Living Architecture Fall 2009 Pratt

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GREENHOUSE ASSIMILATION (LAB)

The Greenhouse is a glass building that protects plants from the cold environment. But, what if the plants that we grow have the precise environmental con

ditions from the place that they are endemic? The result: more effective agriculture.

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[ANTI] Jet-Lag ENVIRONMENTS

An example of this could be if Kendra has the most important reunion about a 1 Billion-Dollar project in Dubai in two weeks. She needs to be ready and alert for this significant meeting. The solution: Replicate Dubai environment at home in Brooklyn two days before the

flight. The result: Kendra will be well rested and ready to be successful.

INSTALLATION - ATTRACTION

On a largest scale, what if we would like to replicate the exact Antarctica, or Istanbul environment on a controlled location for people to enjoy and travel just by opening and closing doors? What if we could replicate Beijing’s Pollution or Sahara’s Snow Storms on a minute-by-minute updating?

ANIMAL/PLANT TRANSPORTATION

How to transport a Penguin from the South Pole to New York without the animal being affected? In which way the endangered Flying Witch Plant from the Atacama Desert in Chile can be transported without been affected to another location with similar environmental conditions? The solution: creating a transportation crate that assimilates the conditions in which the living organism resides.

Prototyping

Two (2) Environments :: Two (2) Data

Pachube enables us to get two or more inputs on the same feed. We are tracking down lighting conditions and translating them into numbers. With that we are trying to dim a LED on the two different Arduino Boards on two different rooms. We are recollecting Data and the next step is to represent that data on the opposite Arduino Board. After we get the Sensor/Dimmable Light to work, we will be able to control temperature and ventilation very easily.