs allows radiant floor heating. Another layer of insulation under the slab system keeps the heat from escaping and helps save energy used for heating/ cooling.
STEEL COLUMNS (PERIPHERAL) All the steel columns that wrap the building on its periphery are inclined to an angle so that it follows the slope of the building skin. While the angle of slope of the building with respect to perpendicular is +17.50 on one side the same is -17.50 on the other side.
STEEL COLUMNS (INTERNAL) A set of steel columns supported by pile foundation hold the structure in place. The height of each column is dependent on the slope of the building. While the ones near the core are as tall as the building, the ones near the edge may just reach one or two floors.
STEEL BEAM GRID | THE BRANCHES A steel beam runs along the periphery as well as all along all grid lines. This grid of beams is used on each level and thus ties to all inclined and straight columns.
R.C.C. CORE | THE TRUNK As the structure inclines diagonally, the farthest diagonal point on the top became most vulnerable to shear stress. To counter this and provide sufficient shear strength, a 12inch thick R.C.C. core wall is introduced. This functions as the vertical movement core and acts like the trunk of the tree.
PILE FOUNDATION | THE ROOTS For added stability, all columns are anchored deep into the ground with the help of deep pile type foundations. These piles go deep about the same depth of the entire building. THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM | THE TREE The structural system is inspired from that of a tree. Here, the heavily reinforced R.C.C Core walls act as tree trunks and provide exceptional structural stability. The pile foundation are the roots of the building and thus anchor deep into the ground. The sets of steel beams or the branches of the structure has helped the building over 130 feet. Just like the sunflower does, the building skin is oriented in a way, such that it absorbs maximum sunlight during the day. This not only provides ample daylight but also keeps the building warmer.
Residential | Exploded Structural View The Urban Tree | Vidyasagar Tarkhedkar | ARCH737 | Prof. Arpad Ronaszegi | SCAD 2018
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The project site being in Guelph, ON brought with itself one of the most serious consideration, the climatic response of the buildings. This thus became the guide for the schematic design as well as design development stages of the project. For the purpose of making the project as energy efficient as possible, multiple energy friendly techniques have been incorporated.
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1. Solar Energy The building skin consists of multiple triangular solar panels on the sun side of the building. As the primary function of the building is for it to be used as a vertical farming – aeroponic tower, the building practically requires negligible energy. Thus, nearly all energy generated is stored and used to light up other buildings around the tower.
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2. Geothermal Energy The main market hall is designed to have three floors subsurface. This helps maintain a temperature that is at least 5-70 lower than the outside. This colder damp atmosphere keeps produce fresh for longer and saves on refrigeration and cooling energy.
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3. Passive Ventilation The Aeroponics tower is installed with passive cooling system that works with help of air pressure differences. Fresh air is sucked at ground level towards the sub surface floors. Because of geo thermal exchange the air is cooled to some extent. This air is then released in the market space. The used warmer air rises into the aeroponics tower where the plants release oxygen into this warm air which can then be circulated to the residential units. The Urban Tree | Vidyasagar Tarkhedkar | ARCH737 | Prof. Arpad Ronaszegi | SCAD 2018