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Water and Energy HUB
adres:
Beira, Mozambik
powierzchnia:
300m2
klient:
Delft University of Technology
status:
koncepcja
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Water and Energy HUB
typ:
2020, Usługowe, Future Vision
adres:
Beira, Mozambik
powierzchnia:
300m2
klient:
Delft University of Technology
status:
koncepcja
Praca została nagrodzona wyróżnieniem honorowym na kierunku Technologii Budowlanych Wydziału Architektury Uniwersytetu Technicznego w Delft.
Koncepcja otrzymała 1. nagrodę w 10. edycji międzynarodowego konkursu Roca International Design Contest (Jumpthegap) w jednej z czterech głównych kategorii – Crisis & Emergency. Praca została wyłoniona i nagrodzona z pośród 2165 uczestników z 102 krajów.
As part of my master’s degree, I wanted to create something useful for those who really need it. This graduation project has the goal to improve the living conditions of rural African communities by showing them how to construct off-grid, self-sufficient, and what is most important affordable clean water, energy, and sanitation system. I believe it can be easily adapter by communities of poor regions. Those communities struggle with poor quality water for living which is the cause of many deaths. To change it, a solar-based system is proposed to purify any kind of input water. Widely known simple solar stills are typically designed as single units serving only individuals, moreover, its efficiency is usually low. Therefore, an improved solar still concept is adapted in this research, and its principles are used in the roof system to produce water for the basic living needs of 50 people daily. This report aims to draw attention to two faces of disaster in Mozambique: consequences of climate change and poor living conditions.
Building Technology is seen as a binder between architecture and engineering. Technical innovation can become a starting point for architectural strategy and design. The project aims to use an innovative low-tech solution and introduce it as a utility product for a small rural community, providing it with better living conditions and the possibility of faster development. The project is based on extensive technical research and existing case studies. It scales the technical, solar-based solution of providing clean water in a survival situation to a building scale, a structure that can daily serve up to 50 people, improving their quality of life.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is one of the main concerns in the world nowadays. One of the most visible consequences of rising temperatures on our planet is the increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Africa is a region of the world that is particularly suffering from natural disasters.
In March 2019, the tropical cyclone Idai hit the port city of Beira on the Mozambique coast before moving further into the region. Millions of people from Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe have been affected by the worst natural disaster that has been registered in the last two decades in southern Africa.
WATER ACCESS
WHO estimates that more than a billion people around the world have limited or no access to clean drinking water and most of these people come from rural areas where the low population density makes it difficult to build typical water networks. A lot of Mozambicans must use unsanitary water for living.
ELECTRICITY ACCESS
Around 610 million people in Africa have limited or no access to electricity and cuts from the national grid occur on a daily basis in most of the African countries.
SANITATION ACCESS
According to the World Health Organisation, diseases caused by unhealthy sanitation cause two million deaths globally each year. Effective sanitation is one of the most crucial humanitarian issues in Africa today. UNICEF reports that due to lack of sanitation facilities 40 percent of Mozambicans still need to defecate outdoor.
TESTING
To prove the concept and numerical simulations 1:1 Mock-up was build and tested. Results are promising and will be the starting point for the next stage of the project
