SolarVille Hana Nui: Kumu Hoʻohālike Kaiāulu Ikehu Lā by Space10

SolarVille Hana Nui: Kumu Hoʻohālike Kaiāulu Ikehu Lā by Space10 is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Huahana Ikehu, Papahana a me Mea Ikehu Competition Category.

KeleaweIkehu· 2020

SolarVille Hana Nui: Kumu Hoʻohālike Kaiāulu Ikehu Lā

by Space10

Client: Space10

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Ikehu Category

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The Design

About SolarVille Hana Nui: Kumu Hoʻohālike Kaiāulu Ikehu Lā

Kikokikona Puke: ʻO SolarVille kahi kumu hoʻohālike hana o kahi kaiāulu ikehu i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka lā, i kūkulu ʻia ma ka ana 1:50. Aia ma kekahi mau hale o SolarVille nā papa lā ma luna o ka hale, nā mea hoʻololi uila, a me nā mea mālama uila, no laila hana a kūʻai kēia mau hale i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe. Kūʻai naʻe kekahi mau hale ʻē aʻe i ka uila i hana ʻia kokoke aku. Hoʻopili ʻia nā hale a pau ma o kahi ʻōnaehana uea i loko o kahi micro grid kūʻokoʻa, a mālama a hoʻokele ka ʻenehana blockchain i kēlā me kēia kālepa ikehu. Hōʻike ʻo SolarVille i ke ala e hiki ai i kahi kaiāulu kūloko ke lilo i mea kūʻokoʻa a mālama pū i ka lilo ikehu ma loko o ke kaiāulu ponoʻī.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā SolarVille Hana Nui: Kumu Hoʻohālike Kaiāulu Ikehu Lā i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā SolarVille Hana Nui: Kumu Hoʻohālike Kaiāulu Ikehu Lā he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā SolarVille Hana Nui: Kumu Hoʻohālike Kaiāulu Ikehu Lā i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Solarville showcases how combining solar panels with blockchain technology could make clean energy more affordable and accessible for the many. SolarVille is a fully functioning prototype, built to a 1:50 scale: some households have installed solar panels to become makers and traders of clean energy, while others automatically purchase the electricity generated in their local community. As a result, SolarVille is a cooperative micro-grid that makes a community self-sufficient.
Dimensions & Packaging: Pallet #1 W80cm x L130cm x H200cm
Pallet #2 W80cm x L130cm x H170cm

Otherwise table on its own has a footprint of 300cm x 150cm
Production Technology: Solarville is made thorugh outfitting houses within a community with rooftop solar panels and inverters that harness the energy of the sun and store it within batteries systems found under the home. This energy can then be redistributed through a wiring system connected to other households, creating a standalone micro-grid. Blockchain distributed ledger technology is then used to log and manage the energy flow—verifying and recording transactions, and self-executing when certain conditions are met.
Design Challenge: An important design decision was to develop an inclusive architectural language that combined building details and city structures from different cultures and countries—so SolarVille didn’t speak to one part of the world while alienating others. We compiled a comparative study with well known and celebrated city structures from around the world, building a small archive of unique building details that spoke to cultural contexts on a global scale.
Research: Alongside the project, we’ve also released a report called ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’, which lends more insights into the research behind SolarVille. More importantly, it makes the case for solar power becoming the viable, sustainable source of energy we need to turn to if we want to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Inspiration: Today, around 1.1 billion people around the world still have little or no access to electricity. The challenge is that the centralised energy systems we have in place are often too slow and economically inadequate to reach the billion people who remain locked in energy poverty.Solarville presents a solution to this global problem. Alongside empowering people with electricity, the community buys its electricity from within, which means the money stays in the community.
Project Duration: Project began in September 2018 and launched February 2019. Solarville is now going on tour and will be shown first in Nairobi at the UN Habitat, and then will move on to locations such as Delhi and Shenzhen.
Operation Flow: Solarville reimagines energy systems in the pursuit of democratising access to clean energy and empowering hyper-localized economies in order to meet this steep demand. To do this, Solarville utilises two key developments: combining solar power with blockchain technology to create cooperative micro-grids in local communities, which is both tamper free, secure against hacking and protected against central governance.
Team Members: SPACE10
Blockchain Labs for Open Collaboration (BLOC)
WeMoveIdeas India
Blocktech
Temporal
SachsNottveit