Latest Design Bamboo House Architect

Ming Tang’s good-looking origami stimulated fold Bamboo Houses be planned is to be use as provisional shelter in result of a trembling. Luminous in their plainness and the statistical shelter are constructing from renewable resources and that can be fold into a diversity of structurally resonance shape. Their stylish design was lately privileged as a distinguished talk about in this year is a Re: Construct opposition sponsor by San Francisco’s Urban.


Ming Tang that come up with thought for his downfall house following a scale 7.9 earthquake strike that central best china previous May, killing 69,000 citizens. Upon knowledge that Chinese administration intended to generate up to 1.5 million transitory homes, he determined to design a protection so as to be simply shaped, despicable and environmentally welcoming. His arithmetical failure house is good-looking, lively, and can become accustomed to act in response to requirements of dissimilar situation.
A thought utilize an organization of Bamboo House Architect pole that are pre assemble into unbending arithmetical shape. The geometry of these form provide in structure’s honesty, allow a variety of small fry modular structure to be rapidly assemble in factory and elated to their purpose. Once construct, and that the shelter are then enclosed by means of post and pre customer used document.

segway

segway,第一次看到的时候都会让人感到够酷，特别看到他们的宣传影像，带有点未来主义的色彩，或许是这一点让Dean Kamen来宣称”change civilization”(Dean Kamen除了segway让他成为most well-known inventor，还有iBOT全地形电子轮椅）。前不久，segway推出了新i2和x2，将替下以前的型号。i2和x2有一个突破性的技术应用，就是LeanSteer，还有增加了一个如手表模样的无线信息中心（这个控制器看上去没有传承segway的血统，太普通了，就是一块手表的样子）。LeanSteer是指segway能够识别和预测出你的运动方向，通过你身体的倾斜配合手把的左倾和右倾。i2的售价是$4,995，x2的售价是$5,495。在这里你可以看到segway图片和3D动画。（选一个国家进入，选China进去的也是英文。）
虽然在中国很难看到有人骑着这个玩意，但不时可以在电视电影、报纸杂志、网络上看到骑着segway的老外，因为它确实吸引眼球，但是看到最多的也就是警察，一些IT公司的职员等，说明segway虽然看上去很cool，但真正购买就是另外一回事了。这是一个奇怪的东西，而且看着骑着的人也有点新奇，就如同我们说一个“四不像”。优点很明显，缺点很致命。它既不是汽车也不是自行车，不需要为油耗担心，停放方便，适合用自行车太远，用汽车太近的目的地……，而它的价格又偏高，考虑到效率，有人会转向摩托车，而且安全性（安全这一点，2轮的却是不如4轮的让人放心），到底是在哪条道上行走，而英国最近阻止segway走人行道。有人骑着它会得到别人异样的目光和嘲笑，有人认为很容易被偷……

丹麦三合一自行车设计

来自丹麦的trioBike，一车三用，不用借助工具可以方便将运送车变成自行车和手推车，这里有视频。从结构来说并没有很特别的创新之处，但它的功能以及其带来的生活便利，造型，颜色等等的综合感觉比一些巧妙的折叠车设计更贴近生活，也许这就是Scandinavian地区一贯的特点。

How to eradicate poverty in this year.

This year's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty comes at a particularly challenging time for the world's poor. While we are yet to see the full impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries, it's clear that together with high and volatile food and fuel prices, current global economic conditions threaten the gains that have been made to reduce poverty and advance development for large numbers of people.
The effect of the financial crisis could reduce demand for developing countries' exports, as well as the availability of credit and foreign direct investment to finance projects. Donor countries must recommit to meeting development assistance targets in recognition that in our inter-dependent world in which our destinies are inextricably tied to each other, leaving the poorest and most vulnerable further behind is not acceptable.
For developing countries, it's vital that governments formulate a strong mix of social and economic policies that stimulate productive public and private investment that sustain inclusive growth. Importantly, governments need to resist the pressure to reduce service delivery which impacts the poor particularly hard, and instead ensure that social safety nets are in place for the most vulnerable. It is of particular importance to ensure that poor farmers and small scale entrepreneurs have the protections and opportunities they need to improve their livelihoods.
In these difficult times, it is, therefore, important that we strengthen the protections and recognize the rights of the poor and vulnerable. The theme of this year's Day, "Human Rights and Dignity of People Living in Poverty," is, for that reason, especially pertinent. In this, the 60th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we are reminded that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights" and that the fight against poverty is not an act of charity, rather a matter of economic and social rights for all people.
UNDP supports the strengthening of countries' capacity to mainstream human rights in national development programmes and policies, focusing, in particular, on the principles of non-discrimination and equality. In practical terms this means that UNDP supports the design and implementation of national development and poverty reduction strategies that improve opportunities for marginalised and vulnerable groups and supports their participation in the development process.On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, let us redouble our efforts to give the most vulnerable individuals and groups the chance to escape poverty and destitution, in respect of human rights for all.

How to Improve Poverty-Stricken Areas Using Geospatial Technology

Book Tackles Topic of How to Improve Poverty-Stricken Areas Using Geospatial Technology



Architects and urban designers Rosario Giusti de Pérez and Ramón A. Pérez spent years working on projects to revitalize barrios in their home country of Venezuela. In Analyzing Urban Poverty: GIS for the Developing World, their new book from ESRI Press, they explain how people can use geographic information system (GIS) technology to identify and manage ways of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas.



