Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 3rd, 2012 1 Comment »
Good day, Yesterday we had our final presentation with Mila and Georgia at Science World. We had a full rendered SketchUp drawing of our greenhouse followed by a powerpoint presentation that went over the features of the greenhouse, the sun charts that detailed the hours of daylight, the materials choices, and the ideas for public […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2012 No Comments »
With reading break in full swing and most of our group members dispersed across the province, this week was uneventful for our project. We are now in the final stages of our Greenhouse design, and are meeting with Mila on March 1st to present our deliverables: an Exhibit Concept Document (ECD), a report justifying our […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2012 No Comments »
We’re glad that reading break is coming! The week of February 13th was pretty busy for us (Labs, Reports, and Midterms), hence we were not as productive as usual. However, we have some updates about the sun trajectory and at what times the greenhouse will be shaded by the dome of the Science World. In […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2012 4 Comments »
Hello everyone, it’s Charles Noftall coming to you this week with this week’s blog submission… Today we capped off a very productive week with a visit to Science World where we met with Mila and Georgia about our project. This week we also had a visit with David Kaplan of the UBC Faculty of Land […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2012 1 Comment »
Today, on Friday, February 3rd, we finally had the chance to meet Laura Sand, the manager and horticulturist at the UBC Greenhouse, to give us a tour at two of the greenhouses at UBC. They are located at the rooftop of Biological Science Building North Wing. She was very helpful, and even let us to […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2012 No Comments »
Hi everyone, I am Rindra, your mentor for amazing Greenhouse team. I have finally managed to access the blog and want to add few words about me. I am an international student from Madagascar and started my PhD last fall. Although I spend most of my time doing research in wireless communications systems, I am […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 27th, 2012 2 Comments »
Hello again, this is Bradley here with the latest and greatest regarding our progress. Our weekly Monday Meeting has come and gone, marking our beginning steps into the concept phase of the project. Some of the highlights of the meeting are as follows: install LCD screens displaying data (for interaction with public) balance too much […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2012 2 Comments »
Hello! Welcome to the Greenhouse blog. For our CIVL 202 CSL project we are tasked with designing a greenhouse for Ken Spencer Science Park (KSSP) that is scheduled to open in July. We met with our mentor, Rindra, this Monday over pizza, and he seemed eager to work with us and gave us an open […]