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Cultivating Concrete, a handbook for urban farming compiled by Rashmi Sirkar
Rashmi Sirkar, a second year design student at Srishti has been working on a small (20-page) illustrated handbook on urban farming for CitySpinning. A draft is now ready and is available for download using the link below.
The handbook gives an…
A mechanism for SoundTagging in the wild and Kotti’s ladybug
After GungunGumpu I have been wondering if there could be way for us to “SoundDrop” in urban spaces. SoundDropping would mean “to leave sound-clips at specific spots,” and in effect “drop” it for someone else to find it.
I went…
The self watering pot for growing vegetables in homes
After we found that clay conducts water through itself very effectively, we went ahead with making reforming the pot in a pot mechanism. Using clay itself as a medium through which water is transferred.
Redesigning the pot: It is a…
Coming back to the pot for an urban apartment setup
From our experiments with different materials for the pot with the aim of drawing water against the gravity did not work i.e. of having a water container at the base of the pot and having some sort material which would…
