REVISION: please place your bids. revision instructions: THE IDEA: creating solar sleeping pods in Coventry, England for the homeless I looked into the issues in Coventry and one of the problems that they have is homelessness. Coventry has one of the highest rates of families facing homelessness. For every 1,000 households in the area, there are 12.6 that were assessed either homeless or at risk or homelessness. I thought of creating designs for solar-sleeping pods in the shape of flowers in different colours that would allow homeless people to use these pods as a temporary shelter. This would allow them to use these pods at night instead of freezing on the streets. Of course, this does not completely tackle the issue of homelessness in Coventry but it helps them temporarily. What needs to be revised: this message is for the new assigned writer The four maps need to be created as the writer has failed to do so. The four maps: -“fit, stick, spread and grow” -Empathy map -Persona map -User stories All four maps are maps about the solar sleeping pods that I created in Coventry, England. Then please elaborate each of the four maps in the reflective essay. Video link that gives a detailed explanation of the four maps that you will need to create in relation to the solar sleeping pods for the homeless. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W8YNlmiRPpw (please watch all of it to fully understand the task). Essay structure: Make sure you follow it exactly and answers all the questions in the paragraphs. Reflective essay – be very reflective, explain your challenges and design thinking and processes when creating the solar sleeping pods. My Vision So you are now a designedly change agent – but what do you hope to achieve with these new powers? What`s your vision? The solar sleeping pods to help the homeless in Coventry, England to find a safe shelter. Define Design Thinking What is it? What isn`t it? Give a really good explanation. And explore how it can help to achieve your vision. But also be critical, and consider the limitations of the approach. And how could it be improved? How does this relate to humanitarian engineering? Your developing capabilities How have you developed your capabilities as a designedly change agent? The design challenges, your group project, readings, the design is a storytelling book. How do you plan to develop them further? How will you develop them further? How will you develop the designedly capabilities of other people and organisations? Explain in detail what the four maps are (fit, stick, spread and grow, empathy map, persona map and user stories? How it relates to the personality of the homeless people in Coventry, England (users who would use the pods). Talk about the use of emotion and color behind the pods. Final reflections Summarise all of the above into an elevator pitch for design thinking. Add raised questions regarding this topic. What are your future plans? It could be to expand the pods across the country in England. Bibliography Covering the design studies as well Questions to be answered in the reflective essay: Who will use the design? Who else will benefit from it? What transformation do you hope to achieve for the main user[s] of the design? Very briefly describe your strategy for achieving that transformation How will your main users know they have achieved something worthwhile? How will you be able to tell the transformation has been achieved? Include emotion and colour in Design as a form of Storytelling and elaborate. Please read Emotional Design book by Don Norman (this sound be one of your sources) include in the essay Norman describes that one of the aspects to how we encounter designed things is emotional. I have kept this in mind when I chose the colour palette and the shape of the solar sleeping pods. I chose to use pastel colours: blue, purple, pink and yellow. Pastel colours represent peace. It also symbolises safety and tranquillity. Which I think is important to use when I think of people without homes, wanting to find peace, safety and hope. https://youtu.be/W8YNlmiRPpw Anti-homeless architecture in the Uk https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548998 include this You`re doing the opposite of "hostile architecture" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture And look at the pdf And please elaborate on the emotions behind the solar sleeping pods. Please don`t write something negative and say that you will change the design of it as this is a fixed design. It will not be changed. I feel like you need to elaborate more on the design processes and design thinking instead of explaining what the solar sleeping pods are. Only explain in the first paragraph. Then get into depth and details about how you got to this idea Essay structure reminder My Vision So you are now a ‘designedly change agent` – but what do you hope to achieve with these new powers? What`s your vision? Define Design Thinking What is it? What isn`t it? Give a really good explanation. And explore how it can help to achieve your vision. But also be critical, and consider the limitations of the approach. And how could it be improved? How does this relate to humanitarian engineering? Your developing capabilities How have you developed your capabilities as a designedly change agent? The design challenges, your group project, readings, the design is a storytelling book. How do you plan to develop them further? How will you develop them further? How will you develop the designedly capabilities of other people and organisations? The four maps explained. Final reflections Summarise all of the above into an elevator pitch for design thinking. Raised questions. Future plans. Bibliography Covering the design studies as well n the introduction you say "Weather is a significant threat to the homeless in Coventry. As a result, the sleeping pods offer the best solution to some of this population`s primary challenges. The facility is water and windproof, hence saving them from the threats emanating from the two elements. Timber or steel reinforcements also ensure the dwellers remain safe under strong wind and other external forces.". I feel like this is irrelevant as I did not build this idea because of the weather. The solar sleeping pods are a temporary solution for the homeless people in Coventry, England. Weather may play a part to keep them safe. But there should be a stronger introduction (a more heartfelt one backed up with evidence). Anti-homeless architecture in the Uk https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548998 include this You`re doing the opposite of "hostile architecture" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture And look at the pdf ————————– Initial instructions: This is a reflective essay which explores a topic of designing change using your learning and personal background. I decided to create solar sleeping pods for the homeless. I looked into the issues in Coventry and one of the problems that they have is homelessness. Coventry has one of the highest rate of families facing homelessness. For every 1,000 households in the area, there are 12.6 that were assessed either homeless or at risk or homelessness. I thought of creating designs for solar-sleeping pods in the shape of flowers in different colors that would allow homeless people use these pods as a temporary shelter. This would allow them to use these pods at night instead of freezing on the streets. Of course, this does not completely tackle the issue of homelessness in Coventry but it helps them temporary. Follow the structure that I uploaded as a file. I uploaded many files to help you with the task. Warning: do NOT change the idea as the idea has been done. You only need to write the reflective essay based on the idea of solar sleeping pods for the homeless in Coventry, England. Make sure you read all the files I uploaded so you will have more information about it and how it will look like as a 3D model. STRUCTURE of the reflective essay: My Vision So you are now a ‘designedly change agent` – but what do you hope to achieve with these new powers? What`s your vision? Define Design Thinking What is it? What isn`t it? Give a really good explanation. And explore how it can help to achieve your vision. But also be critical, and consider the limitations of the approach. And how could it be improved? How does this relate to humanitarian engineering? Your developing capabilities How have you developed your capabilities as a designedly change agent? The design challenges, your group project, readings, the design is a storytelling book. How do you plan to develop them further? How will you develop them further? How will you develop the designedly capabilities of other people and organisations? Final reflections Summarise all of the above into an elevator pitch for design thinking Bibliography Covering the design studies as well and create an empathy map, user stories, personas and fit, stick, spread & grow and evaluate them in the reflective essay. Please make it visually aesthetic as well. You can upload the maps as separate files if easier. Make sure you read ALL the files I have uploaded.
