The Garden 2017

#4 Reflection

During this summer project, I’ve experienced a whole design process from research to the development of the probe. Our team has…

Reflection On EZI-WORM

There were thousands of times I doubted our project or even wanted to give it up. The reason for this mind is that the…

People and the fear of terminology

When beginning a design project and starting to interact with a potential user base, you have to learn who is going to be using the final product. Not just saying that you going to deliver a product but delivering a product for them. From early interactions and…

An evaluation of Empa-Tree and it’s data

With a finalised and installed design to assist with understanding obscured elements within a garden, Empa-Tree was placed in-situ to begin collecting data. This data, as previously mentioned, was looking at soil moisture and the activity within the garden.

#3 Evaluating

The aim of this post is to explain the evaluation of your proposed application. Before analyzing the evaluation of our project, EZ-worm, I read a case study, called The Clouds and the Twinkly Lights Project, looking for how they evaluate the project.

The Garden Project: Evaluation of Sand Project

The Garden Project addresses the concept of Smart Cities that focuses on the the citizens , where they are engaged and empowered to address problems in the city that are relevant to their quality of life(Lange and Wall, 2013).

Connected Communities: Sand Project

The Garden project 2017 wants to explore the concept of Smart Cities that is focused on the…

Gardening Inspiration

Sound Wall — Trentham Gardens, Cheshire. UK.

The sound Wall was created by Clive Mollart and the music by Shaun Bailey. It can now be found in the gardens at the Royal Horticultural Society in Cheshire. The wall is an interactive wall for all of the visitors to the…

Toolkit for Smart City Contribution

The idea of a smart city is becoming more prolific and understood as more cities worldwide. Many are beginning to develop plans towards innovative and useful advances to establish systems to give their citizens better quality of life.

Insights of the project ‘Lungs of the city’

Smart cities discourses were always tied up with issues of environmental…