3D-model processing

Today, we have started to make the 3D-model of Billnäs with wood and cardboard. The topography is finished, almost all the buildings are done. We still need highlight the fishway so that it can be seen easily in the model. We were thinking of using white cardboard to have a contrast with the brown cardboard already used for the toporgraphy.

To be continued...tomorrow !

- Caroline

Report writing

So, the deadline is tomorrow. I think that the text part is alright now, though I just realized that it might be good to add some small things and change some small details. I wrote something about fishing tourists and and I think that the argument could be better. I'm not 100 % sure about the list of references. For example, if a book is in Finnish, should the name of the organization be written it in Finnish or in English (Suomen ympäristökeskus or Finland's environmental administration)? I decided to write it in Finnish. It's very interesting to hear comments about the report before after the first submission tomorrow..!

We divided the work so that everyone does their own part and one group member puts all of it together (text, pictures, etc.) It seems to work quite well.

EDIT: Oh well, the last version of the text didn't get to the first submission, but it's ok anyway. The list of references is unfinished. Also a misunderstanding with the references occurred. I noticed that there are some other small mistakes too. Like every picture should be mentioned in the text. And each of them needs captions too. Some appendixes are still missing. And the title of chapter three should be "the results of the questionnaire study". Just to mention that we are aware of these things.
But in general I think it's quite good and looks very good! :)

- Mika

design plan

Now we are making and discussing our landscape design plan. Although there are some possibility of the types for fishway as Caroline wright before,
after some nice opportunity to have meeting with the persons from Raasepoori urbanism and Finland's environmental administration, we are going to choose "natural fishway" with rock ramp rather than fish ladder.
plan sketch for Billnäs
idea sketch
We are also making for design
- visual images like perspective drawing which is most important for attracting people
- detailed section(or plan) with technical information

keep working :)

-Meiko

Some publicity

An article about our project was published in Västra Nyland newspaper in 16.4.2010. It is actually a relatively big article, one whole page. That's good. It is written well and the pictures are good too (we look good ;) Västra Nyland is probably the biggest newspaper in the area.

One of my statements might be misunderstood, the first statement in the article. The road was build and that is when the flooding channel was closed (in Åminnefors). Before that the fishes were able to rise to the river trough the flooding channel. So in a way it is only the road that is blocking the fishes from coming to the river. However if you go to the dam, there are no signs of the old flooding channel anymore, so it might sound kind of strange that the road is closing the river. Of course the dam is actually closing it but the migrating fishes could not rise to river anymore after the road was built over the flooding channel.

Anyway, we have already succeeded in some goals of our project: we got some publicity for the issue. Anyway, in two weeks we will offer the final article to the local newspapers. The text part of the final report is almost ready. I am very excited to see what kind of pictures have Lea and Meiko managed to do, the visual plan is the most important part of the plan.

Tomorrow we are having a group meeting. I scanned and attached the article (I hope it's not illegal to do that).

- Mika

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léa

I took some pictures of existing waterfront installations, added by local people to make easier a walkway, to sit down and enjoy the sun and the view, or the rests of old installations. I think it can be interesting to have an idea what people spontaneously do; the poetry and the aspect of these element can be for us kind of inspiration. Also before an exemple of used local material for construction, in Billnäs. It is a, important aspect of the landscape.

Léa

Some pictures from the last visit, as I promised

Here is Aminneförs : views of water front, you can see the slope :)

Billnäs, the group working : Mika, Meiko, Marco

Her you can see the fishway project places in Billnäs

Léa