Comments on: Green dreams for social space https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/green-dreams-for-social-space/ Gardenvisit.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:35:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/green-dreams-for-social-space/#comment-1540 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:35:03 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=3277#comment-1540 It is much more sensible to think of panels than doors, though we should include “awnings” as well (ie retractable roofs). They work well as sunshades outside rooms and as temporary roofs over courtyards. The need is for a physical equivalent of an ecotone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotone

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/green-dreams-for-social-space/#comment-1539 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:13:56 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=3277#comment-1539 Great set of categories. I was also thinking of the greentainer above as possibly having glass walls that could fold open (ie. upwards providing an extended roof coverage). It could be constructed to give the following ways of operating:

(1)always closed
(2)mostly closed but with some opening panels
(3)all panels open-able
(4)mostly open but with some closed panels
(5)always open

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/green-dreams-for-social-space/#comment-1538 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:46:02 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=3277#comment-1538 Indoor space and outdoor space are well-established categories but there is a need for experiment and for diversity. I like the idea of a seemless transition between indoor and outdoor:
(1) always indoor
(2)normally indoor but can be made outdoor
(3)roofed outdoor space
(4) normally outdoor but can be made indoor
(5) always outdoor
I guess that a roof with space for a temporary building would be a Category (5) project

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