h a l f b a k e r yIt might be better to just get another gerbil.
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Look at a shallow profile filing cabinet, and
pull out every other drawer, now scale it up
in your imagination to the size of a
building. Every apartment now has two
floors, one of which is the extendable
balcony.
In the summer, you crank out your balcony,
and have an outdoor garden,
in the winter
you bring it in and have an indoor garden.
see link - depicting winter mode.
(?) shallow drawer cabinets
http://www.furnitur...557&productId=13518
winter position [xenzag, Jul 22 2006]
http://weburbanist....utm_term=feed-title
[xenzag, Jul 29 2014]
shallow door cabinets
https://www.google....Ag&biw=1004&bih=621
Files like these. [popbottle, Jul 29 2014]
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B-but, what happens to all your indoor stuff when you crank in the balcony? Maybe they could be simultaneously cranked out the other side of the building creating a (cold) outdoor room? |
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read it again [faffer] you have two floors -
only one cranks in and out, so "indoor
stuff " is unaffected. |
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This is highly funky, I like it. Though if you crank the garden out intending to sunbathe, you'd better make sure you're living on the top floor. |
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"What Irishman gets cranked in every winter?" |
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See last link..... I trust my cheque for having the original idea is in the post. Ha |
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But filing cabinets only allow one drawer at a time to be opened to prevent them toppling over. |
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Each unit should be built at 90 degrees from the one below, with the elevators immediately adjacent to the plumbing stack and those two items in a vertical column. That way your neighbors above will not shade you. The nearest balcony above will be 4 floors up. |
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What will go on during summer in the intrabuilding winter quarters of the garden? There will be a void. It seems a shame to just leave it to the roaches and dustbunnies. |
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[hippo] the bubble burster. |
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Sorry. This idea would work if each balcony was paired with another on the opposite side of the building (e.g. on the floor below) such that they both move out and back in together (connected by some big cogs and ropes, or something). This would keep the building balanced, and allow many balconies to be extended at once. |
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In the text of the idea are these words "shallow profile
filing cabinet". In this type of filing cabinet alternate
drawers can all be extended, as they are not mechanically
linked. Existing buildings with permanent balconies do not
topple over, so I see no reason why this one would. |
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Because of bungston's stack and elevator reminder,
the
transforming floor space will have to be a fraction of
the fixed floor space. Maybe, the balcony could be
in a floral shape with unused summer space as a giant
air humidifier from stack spray jets. Perfuming agents
cost extra. |
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