IKEA Just Released Free Instructions For A Spectacular Sustainable Garden
This could possibly be the most amazing indoor gardening structure we’ve ever seen, and people all over the world are being encouraged to build one.
Space10, a Danish design lab supported by IKEA, has officially open-sourced The Growroom, “an artistic exploration of the incredible potential of urban farming.” The pavilion is ‘sliced’ to provide optimal light and water flow for the weeks worth of herbs and vegetables it’s capable of growing, but also to create a serene shelter for anyone who steps inside.
The innovative structure was tailored by architects Mads-Ulrik Husum and Sine Lindholm, and is made with nothing more than plywood and screws. The best part? All of the building instructions are available completely free online, making The Growroom a practical and sustainable DIY project.
More info: Space10
The Growroom, an indoor garden designed by Space10 and supported by IKEA, has officially been open-sourced
It’s made with nothing more than plywood and screws
The building instructions have been made available completely free online, and are relatively simple
The pavilion is ‘sliced’ to provide optimal light and water flow for the weeks worth of herbs and vegetables it’s capable of growing…
And also to create a serene shelter for anyone who steps inside
According to Space10, The Growroom is “an urban farm pavilion that looks into how cities can feed themselves…”
“The original version of The Growroom sparked interest and people requested to either buy or exhibit [it]…”
“But it doesn’t make sense to promote local food production and then start shipping it across oceans and continents”
“That is why we now release The Growroom as open source design and encourage people to build their own”
The innovative structure was tailored by architects Mads-Ulrik Husum and Sine Lindholm, pictured here
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Share on Facebook'Nothing more than plywood and screws'. Then what about the lighting you're going to need unless you live in a greenhouse? What about the water runoff? What about how shallow the growbeds are? Without proper runoff, your roots will be rotting. Your plants will drown. How will you even water the plants on the top? You're supposed to take plywood over to a center that has laser cutting / CNC milling machines? Where in the heck do you even find those? I've never heard of those services being available, especially not on that scale. I like the idea, but it does not seem practical, nor sustainable. I feel like they paid more attention to the aesthetics than they did the viability of the plants.
I was thinking the same thing. You aren't being negative, you are being practical. I had the same concerns. Those are very shallow boxes and depending on the plants they would need more room to grow. I can't think of a weeks worth of vegetables that would grow with that little room and in such a shallow box. Herbs, yes, veggies, no. In the first photo it looks like the ones on the bottom are dying.
Load More Replies...machine cut I suppose (I thought laser but there is no burnt mark)
Load More Replies...Yeah, I really love the word EASILY in the title. :-D Or the description 'just some plywood' about those boards that clearlc need to be cut by a pro.
not really, go to nearest fablab and ask to be teach how to use a laser cutting machine, commanded by computer
Load More Replies...Wow. So we will be able to grow parsley that cost as much as a fortune given the enormous amount of energy that is needed for the light installation. I wonder if those people have, beside from their super-cool-start-up-idea, ever been in touch with anything having to do with actual gardening - maybe if they would have, they had never been as naive as to believe that anything apart from maybe parsley can be cultivated in containers without water runoff and a mere deepth of a few centimeters... come on guys.
a whole lot of plants can be cultivated in this manner. My Nan grows thyme, basil, oregano, peppers, cocktail tomatoes, strawberries in planters that have the same dimensions. As for drainage, buy perforated plywood or drill holes into it.
Load More Replies...Well ney sayers...have built something similar with an electric fret saw years ago to sit in the bathroom with all my fragile plants for when was away on holidays. Yes it takes some patience! Yes one needs to be somewhat skilled! Yes it will take time with the 1st one. But I was so inspired even cut a new bathroom door in the shape of a wave, so that the two halfs met in the middle. Now to watering...used 50% pea shingle gravel in growing medium...at both ends of each growing board length, drilled holes, then used plastic micro piping to water level below. This done on all 4 levels of my mini growing sphere until base level reached, used mini solar driven pump (solar pad stuck to bathroom window) to re-circulate water to top level once again. Eventually used a mini fishtank filter and oxygenater also😊😊😊 The depths on each level can be increased/decreased depending on the Light sourse I also found...I used a Grow lamp hung inside the sphere from the bathroom ceiling.
Based on this ideal design, someone will rerelease it with more practical features. I can envisage the shelves using a galvanised steel mesh (eg reinforcing mesh) that can have planter boxes on it.
You forget to put the link to download the files. https://github.com/space10-community/the-growroom
Wow! This is the coolest new gardening idea I have seen in decades! Bravo! I would definitely be interested if I lacked gardening space :D
"It’s made with nothing more than plywood and screws" ...and there's the problem!
