Project Two: Enabling Sustainability

Second major project for Studio 3A is about enabling sustainability within a community. Our focus area is the New College on campus.

First of all, here are my 3 concepts for infusing sustainable impact on New College:

QUICK SOLUTION

SLOW SOLUTION

CO-OP SOLUTION
Basically it's a dormitory overloaded with approx. 280 students from UNSW, with around 56 students on each floor, mixed genders.

Some concerns with their energy / water consumption: 24-hour access to cordial machines & refrigerated beverages, undercarpet heating that turns on at certain intervals during the winter days (for the whole building, even when students may not be inside the rooms), 24-hr air-conditioning of the computer room to keep the server cool, unregulated use of the $2 washing machines (2 on each floor, 4 floors in total), etc.

Basically my idea behind each concept is by providing visual and interactive communication within the environment so the students can be readily informed and behaviourally ameliorated towards a sustainable norm.

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GoodBye PETE

Looking at packaging designs from The Dieline.com, I came across this classy water bottle. Yes it's a reusable water flask - finally a solution to PETE wastes that involves both functionality AND aesthetics in form! Oh, moreover it's environmentally friendly and saves you from cancer, too!!

According to the website: "you can drink with one hand due to the hinged snap cap, it has a wide mouth so that you can put in ice cubes and refill it easily and the oval shape fits perfectly in the hand. There's also a good balance between branding and letting the structure of the package shine."

This KOR ONE Hydration Vessel is what 'Look Good, Feel Good' is really about!

(Kinda stole my idea of redesigning a vacuum flask for my Gen X guy though...)

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