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Towards Balcony Sustainability Despite Restrictions on Permanence

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Commenced:	01/04/2012
Submitted:	07/04/2012
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Toyonaka, Osaka, JP
Climate zone:	Warm Temperate

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Towards Balcony Sustainability Despite Restrictions on Permanence

Toyonaka, Osaka, JP

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Posted by James R. Diegel almost 12 years ago

June update 2012

This past couple of months has been an eye opening experience. I have in fact learned a lot from my experiments. In addition I have really embraced the idea of upcycling and found in the city that wonders can come of that which others deem unworthy to use - mostly in the form of finding containers to plant things in. In the end I find it interesting that in almost every case a new addition turned to be just the missing piece of the puzzle that was needed to revamp or fill a space that although was good, is much better due to the upcycling. I have also begun the work of planning for a more vertical approach and have utilized some restrictions in a sense to work in plans for climbing nets and potential greenhouse spaces in the winter months. Still pondering ideas for water capture and nutrient reuse and have had some success with the creation of self watering planters out of old ones that I had lying around. The next step I believe is to redo the floor in some kind of combination grass and stone - the grass as a cooling effect and hopeful ease to be able to roll it up when it needs to be removed down the road as well as water cleansing and trapment and the stone tile in order to utilize the reflective potential of the light on the inner walls and ceiling. For photos of the updates and progress please do check out the Google plus photo blog in the following link (https://plus.google.com/photos/109142908980994394956/albums/5742681295791509793?hl=en-US).

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