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- PostPatchPlastic: from waste to wellness(2024) Jacquelin, Maude; Lampa, Albina; Olsson, Isabelle; Palmlöf, Stina; Chalmers tekniska högskola // Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggndsteknik; Chalmers University of Technology / Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering; Thuvander, Liane; Hagy, Shea; Lundin, Jessica; Zachrisson, LinaThe PatchPlastic project, part of the Reality Studio course at Chalmers University, focuses on community-driven design within the Malusi community, an informal settlement in Pretoria, South Africa. Through a blend of frugal design principles, mapping of local waste materials, and participatory processes, the project aims to enhance resilience, circularity, and well-being at a local health clinic in Malusi. By involving stakeholders as community members, clinic patients, and staff, the PatchPlastic project addresses critical issues such as waterproofing the waiting space, sanitation improvements, and creating engaging spaces for children and adults. Educational aspects are a focus of the project and all interventions showcase innovative DIY-methods and multipurpose principles that can be adopted by the community. Realized interventions and possible future interventions are outlined in a Masterplan with three stages: the current situation, shortterm, and long-term. Realized interventions respond to the most urgent challenges of the current situation. This include a bench outside the main gate, a rain shelter, a children’s area and blackboards to share information and activate the kids. Short-term interventions include a composting center and gardening station, while long-term plans involve a flood-safe path and a market stall for selling garden produce. The project’s success lies in its ability to empower the community, foster ownership, and inspire sustainable solutions that resonate with the local context. As the project progresses, the hope is for the interventions to be utilized, maintained, and further developed by the community, leading to a lasting impact on the area’s well-being and sense of community
- PostBuilding Identity by Co-Building Spaces: a chapter in the story of Melusi 3(2024) Ekdahl, Karolina; Källander, Tove; Xi, Xifeng; Xiao, Guiling; Chalmers tekniska högskola // Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggndsteknik; Chalmers University of Technology / Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering; Thuvander, Liane; Hagy, Shea; Lundin, Jessica; Zachrisson, LinaThis report compiles materials from a student project in an informal settlement in Pretoria, South Africa, focusing on how bottom-up and participatory design, coupled with qualitative data collection, can foster community-building architectural processes. The research employed various methods to gather contextual information, community aspirations, and stakeholder insights, simultaneously establishing relationships for future interventions. The process involved understanding the context, collecting data through workshops, interviews, and observations, reflecting needs back to stakeholders, and co-designing solutions. The journey was documented for potential future interventions and reference. Collaboration with local stakeholders led to on-site interventions utilizing community skills and resources whilst promoting sustainable bottom-up solutions. The hypothesis suggests that engaging with the community and stakeholders to understand, map, and address needs can facilitate effective, intentional interventions and encourage future community-led initiatives.
- PostPost Harvest(2024) Berntsson, Helge; Hua, Yu-Han; Xie, Sylvia; Ye, Xuan-Jia; Chalmers tekniska högskola // Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggndsteknik; Chalmers University of Technology / Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering; Thuvander, Liane; Hagy, Shea; Lundin, Jessica; Lina, ZachrissonReality Studio is a transformative course offered within the Master's program in Architecture and Planning Beyond Sustainability at Chalmers University of Technology. This educational platform fosters collaborative knowledge creation between universities in Kenya and Sweden alongside various organizations, associations, and authorities. The course emphasizes sustainable development as a crucial global challenge that requires nuanced, local solutions. Through the Reality Studio, students engage directly with local stakeholders in urban areas to develop innovative design and planning strategies to improve health and enhance quality of life. This hands-on approach ensures that projects are sustainable, culturally relevant, and responsive to the specific needs of the communities involved. Participation and interaction with local communities are fundamental to the studio, ensuring solutions are grounded in real-world contexts and challenges.Initially, our given mission was to solve the grain storage problem in Seme village, Kenya. However, once in the field and interacting with local farmers to understandt their needs the focus shifted to the grain drying process instead. Each year, the studio works on identifying themes connected with UNSDG goals to focus on. Food loss and poverty are the primary themes associated with this project. The theme focuses on decreasing poverty and hunger in the village by increasing the drying process's effectiveness.
- PostChildren As Designers: participatory design with Siaya's young Learners(2024) Grueschow, Anjuli; Lindahl, Moa; Lindman, Linnéa; Perdotter, Astrid; Wennberg, Lovisa; Chalmers tekniska högskola // Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggndsteknik; Chalmers University of Technology / Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering; Thuvander, Liane; Hagy, Shea; Lundin, Jessica; Lina, ZachrissonThis project involves a team from Chalmers University participating in the Master’s program Architecture and planning beyond sustainability, working in close collaboration with children in Siaya County, Kenya and especially kids from Awelo Primary School located in Siaya. The collaboration began with the aim to involve and engage children more actively in design processes. Children are a vulnerable group often excluded from these kinds of activities, as well as from many decision making processes in society. Kenya and Siaya have worked with the issue of inclusion of vulnerable groups through an ongoing development plan, where our project covers the topic through the perspective of a child. As a result, this report proposes two parallel outcomes: one methodological representation on how to include children in design processes, and a specific design solution for improvement of schools in Siaya County. The design further suggests site-specific improvement of Awelo primary school in the three scales of a masterplan, a building and a prototype detail.
- PostCommunity Hub: a way to connect a safe food production in Jhenaida(2024) Baudriller, Laszlo; Binerowska, Marta; Ernvik, Josua; Rodriguez , Andrea; Reis, Nora; Chalmers tekniska högskola // Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggndsteknik; Chalmers University of Technology / Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering; Thuvander, Liane; Hagy, Shea; Lundin, Jessica; Zachrisson, LinaHow can organic fruits and vegetables be promoted in and around the town of Jhenaidah in Bangladesh? How can farming in homesteads be made easier and how can the surplus crops reach buyers who are yearning for safe and healthy food? Through the field study of the Reality Studio, we developed the Community Hub in the hope that it will be a part of the answer to these and other societal questions. We believe that connecting people is vital for spreading awareness of existing techniques, for sharing resources, and to build courage to embark on new initiatives together. We hope that the Community Hub can act as a link between individuals, between the communities and the Agriculture Office, and as a link to connect producers with consumers, reduce the harmful impact of farming on people and the environment while strengthening communities and empowering marginalized groups. To better understand the context, we have taken part in site visits with agricultural experts, held workshops and discussion with communities and representatives of organizations, as well as countless informal meetings in and around Jhenaidah. Throughout the project we have been guided by local architects from the Platform of Community Action and Architecture (POCAA) who have worked in close collaboration with communities in Jhenaidah for many years.