2 nd year projects

1. 2nd year projects Myles Bates

2. Water for all Unilever Award of £1500

3. Brief: • Lighten the burden of water collection for women in the developing world.

4. Problem • Water supplies are far away • Girls miss school to retrieve water in the mornings • The water is often dirty and full of disease • Causing illness and death, as well as problems from carrying the heavy water.

5. Facts • More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. Nearly all deaths, 99 percent, occur in the developing world. • Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every four hours. • 780 million people lack access to an improved water source; approximately one in nine people. • "[The water and sanitation] crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns." • Over 2.5X more people lack water than live in the United States.

6. Solutions: play pump • playground wheel water pump • children play with it, which in turn draws water from rivers, lakes and wells. • Clean water • More attendance at schools • Fun • Paid for by advertisements on billboard on water tank • Also has public information on other boards Click for video

7. Solution: Rain water collection Problem: It does not rain enough to make this solution effective to the mass population.

8. Solutions: water-wheel • Collect water easily • Wheel water to save carrying, easy to push • Possibly could clean water as you move it • Quicker and easier water collection

10. Solution: • http://www.sswm.info/category/implementation-tools/water-distribution/hardware/non-piped-distribution/human-powered-distr

11. Solution: • Various similar and cheaper products.

12. Solution: Life-straw • Cleans water as you drink • Acts as a filter straw • Does not help carrying water • Single person only • http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/design-matters/ • http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/618/the-worth-of-water/ • http://www.buylifestraw.com

13. Solution: reusable bottle • Water bottle turns in to piping • Helps transport water closer to communities • http://inhabitat.com/jointhepipe-brilliant-water-bottle-wins-2010-dutch-design-award/ • http://jointhepipe.blogspot.co.uk

14. Solution: Condensation collector • A Giant Basket That Uses Condensation to Gather Drinking Water • His stunning water towers stand nearly 30 feet tall and can collect over 25 gallons of potable water per day by harvesting atmospheric water vapor. • Each tower costs approximately $550 and can be built in under a week with a four-person team and locally available materials. • Inspired by the Warka tree http://www.wired.com/2014/03/warka-water-africa/

15. Material research • Water absorbing polymer • The polymer beads will swell to up to 3 time their original volume as they absorb water. • Then release the water later • Useful for collecting moisture and water from the ground.

16. Solution: water venders • Water transport and selling door to door • http://www.sswm.info/category/implementation-tools/water-distribution/hardware/non-piped-distribution/human-powered-distr

17. Health Aspects The quality of the water depends a lot on the source of water (see table below). Its contents are not always of drinking water quality. Even if water is safe at the point of source, there is a high risk of contamination during transport. To prevent waterborne diseases from unverified sources, safe storage and treatment of the water at the point of use and adapted hygienic conditions are very important. Table 1: Improved and unimproved drinking water sources. Source: (WHO/UNICEF 2010)

18. Revised brief • Design a low cost, affordable, solution to assist in transporting water to homes in the water deprived Sub-Saharan desert. Encouraging children age 8-16 (mostly girls) to attend school, instead of missing it due to water collection. The solution must be capable of on distilling the water so it is clean and safe to drink.

19. CREATIVE CONDITIONS RBS Award of £3500 for the best design project RBS Award of £1000 for the best business case

20. Brief: • Design and develop a vision and business case for an environment or situation that prompts and fosters creative thinking.

21. Themes: • Bright colours • Curved corners • http://www.fastcoexist.com/3035799/this-origami-inspired-office-design-expands-contracts-and-changes-its-shape#9

22. Changeable objects and shapes • Triangle shaped object can change into ‘any’ shape • Could make an office out of these shapes to make it customisable. • http://www.designboom.com/architecture/sako-architects-family-box-in-beijing-china-09-25-2014/

23. Rent a creative space • http://www.creativespaces.net.au • Able to rent a local space to do projects • Large spaces • Plain and open • Not tailored to a set industry • Expensive for a new business

24. Working late? • Office/dining room • Office raises into the ceiling to stop working late at home • Able to relax at home while still able to work during the day • http://www.fastcoexist.com/3035778/no-more-working-late-at-the-end-of-each-day-this-office-disappears#5

25. Converted shipping container • Converted shipping container • Small space converted to feel large • Recycling • Cheap • Quirky • http://inhabitat.com/shelterkraft-werks-builds-homes-shops-from-reclaimed-shipping-containers/

26. Pod’s • Little spaces • Cocoon for people to relax and free their mind in • http://igloo.com.au/blog/creative-spaces/

27. Creative offices examples • http://www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/offices/ • http://www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/design/CREATIVE-WORK-ENVIRONMENTS---Do-you-work-in-one-/ • http://prism_design.prosite.com

28. MOBILITY CITY Paid internship at Priestmangoode RSA Fellows’ Award of £1500

29. Kickstarter • new design wheel chair • easier to stand • to be pushed by others as most people are pushed • better posture • https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1836312178/movi-transport-chair?ref=category