Give 444

Link: Give 444

Just stumbled across this and thought some of you might be interested... plus there's a rad little video featuring Band Of Horses along with it.

pop up hotels

new york times.

HAPPY WORLD WATER DAY!!!

                                                             http://www.unwater.org/

Creative Houses

Another great Ted Talk!

Dan Phillips

Fluoride in drinking water cuts tooth decay in adults

I think everyone should read this article about fluoride drinking water:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5916/71/

Americans rekindle love for drinking water

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-57573621/americans-rekindle-love-for-drinking-water/

Sustainability Shipping Containers

Pretty interesting designs from shipping containers, I thought I would share this with everyone:

 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/cat/sustainable-design/#.UUnhLjd9EaE

Holdon instant eyelets

These could be an alternative to a grommet...

 Holdon Instant Eyelet

Kraft Paper Tubing

I know we used the movie poster tubes for our mock up model and were having issues with the sizes of them and their quality. I've been looking online for other mailing tube companies and all have sizes we would have to change and rework; plus we would have to order mass quantities which isn't really in our budget. Instead of struggling with making sure they are the right size it might be easier to just make our own. This way we can make them to the correct sizes and thicknesses we need. It seems like a fairly simple process just a little time consuming.


custom tubing

casters and clamps

Lots of types of clamps and casters are out there. Here are a few examples.

Survey Results!

SURVEY RESULTS 3.13.13

What do we need to get across in exhibit? Choose one to focus on. Post your choice in the comments.

1.     Learn where water comes from and goes

2.     Kinds of life in water

3.     Tap vs. bottled water – many people only drink bottled. What are the differences?

a.     Taste tests?

4.     Drought and Intrastate water use

a.     Who, what, where, when, why, how? Place specific

b.     Movement of water from agriculture to cities

c.     What does drought mean to your community (get feedback)

5.     Other most common issues:  beetles and wildfire  (also most in the news)

SOREN AND DUSTIN FT. COLLINS

60% college peers in Old Town, high school, adults

Question 11 on fairs/festivals difficult – few answers. Food primary answer

A lot of displays are boring, unmemorable – how do we make ours something to remember?

People want to see biology, agriculture

#1 environmental issue all over the board – wildfire and drought (perhaps from last year’s experience)

RICK AND CHARLES DENVER

Families approached but adults only filled out, college grads

5 kinds of life in water – no

#3: #1 issue – wildfire and drought

where water goes – sewers and ocean (not to a treatment plant)

where water comes from - did not know

#12 – rivers, conservation

MALLORIE, MELISSA, SPENCER At Sprouts in LONGMONT

Older adults, over 40

#3: #1 issue – mountain pine beetle, drought

#12 – agri, fracturing, conservation, biology

bottled vs. tap – some preferred tap

river and water use, conservation efforts

use? 63% said 100 gal.

come from / go? Don’t know, doesn’t matter

MONIKA AND GRAYSON GOLDEN downtown

Mostly college grads

#10 types of life - 4-5 on most surveys

#3: #1 issue - drought, wildlife

similar trends as others

#12 – conservation, fracturing, agri

ELLEN AND KIRK ELDORA lodge

Very proud of Nederland water – first use

5 people up there had no running water!

#3: #1 issue wildfire and drought

#12: hydraulic fracturing and biology, conservation

people did not see water as a scarce resource

KEEGAN AND READE BOULDER

College age and young adult

#3: #1 issue – beetle, drought

#12 – conservation and biology, rivers

#12 anywrite-ins? Water pathogens, art, water withdrawls, ski resort water usage

Conversations? Interesting that this kind of exhibit would be in a farmer’s market

How did you introduce it? Portable exhibit travelling around Colorado

High response on #3 as beetles and drought are victim positions: conservation more participatory

Can Floating Architecture

How cool is this!! Innovative idea...This is such a great project that should defiantly take place...What do you guys think about this?

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/79000/lagos-floating-school-nle/#.UUDIP2_Ad8E

New Doha Airport-near water

I saw this Airport project that was build by the water, and thought it was such a cool design near the water....

check it out:
The Ultimate Layover? OMA Plans Residential District At New Doha Airport

Water App

i found a really cool smartphone app that we should think about having a QR code or something that could help people download to play around with. it ia called water1der and it tests your knowledge about the watercycle, aquifers, and other water related things. it is free on both iphones and droids. you should all download it if you can.

Creativity

An interesting outlook on creativity and its development.

eco cycle

we need to start collecting materials!

more cardboard

here.

this is inspiration for the tunnel

right here.

heavy duty cardboard

this is better looking than pvc.

structural cardboard

paper could be strong if treated properly

America's New Favorite Beverage

http://news.yahoo.com/americas-love-water-171119808--finance.html

A Few Lessons in Compactability

Room in a Box

Doubleback Camper

A Tower of Men

An art installation by artist Do Ho Suh currently located at Western Washington University.

