This is a room divider/shelf. I thought it was relevant to our wall project.

Edible Wall

Perhaps Galina would like an edible wall installation next to her desk. She could grow herbs and even fruits and vegetables for faculty members' lunches. Terry could have a raspberry plant growing through her wall partition, supplanting the ubiquitous dish of candies on her desk. If the faculty center acquired a fish tank, as every institutional lobby building type should, the fish poop could feed the plants while the plants filter the fishes' water. To complete the loop, we will punch a skylight in the center of the ceiling so that a solar panel can run the vertical farm's water pump. Inka Biospheric Systems' Sun Curve (its vertical farm + fish tank + solar power design) has a battery which can even store enough power to run Galina's laptop, or charge her cell phone. Digital fabrication can be implemented to mill the lattice work for vine tendrils to grow up the wall. The extreme functionality as well as increasing popularity of "green" and "sustainable" architectural elements today makes the edible wall a clear choice to enhance Woodbury's image as a cutting edge institute for architectural learning.

http://dirt.asla.org/2009/11/19/edible-walls-grow-in-popularity/
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/vertical-farm-fish-tank.php

Memorial Tree

The memorial tree was completed by australian architects M3architecture.

The tree marks the site where the first Australian Labor Party was established in 1891.

The tree is enclosed inside a wooden structure that supports 18ft timber pieces hanging from it. the finishes render the original tree shape that existed in the site. The installation uses a controlled grid that supports the timber pieces. Each timber has a unique cut at the tips that suggest the direction of the original surface that was used to cut the pieces in 3d environment. Installation time and costs and methods are not explained although much respect to the contractor that took upon this endeavor.

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"The Crystal Monster"

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/8142/the-crystal-monster.html

Designers Beverly Tang and Tod E. Kurt recently completed their "crystal monster" installation at Los Angeles’ Continental Gallery from laser cut sheets of acrylic, steel, and LED tape. It is over 12 feet long and the LED lighting can be controlled remotely. LED tape is a fascinating material I had up to now not yet encountered. The potential of electronics to be integrated into superthin materials (another example being the Kieran Timberlake "SmartWrap") would seem to hold much promise not only in the field of visual awesomeness, but also as easily adaptable and installable architecture (provided insulation is unnecessary or easily applied to the ultra-thin, smart layer).

Visual Information.

The installation of the wall uses illuminating panels to display the information surrounding the walls in real time. It calculates the electromagnetic fields, the amount of people, cars, and bikes that pass by the wall installation. In a way it reflects the surrounding and creates a light play with information that is received through infrared sensors surrounding the boards.

nook

Patrick Frey designed this stool made from a single piece of plastic for the young label VIAL.

The clinching pattern is milled into the flipside of a VarioLine board. Subsequently the stool will be folded into its extraordinary shape. The whole piece is fixed at the bottom by an aluminium catch – without cementation or welding.

http://www.dailytonic.com/nook-by-patrick-frey/