The basic elements to the street food stall are:
- Vertical Vegetable Garden
- Water Catchment
- Vertical Access to harvest vegetables
- Structural Supports
- Connection point for cooking fuel (gas or solar?)
- Connection point for the cooking surface/table
- Shading Element
This shows the elements that are clearly permanent and the elements which can be added, changed and adapted to the festival activities.
After doing an initial sketch of how the components may come together i thought more carefully about the form. Looking at the existing elements of Queen St mall as well as biomimicry & aquaponic theories i decide it should take a more sculptural form. This is also more in line with the design principles i had set for myself earlier in terms of the playfulness, magical, sensory enhancement of a festival.
The leaf forms double as water catchment and shading, whilst the underwater ecosystem both stores water and enriches it with nutrients for the vegetables - there is a reticulation system which circulates water from the tank through the vegetable wall. I think these components have the ability to become themed with different regions ecosystems - a South East Asian green wall with fish life from the region, and vegetables specific to that region etc. Perhaps an integration of the virtual elements can incorporate requests from people for what they want planted in the next crop of vegetables.
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