an architectural garden creation game: trello-ponic
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POLYOMINO - reconsidering serial repetition in combinatorics
prepared by: JOSHUA DAWSON YITING MA GEN MAKINODA YUAN ZHUANG
“Re-consider serial repetition through a framework of combinatorics and graph theory, one in which we consider geometry as a data structure for a plethora of design”
Design a building systems to carry information to control the growth of plants, so that artificial geometry with emerging
plants will generate architectural spaces that are almost fluid.
Symbiosis
pH
light
electromagnetic wave
growth
directionality
defects
sweet spot = 5.8 - 7.5 death zone = <4.0, >8.0
auxin hormone bends towards light
higher = thinner stems, smaller leafs
Dr. Nate Storey, “Lowering pH in Aquaponics Systems,” Bright Agrotech Youtube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCKYREoBos8 “Aquaponics - What is pH and How Does it Affect Your Plants” SSLFamilyDad, Youtube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_yT0w3HmAo
Most plants grow between 6.5 to 7.5 in pH (measurement of hydrogen ion) amount, while some plants prefer slightly acidic at the roots around 5.8-6.4. !
Different nutrients have different pH levels for them to be efficiently absorbed by the plans: !!!nitrogen 6.0 - 8.0!phosphorous 6.5 - 7.5!potassium >6.0!calcium 7.0 – 8.5 !magnesium 7.0 – 8.5 !iron 6.5 !
7!0! 14!
neutral!acidic ! alkaline!
6.5! 7.5!
sweet spot!
5.8!
death zone!death zone!
pH
light
sun� sun�
auxin hormone has tendency to move towards the shady side of the plan, loosening up the cellulose in the cell walls, stimulating the growth of the cell on that side
Steven Magee, “Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and AC Electric Field Effects on Plants” StevenMageeBooks Youtube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbmlS_nvQcE
electromagnetic wave
Space-frame formed from a singular unit using combinatory procedures, allowed by a perfectly packing geometry.
Most plants grow between 6.5 to 7.5 in pH (measurement of hydrogen ion) amount, while some plants prefer slightly acidic at the roots around 5.8-6.4. !
Different nutrients have different pH levels for them to be efficiently absorbed by the plans: !!!nitrogen 6.0 - 8.0!phosphorous 6.5 - 7.5!potassium >6.0!calcium 7.0 – 8.5!magnesium 7.0 – 8.5!iron 6.5 !
7!0! 14!
neutral!acidic! alkaline!
6.5! 7.5!
sweet spot!
5.8!
death zone!death zone!
sun� sun�
Avoid straight line going through the center
Multiple pipes to carry different essentials to the plants
Geometry that encapsulates more than two systems that do not touch each others to carry different information
Konrad Wachsmann
unit design criteria
The unit is an instance of a vareigated circulation system that comprises of two conduits, one which carries an oxygen and nutrient rich supply of fluids while
the other carries the deoxygenated fluid existing in the system.
Trello-Ponic
Trello-Ponic
Baser Where nutrients and water
originate, and return after going making a round in the systemFilter center
Carrier Distributes water and nutrients to various directions
Mister Sprays water to plants
Water can be replaced with electromagnetic waves to kill
Turner Turns water and nutrients to opposite direction
Carries water for Mister and electricity for generating electromagnetic waves
Carries oxygenated water with pH/nitrogen and other nutrients
Provide combinatory in gaming environment so that the system becomes an open-ended architectural design that could integrate inputs from the people
The designer becomes a designer of generating systems – each able of generating many objects – rather than the designer of individual objects. (Christopher Alexander 1968)