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SolarVille Inti Energía Ayllu Rikch'ariy by Space10

SolarVille Inti Energía Ayllu Rikch'ariy by Space10 is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu in Kallpa Kamay Competition Category.


BurunsiKallpa· 2020

SolarVille Inti Energía Ayllu Rikch'ariy

by Space10

Client: Space10

A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu Winner in Kallpa Category

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The Design

About SolarVille Inti Energía Ayllu Rikch'ariy

SolarVille nisqaqa huk inti energiawan kawsaq ayllupa ruray rikch'ariynin, 1:50 tupuypi ruwasqa. SolarVille wasikunamanta wakinqa wasi patanpi inti panelkunata, invertidorkunata hinaspa batería waqaychanata apanku, chaymi kay wasikunaqa ch'uya energiata ruwanku hinaspa qhatunku. Huk wasikunataq chaypi ruwasqa electricidadta rantinku. Huk wiring sistemam wasikunata huñunku huk kikin micro grid nisqaman, hinaspa blockchain teknologiaqa sapa energía qhatuyta qillqan hinaspa kamachin. SolarVille rikuchin imaynatam huk ayllu llaqta kikillanmanta kawsayta atinman hinaspa energía gastuta ayllu ukhullapi hark'ayta.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu

SolarVille Inti Energía Ayllu Rikch'ariy A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu mishak kan, jatun yupaychay, kayta mana shuk shina, mushuk yuyaypi, yuyaypi shinallatak chaskik kaypi riksishka diseñukunaman kun. Burunsi mishak kashkakunaka ruray ushayta charik shinallatak mancharina mushuk rurashkakunami, paykunata rurakkunapak achka yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ruray ushayta rikuchinku. SolarVille Inti Energía Ayllu Rikch'ariy sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak riksishka shuk ruray kanata munanku, ruray yuyaywan shinallatak mushuk yuyaywan. Kay Burunsi Premiu japishka diseñuka arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojíapi ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak ima ukumanta rikuypi sumak kan. SolarVille Inti Energía Ayllu Rikch'ariy mañaykunata alli paktachin, munaykunata llankan, shunkuta kuyachin shinallatak yachayta munayta kallarichin.

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

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