Defining

• Productive greenhouse in a way that it’s functioning fits-in with its

geographical position, the terrain, weather, climate.
• No fossil fuel energy is used, eg. from electric companies, gas companies etc.
• Allowing plants to grow, in a steady temperature environment: heating in cold
conditions, ensuring air conditioning via circulation
• Use of ground and rain water
• Use of natural light or artificial light fueled by solar and wind energy.
• Greenhouse is located around Zadar area
• Why not to to use fossil energy sources?
Fossil fuel energy causes air polution and carbondioxide increase in the
atmosphere.
Alternative 1: solar Ivy panels that mimic ivy by turning solar energy and wind
energy into electrical energy
Alternative 2: wind generated electricity produced on-site and off the grid by a
turbine made of nature friendly materials.
• Why not to be affected by terrain, weather or geo-position?
Because if those conditions affect the design then technology should be
helpful but technology is not always looking to have nature as a mentor. By
thinking that we tried to achieve functional needs through mimicking nature.
Natural models and biological strategies
• Heating and lighting sources are generated in two ways:
by Solar Ivy panels in a shape of ivy leafs, in nature we see it in ivy plant.
Ivy solar panels can help air circulation and generates renewable electricity.
Second source is wind powered turbine that produce mechanical and electrical
energy. In nature wind is used by many plants, for example maple tree distributes
“helicopter” shaped seeds by wind.
• Facade system is made of Homeostatic Facade System that has special layer on the
glass window which reacts to heating and cooling of the interior. Layer swells in
heat and thus coveres the glas to reduce solar heat generation.
the inspiration in nature is muscles which regulate heat generation by more or less
contraction, maintaining homeostasis by regulating their internal temperature
conditions.
• As propellers generate cavitation as they rotate, and by that they move a
ship, in nature there are organisms that produce the same effect
• Dolphins and tunas for example are producing cavitation that is painful for
dolphins and can injure them.
• Also propulsion by rotation is something we see in bacterial flagellum of
prokaryotes.
• We use ether an impeller or Archimedes screw for water transfer all made
from nature friendly materials that is mimicking spirals of shells in
mathematical manner.
• In nature we find different organism that use fluids for propulsion, for
example jellyfish or squid.
Natural models and biological strategies
• Heating and lighting sources are generated in two ways:
by Solar Ivy panels in a shape of ivy leafs, in nature we see it in ivy plant.
Ivy solar panels can help air circulation and generates renewable electricity.
Second source is wind powered turbine that produce mechanical and electrical energy. In
nature wind is used by many plants, for example maple tree distributes “helicopter” shaped
seeds by wind.
• Facade system is made of special layer on the glass window which reacts to heating and
cooling of the interior. Layer swells in heat and thus coveres the glas to reduce solar heat
generation.
the inspiration in nature is muscles which regukale heat generation by more or less
contraction, maintaining homeostasis by regulating their internal temperature conditions.
• There are materials that can react to humidity and change size, for example
sponge or wood, it reacts to humidity.
• Materials expand when heated, example for that are roads, bridge constructions
etc.
• Plants and phytoplanktons depend on solar energy that we can see in
construction of our greenhouse that depends on sunlight. As they use it to
produce food, we use it for food production incorporated in our construction.
• Camels are example of animals that protect themselves from heat by fluctuating
regulating core body temperature as much as 10˚F. Their hump is fat tissue that
can be converted in energy and water when needed. Their nose is designed to trap
moisture from exhalations to conserve body fluids.
(http://www.thejunglestore.com/Camels )
Materials

• Wind powered turbines will be made of lignum vitae tree because of it’s hardness.
• frames of greenhouse made of oak or maple.
• Glass windows made by Decker Yeadon Homeostatic Facade System that regulate
climate inside the building.
• for generating electricty Solar Ivy panles are used, not only they generate
electricty but they also help air circulation.
• Water source on the site, water is pumped by wind turbines through tubes made
of carbon dioxide based plastic, Novomer.
• Novomer is commercializing a proprietary catalyst system that transforms waste
carbon dioxide (CO2) into high performance, low cost polymers for a variety of
applications
• Carbon Dioxide is an abundant, low cost raw material with a number of
sources. CO2 is produced as a byproduct of ethanol fermentation, ammonia,
hydrogen and ethylene oxide production, reformers, natural gas wells, and the flue
gas from coal-fired power plants.
• Novomer polymers can be tailored to yield precise polymer backbones, structures,
molecular weights and functionalities, creating materials with optimized
performance properties for specific industrial applications.
• The Novomer CO2-epoxide reaction occurs at moderate temperature and pressure,
typically 35° to 50°C and 200 to 300psi, and thus the polymerization process
requires significantly less energy for synthesis as compared to conventional
polyols.
(http://www.novomer.com/technology )
Nature inspired design

