Week 46
This week we held a meeting 3/11 where we discussed findings from research about Unicef and likewise help/aid organisations, where we defined the greatest needs from catastrophe exposed cities/areas. We summarized the greatest needs that need immediate focus upon arrival and what 3D-printers could be used for in these areas: Water, sanitation/hygene, shelter, food, medical care, essential items, infrastructure and recycling. Here an essential question came up if we should focus on temporary aid/rebuild the city/or both. The earlier idea had been to provide both temporary aid meanwhile rebuilding the city by recycling destroyed buildings/roads and turning them into new. Which we decided to discuss further the next meeting. We also decided to not focus on the organizational part of how to manage refugees since many other organizations have that part in focus. We want to provide a better way through 3D-printing possibilities for cities to faster rebuild and get back to a more ordinary life. We also decided at this point to build the scenario around a war zone in the middle east.
This week we held a meeting 3/11 where we discussed findings from research about Unicef and likewise help/aid organisations, where we defined the greatest needs from catastrophe exposed cities/areas. We summarized the greatest needs that need immediate focus upon arrival and what 3D-printers could be used for in these areas: Water, sanitation/hygene, shelter, food, medical care, essential items, infrastructure and recycling. Here an essential question came up if we should focus on temporary aid/rebuild the city/or both. The earlier idea had been to provide both temporary aid meanwhile rebuilding the city by recycling destroyed buildings/roads and turning them into new. Which we decided to discuss further the next meeting. We also decided to not focus on the organizational part of how to manage refugees since many other organizations have that part in focus. We want to provide a better way through 3D-printing possibilities for cities to faster rebuild and get back to a more ordinary life. We also decided at this point to build the scenario around a war zone in the middle east.
Happy study times!
We also booked a meeting with 3D-verkstaden 6/11 since it was the only day they could meet. We divided some research areas until the next group meeting 5/11 to look into and strengthen our ideas with facts to determine what would be suitable to print. For example we are sceptical that food and medicine could be printed fast and efficiently enough to this urgent scenario. To the next meeting we decided to look into: What materials you can use to print viable structures, How we rebuild cities nowadays, Look at needs in war zones, How temporary shelters look today.
The meeting 5/11 was held right after the meeting with the executive group, Daniel and Malin. After the briefing of new important deadline dates we made an execution plan for what we will do each week for the entire rest of the project. After that we looked at our research findings and adjusted some details about the project plan and then compiled a presentation for the mid-crit. We got a call from 3D-verkstaden that they unfortunately had to cancel our meeting. They suggested some literature that we could look into concerning 3D-materials related to recycling which was our main interested for the meeting with 3D-verkstaden. They also referred to some 3D-printing fairs in december that could be of interest.
We also booked a meeting with 3D-verkstaden 6/11 since it was the only day they could meet. We divided some research areas until the next group meeting 5/11 to look into and strengthen our ideas with facts to determine what would be suitable to print. For example we are sceptical that food and medicine could be printed fast and efficiently enough to this urgent scenario. To the next meeting we decided to look into: What materials you can use to print viable structures, How we rebuild cities nowadays, Look at needs in war zones, How temporary shelters look today.
The meeting 5/11 was held right after the meeting with the executive group, Daniel and Malin. After the briefing of new important deadline dates we made an execution plan for what we will do each week for the entire rest of the project. After that we looked at our research findings and adjusted some details about the project plan and then compiled a presentation for the mid-crit. We got a call from 3D-verkstaden that they unfortunately had to cancel our meeting. They suggested some literature that we could look into concerning 3D-materials related to recycling which was our main interested for the meeting with 3D-verkstaden. They also referred to some 3D-printing fairs in december that could be of interest.
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First mockup of SAV3D!
After the mid-crit presentation 7/11 we held a meeting and discussed all feedback we got. There were a lot of good input and ideas that we decided implement. For example that “SAV3D” would be collectively monitored by the affected disaster struck community. We added some great functions and specified how SAV3D could be monitored collectively.
Week 46
12/11 we held a meeting where we started to plan how our presentation would look like and made a structure for our report. Thereafter we decided to have finished some parts of the report until our next meeting. The main difficulty of this project is to find the balance between the sharing and 3D-printing aspects. At the mid-crit presentation our project was more about 3D-printing and not so much about the sharing aspect. The last meeting we had almost developed the project to the opposite where the 3D-printing much less attention.
Inspirations
Emergency - help organization
http://www.emergency.it/en-index.html?5457f28eb116d
Shiuma espana - Great material to use with structures
http://www.prochima.it/pages/res_poliure.htm
Shelters
http://www.archdaily.com/124688/shelter-home-for-the-homeless-javier-larraz/
3D-printing and customization
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/student-profile-nathan-spielberg-1103
After the mid-crit presentation 7/11 we held a meeting and discussed all feedback we got. There were a lot of good input and ideas that we decided implement. For example that “SAV3D” would be collectively monitored by the affected disaster struck community. We added some great functions and specified how SAV3D could be monitored collectively.
Week 46
12/11 we held a meeting where we started to plan how our presentation would look like and made a structure for our report. Thereafter we decided to have finished some parts of the report until our next meeting. The main difficulty of this project is to find the balance between the sharing and 3D-printing aspects. At the mid-crit presentation our project was more about 3D-printing and not so much about the sharing aspect. The last meeting we had almost developed the project to the opposite where the 3D-printing much less attention.
Inspirations
Emergency - help organization
http://www.emergency.it/en-index.html?5457f28eb116d
Shiuma espana - Great material to use with structures
http://www.prochima.it/pages/res_poliure.htm
Shelters
http://www.archdaily.com/124688/shelter-home-for-the-homeless-javier-larraz/
3D-printing and customization
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/student-profile-nathan-spielberg-1103
Sounds like you are well under way! Good luck, and keep up the good work!
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