‘The propose LInk community in sta.ignacia,tarlac city, is a multi-use complex inspired by the philosophy and ideation of frank lloyd wright. The scheme creates an eco-friendly hyper-connected ecosystem, featuring a solar roof, green terraces, sky villas and a range of integrated green features in a bid to promote sustainable architecture.

1. What inspired you to come up with this design for the projects?

offered free advice on how to build in the extreme conditions that are part of what he called “this new reality of deadlier and more frequent catastrophes induced by climate change”.

Community spaces are one of the basic building blocks of society where people gather and participate in activities together. Through these shared spaces, collective memories are made, creating a sense of home. Today, we have a wide variety of community spaces such as town plazas, hawker centres and parks, and more are being planned for Singaporeans from all walks of life. Increasingly, residents will see multiple community facilities being integrated into one-stop hubs, providing more convenience while creating a strong sense of familiarity and identity.

In my Ecological Urbanism Project I had a pragmatic approach to my design. One of my reflections brought up the thought of a manipulated city with designed green spaces. Some tragedy I see in this is: can manipulated and planned natural spaces be classified as real, organic experiences? Meaning, when we plan to design living natural systems in buildings, is this ‘real nature’ or is this some hybrid ideology of our existence and application of nature to our sense and style of living? One of the main ideas I had for my project was to maintain and rebuild severed connections with nature, our potential, to promote both vertical and horizontal movement and to have the possibilities of space not withered by program. The exterior facade would simply be to restore as much nature as possible and the interior could be flexible in use, program and invite a diversity of potential. As I approached my Biophilic design project, I kept in mind the rising population; one of the biggest issue we face today as a human race. As humans, we have to plan ahead for growth management, and I don’t mean Corbusier’s Radiant City or City of Towers. Therefore, in my design, I placed emphasis on green building, Biophilia, Biomimicry, health, interactive environments, multi-use spaces, circulation corridors and restorative habitats.

2. How can your design benefit the community living in or around it?

Passive, active, interactive, aesthetic, and gathering programs are the foundational

opportunities within the site to improve the community on a social hierarchy. 

In the heart of the urban networks of Xinyin District in full

development, the AGORA GARDEN project presents a pioneer concept of

sustainable residential eco-construction that aims at limiting the ecologic

footprint of its inhabitants by researching the right symbiosis between the

human being and the Nature. 

Part of the concept of inhabited and cultivated vertical farm through its own

inhabitants, this project of residential tower enables first to design by its

avant-gardist architecture a new life style in accordance with the nature

and the climate. Actually, the AGORA GARDEN tower superimposes

vertically wide planted balconies of true suspended orchards, organic

vegetable gardens, aromatic gardens and other medicinal gardens. 

Such as a living organism, the tower becomes metabolic! It overpasses its

energy-consuming passive role (absorbing all the natural resources and

rejecting only waste) to produce its own organic food. As social venues, public spaces also help to strengthen social identity, as well as offer opportunities for community bonding and building inter-cultural understanding. At the same time, public spaces help to humanise the urban environment by promoting life outside of buildings. Public spaces need to be safe and comfortable enough for people to linger. This often means having ample shade, sufficient seating, good lighting and universal design. Where appropriate, developers will be required to contribute public space as part of their developments.Small or seemingly insignificant details can make a difference between an ordinary space and a remarkable one. By placing greater emphasis on design and details, we make a public space more engaging for everyone

The oasis is a point that attracts and brings together individuals, which can create social ties in a soothing environment. The link is an attempt made to rediscover the lost connection of humans with humans and nature. . The presence of nature in these areas is equally important as it affects the human psychology in a positive way. The link not only proves to be a connector but it also breaks the verticality of the skyscrapers and thus opening up more opportunities for recreation. Thus the definition of recreation is not restricted to humans but also includes nature as an integral part of it. Including nature in our buildings is the ideal way to insure both, the continuation of our modern lifestyle and abiding by our more primitive needs.