• Homeostatic facade system is inspied by muscles and by homeostasis in

biological systems as homeostasis regulates internal conditions in
organisms.
• Solar Ivy panels are inspired by ivy plant because it uses the shape of the
ivy plant and it helps wind circulation.
• Wind turbine is inspired by maple helicopter seed.
• Solar Ivy is mimicking process of respiration in photosythesis
• Researchers at Florida State University have discovered a method of using
manganese oxide – also known as birnessite – to capture sunlight and
then use that solar energy to create an oxidation reaction, breaking down
water (H2O) into hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O2). Oxidation occurs during
photosynthesis, and by replicating this part of the natural process, we
might be able to produce energy in new ways via a simple, practical
mechanism.
Life principles
• Design of greenhouse has integrated Life’s principles through materials, through
functioning and through use of energy.
• To be locally attuned and responsive by using materials that are available no need of
long transport, cultivating cooperative relationship by companion planting.
• Using life friendly chemistry by breaking down products, like leafs and grass, having
animals and using animal waste. Also we try to build selectively by specific types of
vegetables that are good for companion planting . Water we use is natural water from a
stream to water the plants in amount that is needed, minimizing consumption.
• Following to be efficient with resources by completely using low energy processes , LED
for light. Not being on the grid but harvesting natural renewable energies, recycling all
materials, as it is wood, plants or glass. HFS glass can be replaced by ordinary glass.
• We integrated development with growth as this greenhouse is panned to be built by
hand, from available materials. Development with growth, even though it is not
designed on a large scale, greenhouse can be bigger and made of multiple units.
• Trying to be more evolved on the production of vegetables, by integrating unexpected,
as defining unexpected as cold weather, energy shortage.
• Recycling of plant matter as fertilizer: Decomposing is done by mixing leafs, flowers,
food left by humans and grass with soil, replicating strategies that are tried and that
work.
• Adapting to changing conditions by diversity of vegetables which are compatible for
companion planting, and being more resilient through variation of crops.
• Basic crops: Tomatoes, parsley and basil.
Functions
• Greenhouse will be permanently on the position, as we see in nature for example
caves, trees rooted and sheltering, canyons. It will not be on a harm’s way of it’s
environment.
• To maintain physical integrity greenhouse must be protected from animals or
microbes, it will be closed and as specific plants tend to relate to one another
based on similarities, having complementary physical demands, so in a was they
will also help themselves to maintain physical integrity, protection from biotic
factors as greenhouse is not on large scale and just by human hand we can control
pests to help compatibilities of growing certain plants.
• Protection from abiotic factors is done by structure itself, ventilation if necessary,
and in nature alternatives we can see that nature does is for example leaves from
of conifers protect from drought, snow and cold by employing unique design
elements, including needle shape, thick waxy rinds and pores in deep grooves.
• Another example is Saxis polaris plant, willow that grows not vetrically up but
horizontally so that it is could not be broken by Arctic winds. Green house will not
go in height because of it’s structure is not metal but it will have necessary height.
• Third example from nature where there is technique of a sea slug as they are
helpless they eat a jellyfish and use her stinging cells which they migrate through
his back, using weapon of a jellyfish to make it his own. Having cats or similar
animals can prevent bigger garden pests like mice.
• Maintaining community in the greenhouse we in a way coordinate groups
of plants by companion planting. As mentioned earlier some plants grow
together like symbiotic relationship between fungi and roots, second from
nature that tomato grows good with parsley and basil.

• Cooperating and competing is one of sub groups and in our greenhouse

between same species are explained above as same is important for
maintaining community.

• For our ecosystem we provide natural water and soil from the ground,
regulating climate by structure itself, we are dispersing seeds by hand and
pollinate by bumble bees. Sedimentation and waste water system is build
by hand with local materials - waste water is filtrated by natural grain
(sand/soil) filter. All this we can see in many examples in nature in specific
areas of microclimates, sedimentation by wind, water, pollinating by
insects, etc.
• We are using natural sources for making energy, wind source by wooden
wind turbine, electrical energy by solar ivy panels, thermal energy is kept
regulated by homeostatic facade. In nature we can find alternatives by
collecting rain, as we see it all over the world how plants keep rain on
their leafs, by evaporation from sea, and collecting water vapor.
• We use organic material for breaking down into organic compounds for
fertilizer. We see that in nature everywhere.
Location
• Poljica,10 km from Zadar
• 44.196246 N, 15.275928E
Sources
• https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundless-biology-
textbook/soil-and-plant-nutrition-31/nutritional-adaptations-of-plants-
188/mycorrhizae-the-symbiotic-relationship-between-fungi-and-roots-
716-11940/
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• http://www.asknature.org/
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m1!1e3
• http://www.appropedia.org/CCAT_companion_planting#What_to_plant
• http://www.sciencealert.com/new-artificial-material-mimics-
photosynthesis-to-create-clean-self-sustaining-energy-source

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