nasty little facts on overpopulation.

-  The United Nations Population Fund estimate the population will rise to around 9.3 billion by 2050 

-  Population is currently growing at an annual rate of 1.2 per cent, or 77 million people per year.

-  We hit our first billion mark in 1800 at which time the Industrial Revolution kicked in.

-  At 1900, we were at 1.6 billion. By 1960, in 60 short years, we nearly doubled that as we reached 3 billion.

- Six countries account for half of this annual growth: India for 21 per cent; China for 12 per cent; Pakistan for 5 per cent; Nigeria for 4 per cent; Bangladesh for 4 per cent, and Indonesia for 3 per cent

 http://overpopulation2012.com/

natural environment.

Built form and green space will work together to enhance healthy living and work environments increasing access to parks and nature.  A solution could be seen in the creation of both temporary and fixed green spaces, attached horizontally and vertically to existing buildings.  The temporary will be in the form of smaller, more mobile greenery to entice and lead people to the bigger green spaces which will be fixed greenery in large expanses.  The smaller will be installations and will be constantly moving, adapting and responding to different spaces around the city to encourage mobility within the community.  When a mobile green space is applied to a building, occupants are encouraged to contribute to this green space eg. A public garden.  As a result, we aim for increased biodiversity, an enhancement in agricultural possibilities and increased interaction between humans and nature.  This could extend to greater opportunities for people to be more self-sufficient in terms of waste system management and food production.

human interaction.

As outlined by the Department of Health and Ageing, studies have shown that an involvement in community reduces mental health issues and improves overall quality of life.  We aim to create a mobile device which encourages people to occupy outdoor communal space as this will encourage human interaction and establish an increased sense of community which is currently absent from our cities. The proposed solution will entice people to step out of their homes and offices and into these shared spaces improving among many other issues, mental health.  The presence of green space in these urban environments will provide landmarks to establish meeting points within the city to contribute to this improved human interaction.  One such way of solving this problem would be to project mobile imagery onto building facades of people interacting with green space, nature and other human beings to encourage people to step out of their homes or office for some fresh air in a communal space.

living conditions.

Constrained living spaces can be solved with a mobile system which is able to expand, retract and compact depending on a range of different variables.  We as architects need to understand human scale and how much space one actually needs.  We cannot reverse existing living spaces however we can improve upon them and this proposal will be implemented into existing architecture acting in a completely responsive manner.  This principle can be applied to many scales from a single bedroom to a whole building and can range from a mobile structure which unfolds into a chair or a table depending on the room type and scale and can double as a lamp which adapts and changes according to different parameters. Its about making the fixed structures more mobile.  

of all the people in all the world.

'Of all the people in all the world', is a touring exhibition in London, where a whopping 112 tonnes of rice has been used to replicate a whole range of statistics, as represented in the images below.

 

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2008/september/of-all-the-people-in-all-the-world

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2008/september/of-all-the-people-in-all-the-world

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2008/september/of-all-the-people-in-all-the-world

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2008/september/of-all-the-people-in-all-the-world

overpopulation.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=overpopulation

 

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http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=overpopulation&um=1&hl=en&client

 

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