Do Ho Suh’s ‘Cause & Effect’: A Vortex of Little Orange Men

graphic standards ergonomics 3

graphic standards ergonomics 2

graphic standards ergonomics 1

Global water crisis

some interesting facts and infographic about the global water crisis

Graphics and Renderings

If anyone is looking for new ways to render or abstract a structure, here is another great blog that has tons of tutorials, methods, and abstractions that can produce portfolio quality graphics.

http://www.alexhogrefe.com/tutorials/

We Live in the Future

Just some cool advances in technology. While not applicable with our project, it is quite interesting and I thought some of your may appreciate.

Concrete Tent

The most durable temporary structure that may currently exist.

Recycling+Building Materials

Here were a couple of cool projects I found on archdaily. I thought the can cube wall and the hanging car tires were cool and pertained to a couple of the project ideas for both groups
http://www.archdaily.com/155549/recyclingbuilding-materials/

Cardboard Tube Architecture

Here is a link to a site with a cool structure built from cardboard tubes.
http://www.igreenspot.com/cardboard-tubes-office-design-stylish-and-eco-friendly/

Paper Chandelier...

This is a close idea of what we are trying to create....love the movement of this:

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/projects/view/paper-chandeliers-arco-madrid-2013/51257/?utm_source=Architizer+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8157ee39d9-Newsletter_1673_09_2013&utm_medium=email#.UT0oDhy1fjt

US water use

This is some interesting information about water use in this country as compared to other parts of the world

http://i.imgur.com/7iDoe1e.jpg

fabric fastener

shark bite fabric fastener

Came across a cool Blog

Hexagon inspired!

http://knibbdesign.com/blog/category/graphic-art/

Hexagon_Lanterns_Idea

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77373940/silver-hexagonal-earrings?ref=sr_gallery_13&ga_includes[0]=tags&ga_search_query=hexagon+earrings&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=

Links to Alternative Materials

Here are some great links to other materials we might consider using for the installation. These have a lot of potential!

http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dip

http://blog.makezine.com/2011/10/03/heat-shrink-tool-grip/

http://boulderes.com/capabilities

http://www.instamorph.com/instructions/

http://www.missinglinkplastic.com/

http://www.alpinedave.com/misc/holds/hold_making.htm

http://www.makehandholds.com/

ReStore

Here is a video about a store similar ReSource, has some good inspiration for material reuse!

Bubble Studies

Hexagon setup animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtRQMMAc_Bs&feature=youtu.be

Excalibur

I came across this today and thought about our class for some reason. This is the worlds highest climbing wall found in the Netherlands. It reaches a hight of 37 meters (121 feet) and is called Excalibur. 

I thought this was fascinating because it is such a large structure with a pretty unique shape. The support  structure and footing of this structure must be tremendous, I think its safe to say its a little larger than ours. The wall is for climbing and serves a purpose for the community, similar to our project.

http://www.staplenews.com/home/2010/11/15/worlds-highest-climbing-wall.html

Berkley University-Biomimicry

Hey everyone, I was doing some research and came across this video about Biomimicry. It's a little long and some parts are zzzz but very interesting...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVHtAjQoWmg

L.A. NOW

If anyone is looking for inspiration for graphic design or graphic representation stuff make sure to check out the book L.A. NOW. I mentioned it in our lecture last week, but I just wanted to remind everyone. I'm pretty sure they have it in the library, but if not you should just buy it because it's worth it. I also believe there are multiple volumes, so be sure to check all of that business.

Pictures from the process

Themes for water channel units

Thinking about a theme or each (or pairs) of the units of the water channel

Here is a model of the life zones in colorado (from the grasshoppers and climate change webpage!!!) Integrate this with urban and agriculture and we can hit a lot of the topics that are central to the content the museum wants to convey with the exhibit.

Alpine: tundra, cushion plants, flowers, rock, ice, snow, glaciers, alpine lakes, pika, cold, wind, permafrost (sporatic in alpine tundra, unlike uniform in arctic tundra)

Sub alpine: flowers, spruce & fir trees, aspen, columbines, elk, butterflies, beetles, black bear, streams, trout, snow melt

Montane/Premontane (pondersa): poderosa, wildfires, grasses, deer, mountain lions, squirrels

Urban: highways, cement, metal, rivers, pollution, sewer, pipe lines, plumbing, people, water use, cars, trains

Agriculture: corn, monoculture, pests, canals, cattle, livestock, tractors, barns, silos, sunflowers

Prairie: prairie dogs, grasses, fires, insects, hawks, cotton woods

Colorado River supplying Mexico?

Should the Colorado River and other water sources in America be responsible for supplying water to Mexico? Would we really want Tijuana water here? Colorado part of Historic Water Treaty with Mexico

Colorado Water Conservation Board has a lot of maps and diagrams about Colorado's current state and future plans on water conservation. Working with them to gain more information for our graphic displays might be extremely beneficial.

Corner Connectors

Here are a few corner connector that I found online. The top one has the screw hole on the side like we were think of looking into, and the other two are pretty simple connectors that could be pretty easy to find or fabricate.