Permaculture Project
Students in this project were asked to create an Identity for the Cosmos City Community Farmers Primary Corporation (CCCFPC) and logo for Hulani ( A second Co-op).
after visiting the community to better their understanding of the community, the students identified the following requirements for the logo:
- Having an icon which is a vegetable or vegetables.
- Having blue, orange and earthy colours for the logo.
- Coming up with a slogan for the corporation.
In addition to the logo, students created a stamp which could be used to brand future material in a cost effective way.
Additionally, they were asked to create cost effective and eco-friendly packaging, an educational brochure on permaculture, as well as a pop-up stand market.
Other students redesign ‘Zone Zero’ and their objectives were to create a better work environment, make allowance for simple structures such as toilets, tool shed, education space, and general shaded space. The structure needed to be realist, cheap and self-sufficient.
Students designed a possible layout, using primarily containers to accommodate structures.
The rationale for use of containers was:
- long slender spaces
- easily compact and to design
- may be a costly purchase at first but the long term benefit = outweigh
- the ‘L’ shaped was formed creating negative space (working and learning area)
- outdoor space yet is still shaded by the cloth above
- utilizes and optimizes the given space without wasting it.
- services and needs of the community have been designed and grouped together
- lowing and effective environment to work within
- structure is easy to access from all sides
- effectively creates less labour intensive work for the people – save needed energy.
- an entrance is created by the two containers to visually create a closed environment
- even though two sides remain completely open
- this becomes a beautiful yet full functioning space
- not extremely costly or unrealistic for the community and the government help.