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Changing individual behavior is crucial when looking towards a sustainable future. Goals, such as lowering greenhouse gas emissions, reducing waste, and increasing energy and water efficiency can only truly succeed through public participation. Therefore, how do you start to shift individual/ personal habits as well as entice the greater public to participate in small gestures with positive effects.

• Educate• Share knowledge• Communicate and Encourage Participation• Action

It is our belief that small changes can make a big impact

We propose five social actions to address food security within the Wellington City region, strengthening the importance of a socially sustainable environment. A sustainable city is one that is reducing its ecological footprint whilst simultaneously improving its quality of life. Equal rights to food security and all basic amenities

URBAN DINNING

STATEMENT

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Union St Orchard PARK(ing) Day Eat-In Living Pavilion ELECTROLUX Outdoor Kitchen Public FarmHighline D&S + Renfro

PRECEDENTS

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Situated on Cuba Street, in the heart of Wellington’s CBD in an unused and under-designed area, our Urban dining , ‘green’ space, ‘green’ dining) will become a hub of activity to dwell, eat, socialize and rest - a place to encourage (spark, feed,) conversation and act upon sustainable living. Education will come in the form of collective knowledge, sharing of information, through the act of growing, picking, preparing, cooking, eating and disposing, and through time based events.

Cuba StreetEmpty Space outside MatterhornWellington, NZ

SITE

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Cuba StreetEmpty Space outside MatterhornWellington, NZ

OCCUPANCY DIAGRAM

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DEVELOPMENTAL

1. Merging seating into existing Cuba Street

2. Demonstration Area/Table

3. Planters

4. Lower (Ground) Table

5. Sink

6. Rain Catch Tank

7. Play Pump

8. Standard Table

9. Sliding Shelving (above)

10. Composting/Worm Farm

11. Vegetable Planters

12. Vine Climbing Structure

13 Fruit Trees

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ELEVATION

EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE

Instructive signage to be applied to painted onto timber using donated unused/recycled paints.

SEASONAL GROWTH DIAGRAM

Seasonal growth diagram is a guide to what will grow and when.Information can be found on a blog (to be etched into timber) - http://smallchangebigimpact.tumblr.com/ where community and local people can contribute to the bigger picture and find out how to care for plants at home

PERSPECTIVE

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1 Diagram of the rain water catchment system - how it is gathered in the structure, travels down to the sink and after it’s been used to clean, it is filtered down to the planters.

2 Compostable: A product that is compostible is one that can be mixed into a composition of biodegradable materials, and which eventually turns into a usable material such a natural fertiliser. Biodegradable materials are those that break own naturally in the environment when they are disposed of, and turn back into natural raw materials.

DIAGRAMMATIC ELEVATION (Rainwater catch system & compost)

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CROSS SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

UPPER STRUCTURAL DETAIL

PERSPECTIVE

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Recycled steel to construct the primary structure.

PROPSED MATERIALITY

Steel Timber

Recycled timber used for furniture and detailing components.

Rubber Existing Products

Used tyres incorporated into detailing. Existing products incorporated into detailing.

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