OLAF SUNLEAF
These two images show a floral and clothing store in Philadelphia. Its walls are brick, and it is in a row of building attached on either side, in the style of the area. Along with the garage, the only windows are on the street facing wall, and in the roof as skylights.
This
building is fairly open concept except for the second floor, in the front of
the building. The only areas closed to the public are this second floor and the
back part of the building which is still visible from the main area. At the end
of the second floor the roof gradually slopes down until it reaches the back
private area, where it levels off. It lacks any sort of HVAC system, and
instead uses fans, and stocks seasonal plants based on the weather.
In the diagram I displayed the objects which make up the
building, including the garage door tracks, garage door, window, stair rail,
door, water pipe, I-beam, wooden floor, glass, light and light bulbs, garage
spring, stair, roof, bricks, exterior wall décor, cement floor, garage door
opener, ceiling joist, and wires.
Aloe Vera is not only a plant offered at the local plant shop, but also one of the most popular house plants to buy in America, including in Michigan. In this diagram, I examine how Aloe Vera is produced, used, transported and disposed of. There are several notable impacts on the environment in this life cycle including its specialized transportation. Aloe Vera is also unique in its uses outside of decoration. I researched both the positives and negatives of these uses.
Similar to my diagram for Aloe Vera, I focused on the life cycle of cotton pre and post t-shirt. It has two large impacts on the environment throughout its life cycle. This diagram is notably different in its more in-depth research into its historical significance, especially in the early parts of the United State's history, and how this history has influences to this day.
In my design for part three I used plants and garments to fill my space using stepped and drawered systems as a way to organize them. There are not only several different elements that use these techniques in my project, but I also used the provided shape of my building to show steps in density from back to front.
This video helps to show the different levels of density in the space mentioned. In this view it shows how these stepped and drawered systems are arranged around the skylight system in place in the existing building. The order of these elements also acts to show the life cycle of the elements I focus on here, namely cotton and Aloe Vera.
The video above shows how the building leant itself well to display a stepped system of organization. The sloping roof leaning up to the second floor allows for a gradual increase in the moments of drawered elements in the stepped systems. Starting from a small compost ending on multiple larger elements to display these organizational systems.
Now inside this space offers a more opened environment than the one originally presented in part one. It includes more green space and uses brighter colors to be more inviting. This space also now works to show and be part of the full life cycle of Aloe Vera and cotton, two products that have significant negative impacts on our earth and its inhabitants, and whose impacts will be lessened by spaces like these.