It might pay to think about the future of farming in your project, if you are amping up the "garden" program
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/future-farms-to-be-run-by-robots-20100906-14xpd.html

For those of you thinking of a small masonry unit (incl. Jim), look at this:
http://thedesigncritic.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/can-you-curve-a-brick-wall/

Jo

Are you all reading Dezeen???

Dan - Look at this!  It could be just what we were talking about .... maybe ... maybe not, but look at it & be ready to talk about it on Thursday.

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/27/hylozoic-ground-by-philip-beesley/

Program Diagrams - John E

Here's our week 1 program diagram and the matrix ones from week 2.

If anyone would like better copies or some explanations I am happy to oblige, just post in the comments. Good luck to all!

John E

Diagrams from John (Kalyna,Jim,Phil and Dan's Group) - Built Form

Took me a while to figure out how to convert to jpg from pdf efficently. I've been using this http://www.zan1011.com/download.htm which has a free 30 day trial and seems to be working well.

This are our built form diagrams from last Thurs, unlikely to change too much this week. Sorry for the orientation - will try and sort out for future uploads.

John Evans

Urban Farm precedents

Hi Guys
Let's get together a catalogue of Urban Farm or Garden precedents, here are a couple of starters to get you thinking:

http://inhabitat.com/2010/08/16/two-striking-urban-farm-buildings-made-from-salvaged-materials/new-5-38/?extend=1

http://ps1.org/yap/view/12
and http://www.publicfarm1.org/

http://www.heatherwick.com/uk-pavilion/

Each of these is dealing with the ideas of the urban and the natural in an innovative way.  Feel free to add to this list and to critique what you find - so we can have a discussion about them,