{"id":46,"date":"2013-01-31T23:18:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T06:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/civl2022013\/?p=46"},"modified":"2013-01-31T23:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T06:34:14","slug":"update-2-january-25-january-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/civl2022013\/2013\/01\/31\/update-2-january-25-january-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Update #2 (January 25 – January 31)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past week, we were able to get a hold of our client, Sabine Tanasiuk, from Ray-Cam Community Centre.\u00a0 Our first official meeting took place on January 31.\u00a0 Sabine was very helpful in clearing up the specifics of the project, which helped us further develop our scope.\u00a0 Several aspects of the project were addressed in our meeting such as the community background, the purpose of the project, and the goals to be reached.<\/p>\n

As the Downtown Eastside has been the poorest community in Canada for the past 25 years, people have been struggling to support their families with the rising food prices.\u00a0 This is exactly why Sabine was interested in developing a community based vertical food wall that would serve as a low-cost and sustainable food source.\u00a0 Sabine mentioned that the food wall should be easily accessible by everyone (including kids), and that it should have fruits and vegetables growing all year round.<\/p>\n

The scope of this project includes designing an economical vertical structure that can hold a variety of potted plants. The project will be purely design-based, and will include the following:<\/p>\n