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Mediamatic Fabriek
Getting Organized
- Aquaponics Group Meeting #1617Jul 2012Sunday we added some new aromatic herbs, bought from the Sunday Market next door, to our system. We also increased the amount of water in both the new four story edifice and the small system.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Adding to the Current Systems
- Aquaponics Group Meeting #1515Jul 2012This past meeting we tested the water of the systems as well as added a bit of phosphoric acid. We also built a new tap for the pebble washing system in order to more effectively rinse the clay...
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workshop: Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS
Aquaponics Workshop
- Sold-out!28Jul 2012At Mediamatic we're in the know about aquaponics: a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. We want to continue sharing our knowledge and enable you...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Fine Tuning the New Four-Story Edifice
- Aquaponics Group Meeting # 1410Jul 2012Last friday was our second Aquaponics Workshop where we built a new high density four-story edifice to replace the one currently on loan to the Designhuis in Eindhoven. Participants in the sold out...
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workshop: New Energy Docks: Green Metropole
Aquaponics Workshop @ Festival of Cools
- Learn how to build an aquaponics system10Oct 2012At Mediamatic we're in the know about aquaponics: a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. We continue to share our knowledge by organizing workshops...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Aquaponics: a review before the workshop
- Aquaponics Group Meeting #133Jul 2012The high density 4-storey Aquaponic Edifice, together with the Diesel Kantine of João Negro, had its first showing at the Food and Architecture Fair in Amsterdam and it is now in Eindhoven for the...
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project:
Polydome
Polydome is a revolutionary approach to greenhouse agriculture that offers the possibility of commercial scale, net-zero-impact food production.
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Daniel Höwekamp
Daniel is een biologisch architect, en directeur van aayu architecten. Woonachtig in Amsterdam.
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workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Custom Aquaponics Group Workshop
1Jan 2013- Build a system with colleagues or friends31Dec 2013Aquaponics is a sustainable eco-system for food production that combines the cultivation of plants and fish. Mediamatic designs aquaponic installations on a Dutch scale. Sustainable mini-nurseries...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Preparing Migration
- Aquaponics Group Meeting #1219Jun 2012Yesterday we worked on the Kantine, trying to find the best way to build it and experiment on its design. pH values are still our priorities, so we continued to test them in order to stabilize their...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Nursery and Kantine Sunday
- DIY Aquaponics building weekend #817Jun 2012On June 17th the Aquaponic Group will meet around 13:00 (1 pm) at the Van Gendthallen in Amsterdam to finish the nursery for fishes and plants seedlings and build a diesel kantine. Also we're going...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Researching and Building
- Aquaponics Group Meeting #1112Jun 2012Our last building Sunday was very productive: we did several chemical tests on water, improved the tripledecker tower by replacing the grow beds' metal supports with bamboo, strengthened the LEd...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Fishes/plants nursery and PH values
- DIY Aquaponics Building Weekend #710Jun 2012We have already built three systems, now it's time to dig into some important aspects: how to control Ph values? What is a good plant fertilizer?
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Growing Mediamatic
Art, design and bioculture
Growing Mediamatic looks to new techniques for the responsible management of resource use, experimentation with new forms of energy, and the exploration of biotechnology and eco-culture. Our goal is...
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Mycelium products
Mycelium, mushrooms, and more...
Mycelium based materials can someday replace plastic. Artists, designers, mycologists, and organizations are working with mycelium based materials, growing their own mushrooms, and exploring this new...
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Climate Control
Heating, cooling, ventilation
Research into sustainable and innovative systems to heat, cool, and ventilate the Fabriek.
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Aquaponics
Fish feeding plants, plants feeding fish
Mediamatic has assembled a team to work on aquaponics projects at Mediamatic Fabriek. View their work here. On this page you can find research on future aquaponics projects.
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Urban Farming
Research on urban farming practices
The line between the city and the country is becoming blurred and new practices are cropping up daily which bring the farm to the urban environment. We are looking into urban farming practices and...
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Kitchens and Cooking
Research on innovative kitchens and cooking methods
How can we rethink the way we cook and the environment we cook in? Think mobile kitchens, making bio-diesel from discarded frying oil, and cooking with expired produce.
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Portable Harvesters
Harvesters to carry along
Neighbourhood Satellites Energy Harvests is a project by Hanspeter Kadel and Myriel Milicevic. This is a set of five different harvesters that can be carried along for the everyday energy harvesting...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Aquaponics Meeting
- The Tripledecker5Jun 2012Let's make things better!
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workshop: Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS
Bio Data Visualisation Workshop
- Mapping Amsterdam's cultural life with slime-mold13Jun 2012The objective of this experimental workshop is to re-explore and re-map Amsterdam. We will engage with the slime-mold and make use of its awesome cognitive skills, discovering new patterns in our...
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workshop: Mediamatic Fabriek
Aquaponics Workshop
- Learn how to build an aquaponics system yourself!6Jul 2012At Mediamatic we've been experimenting with aquaponics: a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. We want to continue sharing our knowledge and enable...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Aquaponics Group meet Sensemaker
- Aquaponic Group Meeting #1029أيار / مايو 2012During last Saturday's workshop, with the help of enthusiastic volunteers, we built a 4-storey aquaponics system. Now it's time to think how to improve it and arrange its tuning.