Modifying a Greenhouse Design

Overview

The autonomous community center garden working group got approval from the community to build a greenhouse four months ago. Partway through building, another group realized there was an issue with the plan to entirely enclose a window on the building. Here are notes and design ides for making modifications.

Other Group Needs

• light from the window
• fire exit-ability
• ventilation to fresh air when doing work with fumes
• maintain appearance of security of metal bars

Garden Group Needs

• to be able to have a greenhouse at the BCC
• not have to entirely tear down, redesign, and rebuild the current greenhouse
• not exposure to ventilated fumes on plants
• positive to neutral vibes on the greenhouse from it's immediate neighbors at BCC

Design Ideas

Modifications

We landed on a modification that carves out a box at the north end of the greenhouse to exclude the window and provide a platform for egress. There was some uncertainty over what the roof would look like, so I mocked up two versions.