DANS!
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[Deployable] Agricultural Nursery Structure[decomissioned PowerPlant]
Morro Bay, CA
Studio Sattler
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Fall 2020
“Preparing today’s architecture students to envision and create a climate adaptive, resilient, and carbon-neutral future must be an essential component and driving force for design discourse. Successful responses should demonstrate design moving towards carbon-neutral operation through a creative and innovative integration of sustainable design strategies. Issues to consider...[including but not limited to] land use and effect on site ecology, bioclimatic design, energy and water use, impact on health and wellness, approach to environmental quality, materials and construction, adaptation, long-life considerations, and feedback loops.” [ACSA, 2020 CC]
DANS!: a design exploration and case study into a carbon-negative architecture. These ephemeral structures are assembled entirely out of repurposed construction materials [ie. scaffolding, sheet metals, demoed lumber, etc.] and are deployed on disturbed ecological sites to serve as a catalyst for human intervention in any particular site’s regeneration through the cultivation of its native plant species.
Each DANS! contains a residential volume at its core and various passive systems for harvesting, purifying, and utilizing water molecules within its surrounding environment for the cultivation of native plant species. Rain and Fog water are collected through their respective systems and directed towards the DANS! solar irradiation tanks. From here, stored water in the basin evaporates through solar exposure, and recollects in purified droplets at the top of each tank. Gravity then feeds the purified water into the lower basin of the storage tanks where it can be used for agricultural applications. (see fig a - d below).
Morro Bay Power Plan Site + [DANS] Area of Regeneration
Site Analysis + Master Plan
mechanical desk, various leads+inks, photoshop
Deployable Residence + Strucutre,
The external programs are attached to the residential volume at the center of the strucuture. All access to levels 2-4 of the external skeleton are through the loft within the residential volume. This volume contains all of the residential ammenities of this deployed architecture, while the skeleton contains all of the systems supporting human intervention in site regeneration.
Chunk Axonometric Drawing:
[a] rain water harvesting [b] solar irradiation
[c] residential garden [d] fog water harvesting
Nursery Rendering
fig. A - Rain Water Collection, above:
[A1] SS Metal Roof (Rain Collection Surface)
[A2] Recycled PVC (Rain Collection Gutter)
[A3] Recycled PVC (Rain Collection Main)
fig.B - Solar Irradiation, above:
[B1] Translucent Cap (Solar Fenestration)
[B2] Water Basin (Solar Irradiation Proc. begin)
[B3] Water Collection (Solar Irradiation Proc. end) .
fig.C - Structural System, above:
[C1] Standard Construction Scaffolding (”Beam”)
[C2] Standard Scaff. Bolt Clamp (Connection)
[C3] Standard Construction Scaffolding (”Beam”)
fig.D - Fog Harvesting, above:
[D1] Recycled Plastic Net (Fog Collection Surface)
[D2] Recycled PCV Pipe (Fog Collection Gutter)
[D3] Recycled PVC Pipe (Fog Water Collection Main)
[Above] - Exploded Axonometric Drawing
The final residential unit of the deployable structure to define its architectural make-up.
[Below] - DANS! Visual
Analog Collage
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