3. What is the concept and style of your design?

The architectural concept is thus to eco-design an energy self-

sufficient building, whose energy is electric, thermal and also alimentary. 

Therefore, the project answers directly to 4 main ecologic objectives of the

After Copenhagen: 

1. The reduction of the climatic global warming.

2. The protection of the nature and the biodiversity. 

3. The protection of the environment and the quality of life. 

4. The management of the natural resources and waste. 

will have two studio apartment blocks with a senior activity centre as well as healthcare services for the elderly. The development will also feature community spaces such as a community farm and herb garden, a large plaza and landscaped sky decks to build up the community spirit.

4. Why were the colours and the color schemes chosen?

I chose them according to the psychology of colors because of the mental and emotional effect of colors to people’s around it..

5. What is the project’s environmental approach in terms of design concept, materials, maintenance, energy usage, water and waste management,etc? kindly justify.

The two towers are also designed to use a combination of passive cooling strategies and active renewable energy production from photovoltaic or solar panels to reduce overall energy consumption.

“The best principles of passive building technology — shadow and sunlight control, wind cooling and shape performance — have been used in Primavera Residences,” said Arch. Nati.

The same architectural features that make Primavera Residences green also function to make Primavera Residences ‘typhoon resistant.’

On this site that is the last and only biggest parcel of land

for residential use, the concept is to build a true fragment of

vertical landscape with low energetic consumption. The building

is thus eco-designed. It integrates not only the recycling of

organic waste and used water but also all the renewable

energies and other new state-of-the-art nanotechnologies (BIPV

solar photovoltaic, rain water recycling, compost, etc.). 

Cradle concept where nothing is lost, everything transforms itself; all the

construction and furnishing materials will be selected through recycled

and / or recyclable labels. By imitating the processes of natural ecosystems,

it deals thus with reinventing in Taiwan the industrial and architectural

processes in order to produce clean solutions and to create industrial cycle

where everything is reused, either back to the ground as non toxic organic

nutrients, or back to the industry as technical nutrients able to be

indefinitely recycled. Biotechnological prototype, the AGORA GARDEN

project reveals thus the symbiosis of human actions and their positive

impact on the nature. 

6. What/who are your influences?

7. How did you approach to research this issue?

8. Who did you approach to research this issue?

9. Selection of questions you asked during the research.

10. Are the research methods sound?

11. What did you find out?

I just did some further research on internet, in library and survey to the public

While it is bright outside, sun jars capture and collect the rays of the sun, storing that energy until the sun ducks below the horizon for the night. For instant gratification, sun jars can be purchased in pink, blue and yellow varieties. But for the brave DIYer, the same effect can be achieved at home on the cheap. The project can be as simple or as involved as you want it to be, depending on your skills and the available materials. One of the simplest methods involves tearing apart a solar-powered yard light and re-seating the light inside a frosted kitchen storage jar (or you can purchase frosting spray for regular jars – just remember to apply it to the inside!).

A cheap solar pathlight is generally the easiest to take apart, the core of which you then want to attach to the bottom of the lid so it remains relatively out of sight in the finished product – tape should be fine but hot glue might be longer-lasting. You can make your own color filter by cutting it from the label of a handy (soft or) sports drink or using actual colored light filters, depending on how seriously attached you are to specific hues. With most lights heat should not be too much of an issue, but you may want to check first and see how much the ones you are using heats up when in use.

Of course, creative types with a bit of mechanical know-how could built a solar cell from the ground up and attach it to a light, then mount it inside a jar in the same way. Again, this depends on your proficiency and your preferences about spending time versus money. Below is a video walk-through for those who have trouble visualizing the steps in the process – it is remarkably easy, as you will see:

However your sun jar comes into existence, grouping several of these little jars together on a patio or porch makes for the perfect decorative lighting. The glow is very soft, almost like the glow of fireflies confined in a jar just long enough to let you admire them.