It's very aesthetic. Seems they are two differents projects. The first is bigger and made with tubular support. But both seem unprotected against humidity and it's not clear how to easily water the plants. It the main objective is vegetables production, it's probably not the more rational approach. But it's not really rational to grow fruits and vegetables indoor, except if you raise also bees in the same space...
Fortunately I share an allotment with a friend. It's not as pretty, but I can plant stuff the old school way: Dig a hole in the ground, throw some seeds in it, water it and hope for the best.
I really like it! You could put it in a garden and have a nice green gaze-garden. Depending on the climate it's built in, you could grow a lot of herbs. Thyme, basil, oregano, that sort of thing. Or even just all sorts of succulents, cacti and other such plants.
'Nothing more than plywood and screws'. Then what about the lighting you're going to need unless you live in a greenhouse? What about the water runoff? What about how shallow the growbeds are? Without proper runoff, your roots will be rotting. Your plants will drown. How will you even water the plants on the top? You're supposed to take plywood over to a center that has laser cutting / CNC milling machines? Where in the heck do you even find those? I've never heard of those services being available, especially not on that scale. I like the idea, but it does not seem practical, nor sustainable. I feel like they paid more attention to the aesthetics than they did the viability of the plants.
I was thinking the same thing. You aren't being negative, you are being practical. I had the same concerns. Those are very shallow boxes and depending on the plants they would need more room to grow. I can't think of a weeks worth of vegetables that would grow with that little room and in such a shallow box. Herbs, yes, veggies, no. In the first photo it looks like the ones on the bottom are dying.
Load More Replies...machine cut I suppose (I thought laser but there is no burnt mark)
Load More Replies...Yeah, I really love the word EASILY in the title. :-D Or the description 'just some plywood' about those boards that clearlc need to be cut by a pro.
not really, go to nearest fablab and ask to be teach how to use a laser cutting machine, commanded by computer
Load More Replies...Wow. So we will be able to grow parsley that cost as much as a fortune given the enormous amount of energy that is needed for the light installation. I wonder if those people have, beside from their super-cool-start-up-idea, ever been in touch with anything having to do with actual gardening - maybe if they would have, they had never been as naive as to believe that anything apart from maybe parsley can be cultivated in containers without water runoff and a mere deepth of a few centimeters... come on guys.
a whole lot of plants can be cultivated in this manner. My Nan grows thyme, basil, oregano, peppers, cocktail tomatoes, strawberries in planters that have the same dimensions. As for drainage, buy perforated plywood or drill holes into it.
Load More Replies...Well ney sayers...have built something similar with an electric fret saw years ago to sit in the bathroom with all my fragile plants for when was away on holidays. Yes it takes some patience! Yes one needs to be somewhat skilled! Yes it will take time with the 1st one. But I was so inspired even cut a new bathroom door in the shape of a wave, so that the two halfs met in the middle. Now to watering...used 50% pea shingle gravel in growing medium...at both ends of each growing board length, drilled holes, then used plastic micro piping to water level below. This done on all 4 levels of my mini growing sphere until base level reached, used mini solar driven pump (solar pad stuck to bathroom window) to re-circulate water to top level once again. Eventually used a mini fishtank filter and oxygenater also😊😊😊 The depths on each level can be increased/decreased depending on the Light sourse I also found...I used a Grow lamp hung inside the sphere from the bathroom ceiling.
Based on this ideal design, someone will rerelease it with more practical features. I can envisage the shelves using a galvanised steel mesh (eg reinforcing mesh) that can have planter boxes on it.
You forget to put the link to download the files. https://github.com/space10-community/the-growroom
Wow! This is the coolest new gardening idea I have seen in decades! Bravo! I would definitely be interested if I lacked gardening space :D
"It’s made with nothing more than plywood and screws" ...and there's the problem!
It's very aesthetic. Seems they are two differents projects. The first is bigger and made with tubular support. But both seem unprotected against humidity and it's not clear how to easily water the plants. It the main objective is vegetables production, it's probably not the more rational approach. But it's not really rational to grow fruits and vegetables indoor, except if you raise also bees in the same space...
Fortunately I share an allotment with a friend. It's not as pretty, but I can plant stuff the old school way: Dig a hole in the ground, throw some seeds in it, water it and hope for the best.
I really like it! You could put it in a garden and have a nice green gaze-garden. Depending on the climate it's built in, you could grow a lot of herbs. Thyme, basil, oregano, that sort of thing. Or even just all sorts of succulents, cacti and other such plants.
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