'The Big Idea" Proposal
Imagine the
only cost for Kibera residents is to purchase an affordable toilet that will
collect their body waste and turn the body effluent to use-able nutrition for
planting. And what if a Kibera family can use the nutrient to grow antiseptic-organic
herbs, which can be used for fighting unfriendly bacteria and make them into
handwash. In addition, a business service that charges at no cost will collect the
used toilet and the sanitised-waste. The business model involves selling the humanure
to a local farmer or horticulturalist, and using the gained profit to purchase
plant seeds, and cover the costs for transport, wage, and sanitizing treatment
of the used-toilet. The treated toilet will be ready for purchase again for another
Kibera family. To encourage or reward purchase intention, an incentive is
offered by the business to gift the family with plant seeds to grow herbs and
food in their garden.
The
project’s “Big Idea” was to create a sustainable consumption of the product, by
a method of re-using the product with a supporting sustainable economy to service
the product and the consumer. The product and service system is a profitable
business model for any entrepreneur. The PSS hopes to benefit the residents of
the Kibera slum by supplying affordable toilet and provide a servicing system
to improve sanitation at homes and the living conditions of the slum. The
design of the product is an adjustable seat height that will increase the
product accessibility to small children, with a simple rotating, sliding and matching
slots.
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5 comments:
The technical drawing is very detailed and well presented. The concept does solve the problem that it is trying to address.
It would be great if the posters layout can be more appealing, especially the user-board, maybe a bit more realistic.
the idea is very well resolved and it is evident that there has been a great deal of effort put into the technical aspect of the concept, however i think the posters are lacking appeal and aesthetics
Good concept! I like how you've created a system for people to re-purpose their waste, while also creating jobs for people, especially in countries that need every resource available.
In regard to your design, I might suggest possibly finding or clearly showing the user the method of how the toilet eliminates all the harmful matter inside the waste while it's in the '4 week' period.
Nice work!
Great concept idea where we can purposely use our waste for something useful. I found the concept worth exploring and interesting, i like your detailed technical drawing and system diagram, it's clearly explains what you're designing, for improvement, I think you might consider some sort of cleaning system... great work!
I think this is a very good concept that has been thought out carefully. The technical drawings are detailed and the posters are nice and simple. The only thing that i think need improvement is that maybe the user interaction could be more visual and less words. Other then that good work!
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