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Sick Science! Summer Camp – Make Your Own Firefly Glow Jars & Glowing DrinksBy Blog Editor: Susan Wells

In Denver, our dry heat keeps many bugs from living amongst us. Usually, this isn’t

such a bad thing. We don’t miss the chiggers, the cockroaches, or other bugs found in

other parts of the United States.

We do miss the fireflies.

I always enjoyed visiting my cousins who lived in the midwest and catching fireflies on

warm summer nights. Since we can’t do that in Denver, and I don’t feel like driving to

Kansas City, the girls and I made firefly jars.

This is an easy activity that I have seen on Pinterest.

Most people cut open glow sticks and empty them into a Mason jar. There are two

problems with this – the liquid only glows for a short time and glow sticks contain glass

which breaks to release and mix the chemicals.

You can make firefly jars that glow over and over again. All you need is a few Mason

jars, paint brushes, glue and Zinc Sulfide Glow Powder or Atomic Glow Concentrate.

Science of Glow

Before you get started, you must understand the difference between the Zinc Sulfide

Glow Powder and Atomic Glow Concentrate, or the terms fluorescence and

phosphorescence.

It’s also important to note that not all zinc sulfide glows, but luminous zinc sulfide does

glow!

Fluorescence – This type of luminescence occurs when some form of radiation, such as

light, causes an object to glow. For example, fluorescent papers and poster boards glow

in the daylight. They glow even brighter under black light (ultraviolet light). Ultraviolet

light is a component in sunlight. Ultraviolet wavelengths are very long with a very high

frequency and can be used to detect fluorescent material that would remain invisible

under normal conditions. When you shine ultraviolet light on fluorescent material, it

lights up with a beautiful bluish-green luminescence.

In either case, as soon as the light is removed, the glow stops. Fluorescent things do not

glow in the dark all by themselves – they require some other form of energy such as

ultraviolet light to “excite” them.

Under normal light, Atomic Glow will turn water a cool greenish-yellow color. Under a

black light, the goo actually glows an eerie green color. Atomic Glow is fluorescent and

needs a black light to make it glow.

Parents – also note that Atomic Glow will stain.

Phosphorescence – Phosphorescence is just like fluorescence, except that the glow

continues even after the light used to excite it is removed. “Glow in the dark” toys

phosphoresce brightly in total darkness after being “charged” or excited by ordinary

white or ultraviolet light. Glow Powder contains zinc sulfide and works by absorbing

surrounding light energy and then releases that energy when the lights go out. You can

charge the zinc sulfide with white light or ultraviolet light from a black light.

Make Firefly Glowing Jars

First decide if you want to make fluorescent or phosphorescent glowing jars.

Remember, phosphorescent jars do not need a black light to charge the particles, but

will need to be recharged often.

 Wash Mason jars.

Mix Elmer’s glue with a few drops of Atomic Glow (fluorescent) or a few scoops

of Glow Powder(phosphorescent).

You can also fill the jar with tap water and then add a few drops of Atomic Glow

then turn off the lights and turn on the black light. You will have a jar filled with

glowing goo.

Using a paint brush or cotton swab, paint in the jar.

You can also let it drip and swirl in the jar.

Let dry.

Charge in white light (phosphorescent) or place under black light (fluorescent).

Glowing Summer Drinks and Ice Cubes

You can make cool glowing party drinks for your backyard bar-be-que using tonic

water.Tonic water contains quinine, a chemical that glows under a black light. Quinine

was added to tonic water to help fight off malaria. Tonic water still contains a small

amount of quinine, which makes it a perfect material for glowing drinks. Add a little

Tonic water to your drinks, then place a black light behind them. The drinks will glow in

the night. Just keep in mind that darker drinks, like Cola won’t glow as well as clear

drinks like Sprite.

You can also make glowing ice cubes. Pour tonic water into an ice cube tray and freeze.

Add the ice cubes to your drinks and place a black light under or behind them.

For step by step instructions and more on the science of glow, visit our Fireflies in a

Jar experiment page.