1. 1. FLOATING GREENHOUSES ON THE THAMES TECHNICAL STUDIES
2. 2. MARGINS AND ADAPTION DISASTER RESCUE AND RELIEF CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND EXPONENTIAL POPULATION GROWTH ARE ALREADY AFFECT- ING THE ABILITY OF THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO COPE WITH DEMAND. LONDONS EXPOSURE TO NATURAL DISASTERS IS ALSO INCREASING ASTHESEEXTREMECONDITIONSBECOMEMOREFREQUENT,METHODSFORRESPONDINGANDADAPT- ING TO CRISIS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED, PARTICULARLY IN CITIES LIKE LONDON WHERE HIGH POPU- LATION DENSITY, CROWDED LIVING CONDITIONS AND THE SITING OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN PLACES EXPOSED TO NATURAL HAZARDS PUT THE POPULATION AT HIGH RISK. DESIGN A FACILITY WHICH IS A CENTRE FOR RESPONDING TO NATURAL/OR MAN-MADE DISAS- TERS OF SOME FORM.
3. 3. CONTENT 1. BRIEF PAGE 4 2. RESEARCH 3. STRUCTURAL LOGIC 4. PROPOSAL Masterplan Site location Climate analysis of the site Process diagram Hydroponic system 3D printing Multiple component design strategy Criteria for a simple component Construction process Construction detail Connection detail Materials Precedents Diagrams of the proposal Plants Sun path analysis Calculation of average radius Aplication of the principles Development of the design Variable of the design process Application of the variables Plimsoll line Environmental strategy Sections of the component 3D views Site plan PAGE 9 PAGE 21 PAGE 50
4. 4. 1. BRIEF
5. 5. 0 1 5 10 20 100 1 : 1000 KEW GARDENS BRENTFORD LOTS AIT Lot's Ait is an ait (island) in the River Thames. It is on the Tideway near Brentford, in the Borough of Hounslow, London, England, and its size is approximately 51,000 square feet (4,738 m2). LOCATION OF THE SITE
6. 6. SCENE: RISE OF POPULATION People will bring their waste to the containers located on the river Containerswillbecollectedand brought to the site Plastic and glass will be recycled 1 : 500 A A 0 5 20 50 1990 2012 2014 2020 2025 2030 POPULATION IN MILLIONS WASTE IN POUNDS PER DAY RECYCLED PERCENTAGE 10 M9.5 M9.1 M8.6 M8.3 M6.8 M 20.7% 44% 44.2% 50% 60% 80% 43 P40.9 P39.1 P36.9 P35.7 P 29.2 P FOOD PRODUCTION PRODUCTION OF THE RUBBISH COLLECTION/TRANSPORTATION RECYCLING/CONVERTION RECYCLED PRODUCTS:GREENHOUSE ORGANIC PAPER PLASTICGLASS METAL WASTE RECYCLE GREENHOUSE MORE FOOD FOR INCREASING POPULATION MORE SPACE TO THE CITY 01 02 03 04 Recycled material will be brought back to the city INCREASING POPULATION DECREASING SPACE
7. 7. SITE: BRENTFORD LOITS AID hrs 299+ 269 239 209 179 149 119 89 59