Showing posts with label Design Concepts and concerns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Design Concepts and concerns. Show all posts

Thursday, April 2, 2009

A Design Opportunity in Roti(Food)



My idea was for the dry, hilly regions with lack of water but lots of sunshine!(some place like the village we visited for our Environmental Perception course.)
The concept was to first generate water by the simple method of precipitation.There is moisture in the lower layers of soil, but the only problem is that the water table is very low.Hence, by digging a deep pit, putting a plastic sheet on top and tapping the water,voila!We get what we want!.From here, water pumphouses will pull the water and supply it to the area.One of the supplies would be to a Steam Generating house(steam generated using solar reflectors),from where pipelines will again be connected to the houses around the area.These houses can cook food using steam, instead of being dependent on fossil fuels, or even LPG!~similar techinques could be adopted in citites, maybe on top of houses or apartments!

Roti-Food


This assignment was to represent what we actually know about Roti(Food) and the issues related to it.



This was the next level of the same assignment, where we had to think about how roti is or is not sustainable at the moment.The problems and issues related to it.We interviewed some organic farm owners,designers, wholesellers, People teaching and practising sustainability in colleges,CEPT faculty and the IIM faculty.Also, some of the NGOs working in this field.It was a very enriching experience to actually understand the wider picture of how things are around us. Formulating, editing, filtering and then representing the data was difficult but fun(once again)!:)

The Omllette walas in ahmedabad


One of the best assignments in Foundation: a visual presentation of the Ahmedabad street vendors who sell egg-based food offerings.A business model.
Lots of fun, lots of fights!;)