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Increasing population in urban areas has put up additional pressure on urban and city resources. Housing, being in
one of the three basic amenities required for human survival, is the worst hit. Widening income disparity, lack of
space, and costly construction has added to the misery. This has become a worldwide phenomenon and is posing
challenges to Indian cities as well. To bridge this gap between need and fulfillment, can architecture be considered as
a service? rather than an end product; for those who need it severely and doesn’t have capacity. A possibility is being
explored to how the same can be planned? The paper tries to find out an opportunity to consider architecture as a
service and plan micro habitats in the urban areas as an extension to the existing infrastructure.
Authors: Shiva Ji, Ravi Mokashi Punekar
The case study presented in this paper, envisions a student project, which was undertaken at the “Design” bachelor
program (also known as “Integral Design”) at UAM University. The main focus of the project involved the way in
which design can help promote reading, through the particular case of the Bookclub Network in Mexico City, a
heterogeneous group of spaces led by community work that has proven its relevance for 20 years, despite losing all
support from the government. The methodological approach of the project supposed a paradigmatic shift regarding
conventional practices, in order to avoid an “Integral Design” through the addition of particular design practices, so
that a better articulation could be reached by means of an interdisciplinary systemic design that could also unravel a
complex problem under the vision of sustainability.
Authors: Brenda Garcia y Leonel Sagahon
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3D Printing technologies are becoming pervasive and used both in industry and in informal contexts like domestic self-production and craftsmanship 2.0. A large part of the current studies concerning 3D Printing aims at increasing the performance of processes, materials and devices; however, only few studies approach sustainable issues (i.e. printable eco-materials, distributed networks, etc.). 3D Printing instead could play a crucial role in the transition processes toward the so-called Sustainable Society, if linked with current Design for Sustainability approaches. The paper analyses current literature regarding 3D Printing and Design for Sustainability in order to identify new open research topics and re-think their impact and design roles for future sustainable applications. Specifically, the paper produces evidences linking 3D Printing technologies and Sustainability from the design point of view; it outlines a number of promising open cross-sectorial research topics that aims to anticipate the impacts and the evolution of future Sustainable 3D Printing technologies and new generation of democratic products and services for All
Authors: Emilio Rossi, Massimo Di Nicolantonio, Paola Barcarolo, Jessica Lagatta, Alessio D’Onofrio