New Prototypes

After our critique last week we refined our approach and explored new geometries. Here is a prototype I came up with:

The idea is a grow pod that folds down to expose plants growing in the middle.  The central acrylic portion is used as a leverage device to pull the panels closed and also as a support structure for the plants growing in the middle. 

Here are a few of the other ideas:

I suspect the best solution lies somewhere between the three ideas.