Design Project 3 | Nature conservation brainstorming

1. Underwater habitat conservation (after sea level rising)
2. Offshore architecture

3. Floating cities

Desalinating the water, getting rid of waste, doesn’t have to be fast (move because of weather), floating up or down to counteract moving oceans,energy, coral reefs under, fish farm anchor,

4. Moon & Mars colonization

WATER BOTTLE brainstorming (Cindy):

FREESTYLE BRAINSTORMING for concept model features/looks/specific purpose (divergent-convergent thinking / post-it brainstorming under 5 minutes) - Cindy and Matthew 08/11 Meeting

Matthew’s ideas (some are inspired by Slack general channel):

• 4 island system (inverse dam)
• Geothermal system
• Power lines and telecom systems (copper wires under floating island to connect to neighboring countries)
• Water recycling & agricultural use with fertilization and self generative process
• Makeshift housing with green resources (reusable)
• Emergency system for energy shortage (using renewables and have 5 energy storage systems, not a centralized one)
• Materials manufacturing for Venetian products
• Some aspect that maintains Venice’s cultural values, tradition, and aesthetic (deeper) other than the geographic sinking issue
• Keep Venice’s boats and mode of transportation, adding railway systems
• Enforce health benefits with walking and exercise, (ie. running, walking, surfing, swimming, sailing…)

Cindy’s ideas:

1. submarine for transportation (to sightsee the underwater species/old Venice that sank)
2. Bridges that can elevate
3. Super deep instead of wide roads
4. Multi-story farm powered with artificial lights
5. Underwater museum for old venice
6. Underwater tube for both scenery and public transportation
7. Hydrogen powered vehicles
8. Plantation that include different habitat
9. self floating material as the base of the city
10. flexible self-healing walls
11. Counter weights to resist wave
12. Solar panel shaped to match the Venice style
13. Using the ocean as a heat sink for cooling and heating
14. Nuclear Power plant?
15. underwater turbines on the outer ring of the city to harvest wave energy
16. Rainwater reservoir
17. Extansible city

Top 6:

1. Counter wave resistance measures
2. underwater turbines on the outer ring of the city to harvest wave energy
3. Bridges that can elevate or act like a retracting “4 bar linkage” bridge

4. Keeping Venice style (maintains Venice’s cultural values, tradition, and aesthetic from building, land & gondola transportation, and etc.)

5. Emergency energy system (using renewables and have 5 energy storage systems, not a centralized one)
6. Water collection, storage and recycle system.

ROLES:

Warren: Problem Statement, Concept Statement, MVP Features + Explanations, CCP

Cindy: Surveying, Building physical model

Ali: Building physical model, Journey map, Sketch for the poster

Vivian: POVs, MVP+ Features, materials lists

Matthew: Digital Model, Building the physical Exterior/Interior Models

Everyone: Poster, Spec sheet