PULI PROJECT (CCM)
INÉS ALVAREZ-ICAZA
POST URBAN LIVING INNOVATION PROGRAM-002
Puli002 2020 topic is ecotourism and natural disaster effects prevention in 2040. SWARM CITY, a hydrogen driven system provides a new experience for Mexico City inhabitants and tourists. Inspired by nature, some of the systems characteristics are provided by collective behavior and constant learning through context feedback from, to build a society with a sense of belonging and environment awareness.
A system was designed with different components that directly respond to specificproblems in the city: HIVE, DRONES + DROPS, BEES and FLOWERS. Each of these components are linked to be an hyper-connected and self-sufficient system, powered by hydrogen to build an harmonious system that responds to the city’s necessities and people’s desires.
Valeria Palomera, Luis Daniel Guzmán, Alejandro Pineda and Daniel López
THE FLOWERS
Street lighting that generate hydrogen on - site thanks to photo electrochemical cells that also help to clean the air by releasing oxygen during the night; these lighting posts provide wireless connection around the city and other services for citizens and tourists, such as the recharging of electronic devices and information module. While overnight hydrogen burns illuminating the streets of the city.
THE HIVE
Hydrogen production stations that take advantage of the city's existing infrastructure from underground water wells in the city and the city's soil conditions for the on-site production of hydrogen.These stations are located in various parts of the city being a community space for tourists and citizens providing basic services such as the sale of goods, information module, recharge of electronic devices and transportation service.
