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Doonya Tepancalli Molintica Calpixcayotl by Jackie Lai

Doonya Tepancalli Molintica Calpixcayotl by Jackie Lai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli in Altepetlacayotl Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.


TepoztliAltepetlacayotl· 2022

Doonya Tepancalli Molintica Calpixcayotl

by Jackie Lai

Client: Doonya

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli Winner in Altepetlacayotl Category

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The Design

About Doonya Tepancalli Molintica Calpixcayotl

Doonya se tepancalli molintica calpixcayotl in mocetiliaya ce chantli ihuan ce tlapialoyan tepitzin inic tlacah in ahmo quipiah in inchan. Cecen tepancalli quipia chicoace metros ihuan yei metros, inic caxtolli huan chicueyi metros tlatamachihualli, ihuan huelis moxihuis ic ompoalli metros in ihcuac ce cencalli hueyiya. Motlaliani ica tepoztli ohuitic tlamachiotl, ce tepancalli huelis mocentlaliz notza nahui tlacah ipan nahui tonalcayotl ihuan zan ce achto tepoztlateconi. Cecen tepancalli quipia ce ahmo occequi GPS tocaitl, tlen quimaca ce chanyotl ihuan ce neixcuitilli. Occequi tlamahuizolli motenehua ce tzahtziliztli, ce tlacpac ithualli, ce cuauhxochimilli tlacpac, ce tonaltepoztli ihuan ce atl tlen pixqui ica quiahuitl.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli

Doonya Tepancalli Molintica Calpixcayotl ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli, tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in cualli dizayno in quitlalia in tlen monequi ipan tequitl ihuan tlachihualiztli in quimaca in cualli tlachihualli. In quicuicah Tepoztli quinextia in hueyi tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ihuelitiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Doonya Tepancalli Molintica Calpixcayotl ca tlazohtli, mahuiztic, yancuic ihuan motequiuhtia. Ni dizayno in quicuic Tepoztli quihuelitia in tlamatiliztli ihuan quipia chicahualiztli tlen tepoztli. Doonya Tepancalli Molintica Calpixcayotl quicualtia in nemiliztli ihuan quihuelitia in cemanahuac ica cualli.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
A self–contained, modular shelter unit that can support a sizable individual or family and requires little maintenance.
A completely customisable, sustainable full facility that allows a family unit to be built in just four hours, by as few as four people, using just one allen key!

Every unit has a unique GPS number, giving the homeless an address, an identity; an alarm to prevent domestic abuse; a terrace for fresh air and sunlight; a roof garden with solar panel & rain water harvesting.
Dimensions & Packaging
The size of a typical unit is 6 metres by 3 metres of total 18 sq.m. in size, however the design should be able to extend up to 40 sq.m. if the family grows. It can also include a universal sink and shower, can be quickly disassembled and relocated around the world, making it ideal for deployment to any disaster–stricken area lacking basic facilities and it also helps restore personal space and a sense of dignity for the victims.
Tags
modular, home, sustainable, placemaking
Production Technology
This is where POD Structures came in with Tubelar®️ technology, a unique construction innovation that allows an entire family unit to be built in just four hours, by as few as four people, using just one allen key! Also, completely customisable, sustainable, modular, full facility and green. It can be mass–produced with a minimum of materials and is easily stockpiled, making it a versatile emergency–shelter unit.
Design Challenge
The biggest challenge of this project is the cost price of the modular unit and the positivity of offside construction must be possible at premises to reduce high labour and transport cost to fabricate one unit in Singapore.
Inspiration
DOONYA, which means ‘world’ in more than a dozen languages, is a Shop+Home that is both a living and livelihood solution for the very poor.

A Singapore-developed community service project that merges design with engineering and technology. Its sole objective is to provide a solution to the forthcoming urbanisation crisis by offering environment friendly, integrated, transient, fully-serviced and durable maker-pod-homes to those living in urban slums, war zones & densely populated cities.
Project Duration
ALL YOU NEED IS JUST:
1
ALLEN KEY
That's all it takes to put an entire DOONYA SHOP+HOME together, when power tools are unavailable.

4
PEOPLE
An entire home can be assembled by just 4 people, with no special skills required.

8 HOURS
We can build a home from scratch in the same duration.

Anywhere or impoverished urban areas • informal settlements • disaster relief • war zones • low-cost housing projects • refugee camps • rapid deployment shelters.
Operation Flow
Built with Tubelar® infrastructure technology,
DOONYA is a smart SHOP+HOME with groundbreaking features with
1) No eviction
An in-situ upgrade; ensures slum dwellers are not displaced

2) Transient Homes
Not permanent, hence no land titles are required

3) Flat-packed
Pre-packaged, therefore no lengthy waits, no quality cuts, no paperwork

4) Expandable
From tiny shelters to family homes, these structures can be increased as the family grows
Team Members
1) Rinkoo Bhowmik of the Cha Project
2) Samuel Vedanaigam of Pod Structures,
3) Christina Ho of Royal RSM
4) Rithika Thomas of Ecolabs (Center of Innovation for Energy)
5) Prof Christine Yogiaman of Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
6) Ted Lin of Stonehaven Structures
Image Credits
Photographer : Mr Samuel Vedanaigam

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