- How can the entity respond to floods and droughts? How flexible is it so as to sustain food production during these times?
- How can people access these governmental services? Who can access them?
- What current farming behaviours can be utilised? What needs to be changed?
2 Strategy
Following my research on the effects of climate change in South East Asia, I have started to explore different aspects of the design that can help respond to this. General questions to start thinking about are;-
1 Strategy - Issues
Providing tools and resources for poverty-stricken communities to produce their own agriculture is more beneficial for long-term solutions. Due to the effects of climate change, a new infrastructure will need to be proposed as a means to respond to the issues. Farming behaviours will need to change to overcome arising issues and increase food production. This will heavily influence the design in terms of materials, form etc.
Extracts from Global Agriculture Towards 2050 (link)
Extracts from UNEP (link)
It is predicted that food production in South-East Asia will decrease by 15% due to climate change
Extracts from Global Agriculture Towards 2050 (link)
The projections show that feeding a world population of 9.1 billion people in 2050 would require raising overall food production by some 70 percent between 2005/07 and 2050. Production in the developing countries would need to almost double.
Experience of countries that have succeeded in reducing hunger and malnutrition shows that economic growth and poverty reduction policies as such do not automatically ensure success: the source of growth matters too. Crosscountry analysis shows that GDP growth originating in agriculture is, on average, at least twice as effective in benefiting the poorest half of a country’s population as growth generated in non-agricultural sectors. This is not surprising as 75 percent of the poor in developing countries live in rural areas and derive significant parts of their livelihoods from agriculture and related activities. For agriculture-dependent countries in particular, agricultural growth is key for overall growth and development and for poverty reduction.
Extracts from UNEP (link)
It is predicted that food production in South-East Asia will decrease by 15% due to climate change
more interesting discussions about economy & climate change affect south east asia
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Economics-Climate-Change-SEA/PDF/Economics-Climate-Change.pdf
06 Presentation Feedback
It was suggested that the services go beyond the infrastructure to its surroundings i.e. feeding fish. We were also prompted to start investigating materials; using EFTE was suggested.
Readings
Buildings that use EFTE
Eden Project, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China
National Space Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom
06 Presentation
The first panel focuses on the issues of poverty; natural disasters, accessibility and affordability, food mileage and waste. We are ultimately asking, "how can mobile architecture go beyond its agenda to sustain food production, facilitate education and bring people out of poverty?"
The second panel explores the integration of architecture into systems and supporting infrastructure.
Our final panel addresses the functions and services that are to be provided by the mobile architecture.
06 Sahara Forest Project
Exploration Architecture hints at ways of producing large amounts of renewable energy, food and water.
The Sahara Forest Project
The Sahara Forest Project combines two proven technologies in a new way to create multiple benefits: producing large amounts of renewable energy, food and water as well as reversing desertification. A major element of the proposal is the Seawater Greenhouse - a brilliant invention that creates a cool growing environment in hot parts of the world and is a net producer of distilled water from seawater. The second technology, Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) involves concentrating the sun's heat to create steam that drives conventional turbines, producing zero carbon electricity twice as efficiently as photovoltaics. The two technologies have very promising synergies that make the economic case even more attractive
The Sahara Forest Project
The Sahara Forest Project combines two proven technologies in a new way to create multiple benefits: producing large amounts of renewable energy, food and water as well as reversing desertification. A major element of the proposal is the Seawater Greenhouse - a brilliant invention that creates a cool growing environment in hot parts of the world and is a net producer of distilled water from seawater. The second technology, Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) involves concentrating the sun's heat to create steam that drives conventional turbines, producing zero carbon electricity twice as efficiently as photovoltaics. The two technologies have very promising synergies that make the economic case even more attractive
06 Exploration Architecture
Exploration Architecture - Eden Project
I came across this project by Exploration Architecture that uses EFTE as the skin of the greenhouse. This ensures that temperatures are maintained throughout the year.
The Eden Project uses EFTE - a high performance polymer that is assembled in a triple layer 'pillows' that are then inflated for structural rigidity. They were made much larger than glass and were 1% of the weight (a factor 100 saving in embodied energy). This substantially reduced the amount of steel required and allowed more sunlight into the building.
It is an extremely lightweight enclosure that is self-heating for most of the year. The weight of the superstructure is less than the weight of the air it contains.
I came across this project by Exploration Architecture that uses EFTE as the skin of the greenhouse. This ensures that temperatures are maintained throughout the year.
The Eden Project uses EFTE - a high performance polymer that is assembled in a triple layer 'pillows' that are then inflated for structural rigidity. They were made much larger than glass and were 1% of the weight (a factor 100 saving in embodied energy). This substantially reduced the amount of steel required and allowed more sunlight into the building.
It is an extremely lightweight enclosure that is self-heating for most of the year. The weight of the superstructure is less than the weight of the air it contains.
06 Process Images
We have prepared a collage to illustrate the infrastructure and services that will support the proposed mobile architecture. This will be used as the main image on panel 2.
[Refer back to 05 Infrastructure, services and 05 World Ports]
The final collage illustrates the functions that will be provided by the mobile architecture. We left it as a generic shape so as to not suggest a definite form. This will be the core image on panel 3.
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