The GRoW Canning Table

Supervisor: Nickolas Rajkovich
Design Team: Mahan Mehrvarz, Brett Doster, Garrett Herbst
Client: University at Buffalo GRoW House (2015 second Prize on Solar Decathlon competition)
Spring 2015

links:
http://www.dwell.com/house-tours/article/eco-friendly-prototype-whose-furniture-maximizes-energy-efficiency#5
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/energy-efficient-house-furniture#2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/growbuffalo/albums/72157659210557869


This project was designed to be the interior storyteller of buffalo GRoW house in 2015 Solar Decathlon competition (entry from University at Buffalo) which was an eco-house for an urban farmer who live , garden, and relax in the house.
Imagined as a dual storage and pickling station for vegetables grown on-site, this console’s textured metal lid is supposed to flip open to reveal a pressure canner. The lid was fabricated by Rigidized Metals Corporation, one of UB’s biggest industrial partners and donors for the competition. Four shelves feature grooves—milled by a computer-controlled router— for organizing Mason jars.


canning-table


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