M 1.2 Arduino-T_Cockcroft
Arduino for Analysis Workshop
Analysis
Coordinate with Tigard Next Steps pp 13-16 and 06 Air Quality Readings :
Research question/s
– Consider encouraging vegetation as filter and absorbing abilities at adjacent properties such as Lincoln Center (long-term).
– Green walls to filter and block PM along the school grounds at Lincoln
Place and the surface and structured parking at Lincoln Center Towers (short-term).
– To give value to food, we should encourage the enhancement of large tracts of fertile land located in the vicinity of large cities, direct distribution from the point of the consumer culture and the creation of urban gardens. And these agricultural landscapes should enter their traces and structures in developments at the edges of cities (Vincente Gaullart).
– How great of an impact will green walls have on the amount of PM on the exterior vs the interior of the building? Will having agricultural landscapes near apartments truly draw people to them or will programs have to be implemented to attract them?
– In urban landscapes, air quality greatly impacts the lives of people indicating that there needs to be a change in urban planning to improve the lives (air) of people.
Plan project for measuring Pm and other information is measured, season / point-in-time, location, comparison baseline areas, pilot study:
– student hypothesis: Main streets surrounding the MdPV area greatly impact the air quality for the housing, specifically in PM and in areas without green space.
– student point-in-time 1: morning school rush (8-10am) and point-in-time 2: midday (12-2pm)
– location: Marina del Prat Vermell
– student baseline location in City: Plaza de Sol, Gracia
– student lab study: Get a box made of similar materials as homes. Within the box do a test with plants on the facade and one with no plants. Trial different plants and light a match and see if there is a change with the plants, and then if there is a difference between different plants. This way one can see if there is a better plant to absorb PM.
– student pilot: Placing sensors around the building and monitoring the data.
– student final study at Marina del prat Vermell: The final site we are assigned, collecting data from the points we place and monitoring them over several days.
What input sensors other than Purple Air (they use PMS7003) are possible?
– PM 5003 PM sensor. A motion sensor, activate panel when someone walks by.
What study plan is possible?
– Study the area, collect data from points, place data into circle maps and a circle diagram to compare baseline to our site.
Design Sensors for Architecture and Urbanism
SITUATED TECHNOLOGY IN THE URBANISM AND ARCHITECTURE AT SPACE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 7 years old
Where and how many PM sensors could be located in the future project?
– They should be placed along the facade of the building in order to see the amount of PM that is effecting the air surrounding windows. There should also be sensors within courtyards or open passageways to see if there is a difference. There could even be a sensor in each apartment to see if the filters are working and whether there are PM problems within the apartments. The number depends on the size of the building and the amount of apartments, hence I would guesstimate around 20, 10 around, 5 inside, 15 apartments.
OUTPUT
Where could that information be displayed and to whom?
– The information could be displayed on an interactive panel in the lobby for the outside sensors, and for the ones in each apartment, there could be a display bar, like the heating control, that displays the PM of the individual apartment and the average of the outside. This data would also be available to the city so that they know if they need to fix anything.
What expected behavioral change is possible?
– People would be more conscientious of the air outside and inside their homes. It may impact how much they open windows and may impact their travel habits outside (make them walk and bike more, avoiding cars).
What responsive technology could activate and to what purpose?
– An interactive panel that displays the information collected by the sensors. This would be to inform the inhabitants.
How is it communicated abstractly and comparative / absolute values (ex. color, light, time, etc), who uses the information and how do they make behavioral changes and or responsive technology changes.
– Use colors that line the courtyard or entrance that change colors indicating the air quality.
Next Steps
– Purple Air at La Chalmeta coop housing (2+ sensors)
Setup for collection immediately after Easter break. How can these sensors low and how and possibly others in other housing around Marina be used:
– They can be used to measure the amount of PM and compare them to the other sites in Marina and the baseline.
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