INTERNATIONAL DESIGN/BUILD - poverty or disaster relief - sustainable community development - expose students to other cultures - foster international relationships MAIN OBJECTIVES INTEGRATION: • Can look into working together with institutions/centers on campus that works overseas • Can be a part of Summer Program or Study Abroad program • High Volt Lab can be a place for Pre-Fabrication or Prototyping before shipping • Communication team can gear towards looking for sponsors and local non-profit partners • Partnering local universities help to develop overseas ties • Social design firms or individuals can become advisor or collaborator • There are extensive opportunities and a lot of work to be done
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INTERNATIONAL DESIGN/BUILD
- poverty or disaster relief- sustainable community development- expose students to other cultures- foster international relationships
• Diversesmall-scalebuteffectiveprojectsarecreatedsuchasintheMumbaiproject• Theprojectsarequickandcanbedonewithonlyindividualsorteams• Thiswillcreateamoreumbrellastructureratherthanadesign/buildteam• Partnerwithnon-profitorganizationslo-callysuchasMobileCrecheandIDC• Summerprogrammeansthattimewouldbe less of an issue• Studentsfromotherschoolscanjoin
CONS
• Theprojectsmaynotnecessarilyad-dresstruesustainabilityatlarge• Projectswerebasedonaffordabilityandusinginnovative(re-used)materialsrather than prototyped innovation• Becauseitisasummerprogram,itistooshortformoreambitiousprograms
INTEGRATION:
• SummerProgramcanbeunderSummerAbroadorSummerSchoolprogramsinCornellthatis open to everyone
• EducationAfricacanconnecttheschoolsto local partners and have readily available projectstoworkon• TheywerepromotinginCUtwoyearsago,broughtbyMarkCruvellier• Localpartnerscreatelongevitywheremoreprojectscanbedoneinthefuture• TrustfromcommunityandeaseofprojectgrowsovertimesuchastheOrangeFarmTownship• Relationshipsarecreatedamongstinsti-tutions,communitiesandcities• International‘povertyrelief’projectsareverylikelytogainmediaattentionandsponsorships• Localpartners/non-profitsfundstheprojectwhichincludesmaterialsandlaborsince they are the clients• Theprogrambecomesmorevalueadd-edbecauseoffriendshipsandtechnologytransfer
Institution:HarvardGSDType: Student GroupPartners:Art Aids ArtMonkeyBizDesignCorps
PROS:
• Astudentgroupumbrellastructureal-lowsforamuchloserorganization• Theorganizationcanfundmultipleprojectsatonceincreasingtheopportuni-ties for students to participate or create theirowninitiatives• Participatoryprocesswasincludedinthedesignworkflowtocreatetransparencyandincrease buy-in from clients and users
CONS
• Ifnottightlyintegratedintocurriculum,theremaybealackofcommitment• Participatoryprocesswouldrequiremoretimeandmoregroundworkwhichmay cost more• Inthiscase,notmanystudentscantrav-el to the site
• BecauseitisundertheSENSEableCityLab,theprojectscallforaninnovativemulti-disciplinary approach• The“lab”structureallowsforcontinuedresearchandlong-termcommitmentthatcan be passed on or around• Research,Design,DevelopmentandBuildworkflow• ConsultationweredonebylargefirmssuchasBuroHappold• Theprojectisacombinationofhigh-techandlow-techwithin-depthresearchontechnologyandsocio-aestheticcomponents• Itisaprototypeprojectthatisreplicableand scalable• Theprojectincludedarchitectsandengi-neersandafewstudentsfromHarvard(out-sideoftheinstitution)• Theprojectwasdoneinashortamountof time• Locallyderivedmaterialsandbuildingtechnologieswereusedforefficiency• Localbuildersworkalongsidestudents
CONS
• Itrequiresacommittedlong-termfac-ultyoradvisorytoorganizea“lab”• Theprojecttimelinemaynotbesuitablefor the semester structure of Cornell• Shorttermprojectsmaynotallowforpost-occupancy evaluation
CornellInternationalInstituteforFood,Agriculture&Dev.(CIIFAD)Cornell Co-Operative ExtensionCornellUniversityPublicServiceCenterCornellCenterforaSustainableFutureSustainable Global EnterpriseCUInstituteforAfricanDevelopmentMario Enaudi Center for International StudiesPolsonInstituteforGlobalDevelopmentCornellGHESKIOclinics,HaitiCornellInstituteforPublicAffairsAguaClara,HondurasEngineersforaSustainableWorld:SolarOvenTeam,Nicaragua