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Areas of Improvement

-Rethink main problem

-Insulation

-Structural Stability

-Simplicity of Form

-Cost Reduction

High Value Problem Redefine

-home farming

-introducing natural sunlight into interior space

Urban Desert: Home Grown Food

-Locally grown

-Organic

-Provide unique product

-Global Efficiency

-Save money and energy from purchasing vegetables/fruit that have been grown on petroleum-powered farms and trucked to grocery stores (produce purchased in the US travels an average of 1,500 miles from farm to fork)

-Potential return on investment

Basic Scheme

- Use solar tracker to reflect natural sunlight onto interior plants

- Grow tropical plants that require indoor conditions year round

prelim design sketch 

Reference

- indoor garden
- control of moisture and drainage
- natural sunlight transmission
- decoration function of the installation