Garden Group - First Material Pickup

The people at Dixie Plywood & Lumber Company were kind enough to donate a ton of material for our container project.

The crew for today's pickup: Scott Capon, Matt Bannon, Justin Jablonski, Briana Johnson, and Ryan Melville.

The crew for today's pickup: Scott Capon, Phillip Lantry, Justin Jablonski, Briana Johnson, and Ryan Melville.

Two forklifts were used in a combined effort to get all of the wood loaded into our truck.

Nelsy at Dixie Plywood & Lumber worked with Justin to put all of this together. Thanks Nelsy!

Tim works at Dixie Plywood & Lumber and helped us get all of the wood loaded into the truck. Thanks Tim!

Some of the wood was a little too long to fit in the truck.

The sand blasted container is started to get a nice patina.

All of the wood is stored and ready to go.





 

Look at all that wood!



Garden Group hard at work

Garden Container Color Scheme

Here's the color scheme for our drawings for 3/8

Bike Programming

Programming for Horticultural Urbanism

Chapter 3 Book Pages

Task 1&2: Information and Mock Up

TASK 1: INFORMATION

Materials Need List

01/20/2017

For Algae Façade

- Water

- Algae

- Glass Panels

- Steel Metal Frame

- Tubing for Algae Nutrients

- Bracket with Thermal Breaks

- Algae Nutrients

For Glass Circle Façade

- Thick glass circle panel with hollow center

- Circular Metal Frame

- Steel Tube

For Pallet Façade

- Corrugated Metal Sheets

- Hinges

Manufacturers

01/20/2017

Need:

-Glass Manufacture

-Hollow Metal Frame Manufacture

-Steel Manufacture

Steel

1. Alro Metals Outlet (called, can pick up material for 1-5$)

a. 1101 Oak Lane, Winter Springs FL 32708

b. (407) 678-2576

Algae

1. https://www.buyalgae.com/product-category/algae/

2. http://www.carolina.com/algae/green-algae-ac-living/FAM_151955.pr?question=

Algae Food

1. http://www.carolina.com/living-organisms/protists/algae/10635.ct?N=2666129721&Nf=pro

duct.startDate%7CLTEQ+1.4848704E12%7C%7Cproduct.cbsLowPrice%7CGT+0.0&Nr=

&nore=y

Glass

1. Keating Glass Corporation (emailed so far)

a. 1717 S. Division Ave, Orlando, FL 32805

b. 407-425-5913

c. lew@keatingglass.com

Detail Examples

Hallow metal frame with glazing detail

Step by Step Instructions

This video shows a guy creating a fish tank out of glass panels and silicone. Dry time takes 3 days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-r2oTfTog

This shows how to weld metal steel tubing into frames

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8aMW3l4Wj0

DIY alage to biofuel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuuDPsoRaNM

---Needs for successful cultivation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTImYag6h_k

-Appropriate light saturation point (varies based on algae type)

-Optimal temperature level (more important when cultivation is outdoors

-All cells must receive the same average light exposure

-More CO2 than is what found in the atmosphere must be added to the culture (they also need nitrous, silicone, and phosphorous)

 Quantum fracturing

And

Transesterification process

(fatty acid mixed with alcohol, catalyzed with a hydroxide to create sodium ethanoate which transforms into glycerol and 3 methyl esters (aka biofuel))

TASK 2: MOCK UP

1. Scale

The main concern with choosing a scale for the algae façade is determining the depth between the glass panels that is acceptable for algae growth. The panels from the precedence appear to be between 1”-1.5” max. Since this is such a small dimension to begin with, I would propose rather than changing the scale, just create (at full scale) a small portion of the full panel. About 10” by 12”

2. Method

            1. Collect materials

            2. Cut glass panels to correct size

            3. Attach glass panels to the metal frame

            4. Weld or bolt metal frames together

            5. Fill with water and algae

3. Drawings

4. Materials

1.Glass Panels

2. Metal Frame

3. Sealant

4. Spacer

5. Hollow Pipe

6. Tubing for nutrients

7. Welding Materials

8. Water

9. Algae

10. Algae Food

11. Air pump

5. Tools

            1. Welding equipment

            2. Tape

            3. Glass cutter

            4. Metal cutter

6. Precedents

By: Splitterwerk Architects and engineering firm Arup

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Description: “dubbed the BIQ, has a "bio-adaptive" facade that is claimed to be a first for using algae within its glass-paneled facades in order to generate energy, and provide shade, to a working building”

http://newatlas.com/algae-powered-building/27118/

Ideograms Samantha Scime

Container Yard Observations

Container Yard Observations
Samantha Scime'
01/19/2017


Sandblasting actually uses small metal balls instead of sand

This small metal actually gets recycled and reused

To send through sandblaster, they attach wheels to the bottom of the containers with a locking joint



Container yards actually have the ability to do renovations to container in house


Each container posts the max amount of weight they can hold


Each container must post its approved seal for transportation


Even the stands for the containers label how much weight they can hold


All lifting and stacking is done through two holes in one side of the container.


Containers at 9'6" are substantially high in price because they are considered custom


Yards use a track system to move containers around during renovations


Container Yards act as rent-able space for leasing companies


Interior framing for renovations are attached to both the floor and the ceiling