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Mediamatic Fabriek
Saying Goodbye to the Summer
18Sep 2012Caring for the systems and discussing the coming winter.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Fine-tuning for Transnatural
4Sep 2012Our workshop at Transnatural is coming close now and we are working on all the preparations to make sure everything goes as planned. Last materials, fish and worms are being bought and the transport...
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Workshop: NEMO
Aquaponics Workshop @ Transnatural
7Sep 2012Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. We're sharing our knowledge and enabling people to build their own aquaponics system at home.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Tuesday's aquaponics meeting
28Aug 2012This tuesday, the renders of the plans for the fabriek will be hanging on the wall. We probably will be talking about that. Last sunday, we made some constructions for the tomato plants. Let's see...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Check-up sunday
26Aug 2012On sunday we will do a check-up of the systems. The tower system had a lot of algae, but the fish were still energetic. We will be installing a new pump, to ensure dissolved oxygen so we can prevent...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Taking care of the Systems
21Aug 2012Last sunday the plants got a lot of attention. The dead plants in the raft system were taken out and the dead leaves in all the systems are now removed. The rest of the plants have bugs on them, so...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Sunny Sunday
19Aug 2012Last tuesday we had a small get together with a barbecue. We invited all of our colleges to come and check out the aquaponics tower, since not everyone is involved in this project. It was an easy...
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NEMO
Mediamatic @ Transnatural
7Sep 20127Oct 2012Transnatural explores the interactions between technology and ecology. During the opening day of the festival we’ll be building an aquaponics tower at NEMO, hopefully with your help. The tower will...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Tuesday BBQ-day
14Aug 2012Last sunday was a really productive day. We started the first steps of our very own germination room by seeding different kinds of vegetables in rockwool cubes and in clay pebbles to see what will...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Germination Time
12Aug 2012Last tuesday the whole Aquaponics Group was reunited again in the Mediamatic Fabriek. We talked about the last few weeks, an overview of the events and developments.
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Easy Tuesday
7Aug 2012At this Sunday’s Meeting the Mediamatic Aquaponics Group met at the Fabriek to do some basic water testing and general maintenance. The new part of the tower’s broken water pump arrived and we were...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Relaxed Sunday
5Aug 2012The Aquaponics Group spent Tuesday at our Vijzelstraat location doing some repairs on the new tower. We fixed the syphons and found the problem to be that there were too few openings and that they...
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Mediamatic FABRIEK expertmeeting
invulling van de van Gendthallen
Op een mooie zomerse namiddag in juli spraken we met een groep bevriende experts over onze toekomstplannen voor de Mediamatic FABRIEK in de Van Gendthallen.
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Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS
Adjusting the New Tower
31Jul 2012This past meeting the Aquaponics Group started at the Fabriek to test the water in the systems. We then traveled to Vijzelstraat to the Mediamatic Bank where we checked on the new tower, built at our...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Open Sunday
29Jul 2012At our last meeting we mainly prepared for the upcoming Aquaponics Workshop taking place this Saturday in the Mediamatic Bank. Tools and supplies were organized and sorted for the migration to our...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Preparing for Saturday's Workshop
24Jul 2012Sunday again tested the results of our experiment and found that the pH levels changed un expectedly. Wendy was kind enough to give us some extra plants from her garden so we added those to our...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Measuring and Constructing
22Jul 2012At the past meeting we made our way through the long to-do list we had. We got more organized by putting together a shopping list and sorting out the documentation of our test results. We also had a...
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Mediamatic Fabriek
Getting Organized
17Jul 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
15Jul 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
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
10Jul 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
10Oct 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
3Jul 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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Exhibition: Designhuis
De Etende Mens
29Jun 20126Jan 2013In De Etende Mens (Food Culture: Eating by Design) Premsela explores how design can enable us to make the changes to our food chain that are necessary to ensure a healthy future. Mediamatic's High...