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Doonya Ñawpaq Ruwana: Módulo Kaqllachiy Wasichana by Jackie Lai

Doonya Ñawpaq Ruwana: Módulo Kaqllachiy Wasichana by Jackie Lai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Ayllu Kamay Competition Category.


FierruAyllu· 2022

Doonya Ñawpaq Ruwana: Módulo Kaqllachiy Wasichana

by Jackie Lai

Client: Doonya

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Ayllu Category

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The Design

About Doonya Ñawpaq Ruwana: Módulo Kaqllachiy Wasichana

Qillqasqa Simi: Doonya nisqaqa huk módulo kaqllachiy wasichanam, wasi mana kaqniyuqkunapaq huk wasita hinaspa huch'uy tiendata tupachin. Sapa unidad 6 metrota 3 metrowan tupun, 18 metro kuwadrado kananpaq, hinaspa ayllu wiñaqtin 40 metro kuwadradokama hatunyachikuyta atin. Tubo hina infraestructurawan ruwasqa, huk unidadta tawa runakunam tawa horapi allen key nisqa ñuqch'ita huk sapallanta apaykachaspa tantachiyta atinku. Sapa unidad huk sapallan GPS yupayta apan, chaymi huk wasi qatita hinaspa pikay kasqanta rikuchin. Huk yupaykunapas kanmi: alarma, terraza, uma-hawapi muhu tarpuna, solar panel, hinaspa para unuta huñuna.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

Doonya Ñawpaq Ruwana: Módulo Kaqllachiy Wasichana A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. Doonya Ñawpaq Ruwana: Módulo Kaqllachiy Wasichana sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta Doonya Ñawpaq Ruwana: Módulo Kaqllachiy Wasichana yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

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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