Another method of research we did was AEIOU observations. Our main observations were people walking to destinations, people parking their cars, pedestrians, drivers and in terms of the environment, there was little to no greenery in the city.
From the many problems we identified in the city, we chose to focus on the 2 problems shown above, which is interconnected to each other.
Our chosen typology is "Sheltering" from the list of McCullough’s situational typologies
After brainstorming different ideas, we narrowed it down and made a list of aspects to focus on, shown in the black block on the right.
The customer journey is used to show how the service will be carried out.
For our style guide, we chose black, white, grey, blue and green. Our icons are simple line drawings that can be easily understood. The fonts we chose are Ubuntu and myriad pro which can also be easily read. Our logo is inspired by the shape of the greenhouses and carbon capture devices. The buttons, loading bars and scroll bars all represent and use the colours we have chosen.
We took inspiration from the Dyson air purifier, as well as tunnels structures with lighting and structures that had greenery incorporated into it.
These are some of the ideas we explored. This is a summary of the 3 ideas we eventually incorporated together and developed further.
A GIF showing the greenery appear into the structure design as part of the concept development, trying to achieve the aim of incorporating more greenery into the city.
Carbon Capture Device and Structure
Final Outcome
We designed a carbon capture device which uses direct air capture technology. This product is attached to a structure placed over the road in different parts of the city.
This GIF shows the system is powered by the kinetic energy tiles placed on the sidewalk where energy is generated when the tiles are stepped on.
Final Outcome
Context Render
This is a context render showing the outcome in an evening setting.
The structure also has lights that turn on during the evenings.
These lights as well as the carbon capture device are powered by the energy generated through the kinetic energy tiles from pedestrians walking on the sidewalk.
The structure has mesh in between creating a place for plants to grow over.
This is a context render showing a side view of the carbon capture device and rooftop greenhouse.
This is a detail of the carbon capture device. The structure was designed to be high enough to allow cars, busses and delivery trucks to pass through.
Our solution also consists of rooftop greenhouses available to people in the city.
This is a context render of the rooftop greenhouse.
This close-up render shows the details of the greenhouse.
The greenhouse is self-sustained so users don’t have to constantly go in to check their plants.
The misting system and co2 system works on a timer and is automatically activated when needed.
The greenhouse has compartments for individual users.
Each compartment has a screen containing the users information, type of plant they’re growing and the progress of the plant’s growth.
The screen on the outside of the greenhouse shows co2 levels, grey water levels and the temperature.
This is a detail of how the system works.
The carbon capture device collects co2 and transports it through the structure.
The co2 is transported underground through piping and into the co2 storage box on the sidewalk.
The co2 is then sold to companies who use co2 to make things like dry ice and carbonated drinks.
The excess co2 is transported through piping up the building and to the greenhouse as shown in red.
The blue lines show the recycled water from the building taken up to a tank on the rooftop and used in the greenhouse to water the plants.
We wanted our designs to be as minimalistic as possible. For the interface, we wanted lots of white space as the interface will be quite busy. We wanted the icons to be line drawings so they are easily understood.
A mockup of the interface is seen. The interface can be used on any device to control the carbon capture devices and greenhouses.
This interface will mainly be used by the service provider. It can be controlled anywhere in the city or country.
The customers will have their own interface/app where they will be able to book greenhouse space or check on how their plants are doing. The service provider, JCCA, will also be able to send customers updates and notifications through this app.
This is the final interface that will be controlled by the service provider, JCCA. This will be how the landing page will look.
This is the control section for the Carbon capture device.
This is the control section for the Greenhouses.
This is a 2 minute video explaining the project brief, problems identified, key insights, the solution, some important details of the final solution and the value of the outcome and how it has solved the problems. This video mainly focuses on the industrial design contribution to the collaborative project.
This video explains the project in detail, from beginning to end. It shows the process we followed and documents the contributions of both industrial design and multimedia design. This video also explains in detail the UX part of the solution and how the interface works together with the physical products, as part of the system that they are interconnected to.
This video is not necessary to watch as it is just a recap of the entire process already documented above.
