Our Problem
@Abla Mohamed Sultan Abdulla Alshamsi
User problems with Shopping & Dining
Car traffic
Overcrowded (heat)
Carrying bags throughout mall visit
Lack of recreation
Malls are run down
Having to travel to different places for different needs
“I’ve found that local malls tend to be a bit run down, and are slowly dying. After all, we have online shopping now, which is far more convenient.”
“In the US, malls are real dim and boring. You can tell they’ve been around for a while.”
“I do all my shopping online, even groceries! I think malls are redundant at this point.”
Sustainability Problems
Energy intensive
Mass waste producing
Inefficient heating/cooling
Traffic
Our Proposal & Design Thinking
@Anna
“Created a multi-purpose destination for the local community”
- Sustainable Behaviours
- Sustainable Features & Systems
- Sustainable World
User Features - Design Thinking
- Car traffic & Crowdedness
- Open air with many access points
- No car zone
- Close to train and bus stations
- Smart A/C system that adapt based on number of users and past data
- Carrying bags
- Direct delivery to home or exit points, after pur
Sustainable Solution
“Addressing the redundancy of shopping malls in an age of e-commerce, we wish to create a destination close to people’s home so that travel times are reduced, and most of people’s needs and wants can be addressed in one location.”
Sustainability Features & Systems
@Alex
Power Usage
Sustainable energy generation and storage
- Solar glass windows and roof panels
- lithium-ion batteries
- hydro-powered dam/waterfall
- Smart A/C
Waste Production & Management
Underground vacuum waste disposal system embedded throughout the precinct.
- Recycle sewage water for irrigation and restroom usage
Building Materials
- Sustainable construction of buildings using Timber.
Efficiency in Design
Design feature in larger buildings to induce cooling.
Sustainable technology and use of biophilic design to cool the precinct.
Application, Integration & Community Building
@Ilyaan
Display of digital model video
- Sustainable Behaviours
- Sustainable Features & Systems
- Sustainable World
Farmer’s markets where farmers sell produce directly
Directly sourced products everywhere
Supporting local business
Rehash sustainable behaviours, features and systems
- Community owned and operated.
“The strength of co-ops is that they are tied together by a shared vision to achieve a collective greater good, such as improving the lives of the community,” (NUS Business School)
“Prioritising the economic and social interests of the community”