Live a Sustainable Life
Socio-technical Transitions towards Sustainability
#Campus Sustainability
We designed a sustainable water system for the Sino-Finnish Centre (SFC), a learning & teaching building at Tongji University, aimed at promoting sustainable water practices while revitalizing the spatial vibrancy by 2045.
To design and enact a transition experiment, we researched and analysed SFC as a socio-technical system, developed a vision of sustainability, identified social and technological leverage points, and ideated for interventions for SFC to become sustainable in 25 years.
Graduate, Year 1, Semester 1
Design Team: Xinghui Chen, Digital & Media Design; Xiao Han, Industrial Design; Mu Jiang, Design Strategy & Management; Linya Shi, Environmental Design; Dikai Yu, Industrial Design; Shutong Zhang, Product Service System Design
Contribution:
*Identified pain points and delivered key insights for improving water consumption habits by conducting user interviews, field research, workshop and online research.
*Developed a narrative framework and guided the team in coherently integrating complex processes, presenting the results in a visually appealing, structured, and engaging format.
Tutor: Prof. Tatu Marttila (Aalto University), Prof. WU Duan (Tongji University)
Project Period: Oct. 2021 - Nov. 2021, 6 weeks
Site: Sino-Finnish Centre, Tongji University, 100 Zhangwu Road, Yangpu, Shanghai, China
