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Garden Oasis Chair

A garden chair, conceived as an oasis within the landscape surrounding a house that we are using circular economy design principles to repurpose into an environmental study centre.
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Laurie Chetwood
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The chair is made from materials which have been repurposed from the original house: sail material from its shade canopies, marine ply from the roof and galvanised steel sheet from the external areas and original walkway. It also reuses steel circular hollow section structural members from the canopy support structure.

The ergonomically designed seat utilises the sail material to form a cellular structure filled with biodegradable polystyrene loose fill, supported by a framework of marine ply and galvanised steel sheeting.

Flexible photovoltaic material is integrated into the design to generate electricity, which is stored in batteries at the base of the seat for added stability. This solar-derived power is used for lighting, heating adjacent garden cloches, and enabling the chair's sun-tracking movement, as well as supporting amenity lighting, in-chair phone-charging, and water-spray cooling.

The mechanically retractable sails serve a dual purpose, facilitating rainwater harvesting to supply a pond at the base of the chair and irrigate the surrounding garden, promoting and enhancing existing biodiversity. Gutters and drainage pans for the rainwater harvesting system utilize repurposed galvanized steel sheets.

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Project Highlights
  • Exploring circular economy principles
  • Recycling and reusing materials
  • Competition concept
  • Enhancing biodiversity

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