In São Paulo, our key question was: How can we encourage clean and green mobility in the city? The São Paulo metropolitan region has one of the world’s largest population of vehicles, and they belch out 97% of the city’s carbon-monoxide emissions and 90% of its air pollutants. Congestion is so bad that Paulistanos spend an average of 2.4 hrs in traffic per day. Can designers help find radical solutions for more sustainable flows of people and goods through the city?
More than 60 ideas were submitted for the São Paulo city briefing of which 10 were nominated: 2 for the Student Track, 2 for the Professional Track and 6 for the Startup Track.
01. PROJECT CHAKRA: THE FLYWHEEL CYCLE
SUBMITTED BY VEDANT THAKAR | NOMINEE STUDENT TRACK
The Chakra is a clean energy storage device that stores rotational kinetic energy in a flywheel and provides ride assistance to a cyclist. → go to project page
02. FAZENDA URBANA
SUBMITTED BY BRUNO PANNO RIBEIRO | NOMINEE STUDENT TRACK
Fazenda Urbana is a sustainable urban agriculture system, using aquaponics to build and operate urban farms on the roofs of buildings in the city of São Paulo. → go to project page
03. #PARADACERTA
SUBMITTED BY HENRIQUE DRUMOND | NOMINEE PROFESSIONAL TRACK
#ParadaCerta is a network of interactive panels placed in bus-stops to ensure public transport fluidity in heavily congested city zones. → go to project page
04. SCHOOL DESIGN PACKAGE FOR URBAN MOBILITY
SUBMITTED BY ARTUR KIM SHUM | NOMINEE PROFESSIONAL TRACK
This proposal seeks to consolidate a design package that enables schools to boost permanent behavioral changes towards sustainable mobility. It consists of accessible guidebooks, community practices and supplementary tools that seek to enhance the capability of families to walk, cycle and use public transportation in São Paulo. → go to project page
05. PEDIVELA CYCLELOGISTICS NETWORK
SUBMITTED BY RAFAEL DARROUY | NOMINEE STARTUP TRACK
We connect and optimize the relation between passionate cargo bike riders and parcel delivery companies using a network of urban automated crossdocks. → go to project page
06. OEG: OUTSKIRTS EMPLOYMENT GUIDE
SUBMITTED BY MATHEUS SOUZA OLIVEIRA | NOMINEE STARTUP TRACK
The Outskirts Employment Guide (OEG) is a free platform that maps and shares job offers on the outskirts of the capital city and of Sao Paulo. → go to project page
07. HIBIKE 2.0
SUBMITTED BY FRANCISCO CARVALHO COSTA | NOMINEE STARTUP TRACK
hiBike is a mobile app which offers an exclusive network of advantages, opportunities and innovations for cyclists in the city. → go to project page
08. MILÊNIO BUS: REAL-TIME PASSENGER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
SUBMITTED BY FABIEN OLIVEIRA | NOMINEE STARTUP TRACK
The project proposal is to develop both software and hardware for real-time passenger flow counting on buses in São Paulo. Using innovative technologies, the system aims to generate passenger functionality, fleet optimization and intelligence for public transportation. → go to project page
09. SMART AIR: FOR A BREATHING CITY
SUBMITTED BY TOM KLAVER | NOMINEE STARTUP TRACK
Smart Air is a natural air cleaning system using high and low pressure, to divert polluted air into the city’s sewage system. → go to project page
10. NOAH: LOCAL OPERATIONAL TOWER
SUBMITTED BY CAMILA NONAKA | NOMINEE STARTUP TRACK
NOAH is a self sustainable tower aimed at serving a local community with the key necessities of life. Our concept seeks to minimize their needs for basic services, like energy, food, waste treatment, and can be a building block for other services such as education and healthcare. → go to project page