The Pérezes began using ESRI's GIS software in 1976 to help analyze a proposal to build a town for coal workers in the Guasare-Socuy river valley in Venezuela. Today, they advocate that city planners, urban designers, and others working to improve living conditions in impoverished areas of the world use the technology to manage, analyze, and visualize data related to their projects.



"We have found GIS to be the best tool to help improve the overwhelming problem of urban poverty," the authors wrote.



Squatter settlements are often dilapidated and packed with people and lack enough land to accommodate modern systems for electricity, running water, and sewers. To maximize improvements to the target neighborhood, the Pérezes urge integrating GIS into planning and design when studying the area, then drafting the proposed improvements.



The authors describe their methodology using real scenarios, illustrations, and design ideas to show how GIS can help transform poor neighborhoods into more modern, livable communities. The book explains how users can



Conduct the site analysis of the land and settlement, taking into account such factors as soil, slope, and drainage patterns.
Analyze the built environment to understand social subdivisions and inhabitants' referential elements.
Measure and map levels of poverty to establish priorities and assign resources.
Study how residents use their space such as how they cope with the lack of sidewalks or streets.
Build "what if" scenarios, including 3D models of the urban space, that show what the neighborhood would look like after changes take place such as a new location for a public transportation network.
Decide where to place needed improvements such as roads, sewers, bus stops, sidewalks, and hand railings.
Manage improvement projects to adhere to regulations set by national and local governments.
Keep residents informed about the project by producing maps showing the location of proposed upgrades.


To make up for the common lack of official data about squatter settlements, the Pérezes suggest surveying people in the community for the information. They also caution that tearing down settlements and moving residents into high-rise buildings often fails because it devalues what the community has already built.


"In developing countries, the real use of GIS is to identify the absent or scarce social needs and locate them in the best available space," said the authors. "We need to apply the technology not just for estimating what proportion of public space is needed but also for sensing elements that are absent."

农村的水能源

3月15日，春光明媚，和煦的阳光照耀着绿幽幽的麦田，我们随同王栋（德胜鲁班木工学校学生）来到了他的家-五城镇月潭村藕塘组，离休宁县城大约70公里的村庄。到那个村子只能通过出租车或是自备的交通工具才能到，没有专线公交车，村里的人们也至少要走5里路，坐拖拉机，再坐公交才能到县城里。可能由于与外界来往的渠道受限，使得村里的硬件设备条件比较落后，村里的垃圾等废物尝尝不能运送出去，不得不积累废弃在村里的各个角落。上面三张图是村里流动的水渠，穿梭于每家每户门前，各个小巷。那里的水过去常常被用来洗衣服或是洗菜，不过现在这水已经受到生活垃圾的污染（如第一张图所示），现在村里的人们最多用来养鸭子，基本被废弃了。

但是，根据我们的调研和了解，其实这水渠里有非常丰富的能源可以利用，我们了解到这水源来自附近山上的，殊不知，这其中具有丰富的势能（如第二第三张图）。如果能将这些水势能转化为电能，这样能解决他们村许多生活不便，比如夜晚出门必须带着手电筒，行路也看不见对方的脸，晚上上厕所也不方便照明等等。同时还能清洁水渠道，使之能再被村民广泛利用，提高村民的生活水平和质量。

A research to some granges in Sheshan

3月7号星期六，我和我们组员组织一同去了佘山附近的小农村进行了实地调研。下面两张图是我们旅途中经过的一些农民住所，一位当地老奶奶正在用井里的水洗衣服。我观察到他们是用最传统的方式打井水的，一根绳子绑着一个塑料盆，一端系在井盾上，用时就用手将绳和塑料盆放下去取水，不过在白天以这种方式取水还算方便，但到了晚上就很难看清水的深度和取水量了。随后，我们从周围的农民了解到，这水平时就用来洗衣服，不会用来喝的，因为上海的地下水受过污染，被一些工业加工厂污染了，所以不能食用。
最后一张是我们在广富林农庄里看到的一口井，可以说它们的取水工具比上面那种先进多了，只需要将旁边的铁杆向下一压一台，就能取出井水，其实原理很简单，就是用大气压强将水从地底下压上来。这种方式不论早晚都能方便地取井水，但是并不能解决水污染的问题。
所以，我想了一个方法，就是将课堂上讲到的那个Life Straw与后面的取水工具结合起来，这样在许多贫困的农村里，农民可以喝到干净的井水了，这样也许能让他们的生活质量有很大地改善吧！
Translation：
Roger
At the afternoon of March 3rd, our team was making a research in some granges nearby Sheshan. There are two pictures below that we photoed in a number of peasant houses. A old woman was washing with groundwater and we found out that she got water by the most traditional way, a rope and a plastic basin. One top of the rope was tying on the rock and another was on the basin. It was easy to use in the morning but in the night that was not convenient. We learned from the local peasants that the water only can be used to wash not to drink because it is polluted by some industrial company.
The last picture below is a well in the guangfulin grange. It is much more advanced than the one before. You just press the pole beside and water will be piled out. It is via the atmosphere pressure. They can get groundwater easily whenever it’s day or night. But it doesn’t deal with the problem about the pollution of water.
So I think of an idea. I want to combine the Life Straw with the tool before. Thus, in some poor villages the people who live there can drink clean groundwater. Maybe their life are much better than before.