Sculptural modular energy-free cooling
The misuse of air conditioning contributes to global warming & the urban heat island effect, we want to design a sculptural energy-free cooling module with high commercial value to reduce people's dependence on air-conditioning. lt becomes a design intervention to reverse the trend of global warming.
The project is centred around a porous ceramic material, inspired by the African zeer jar, which makes use of the properties of the material and the water evaporation to carry away heat.
According to the Chinese government and the International Energy Agency (IEA), China is one of the largest air conditioning users in the world. It is estimated that about a quarter of China's electricity is used for air-conditioning systems.
This project has huge commercial potential due to its unprecedented innovative modular design, which creates endless combinations of results with a minimum number of modules and provides a more marketable solution to the challenges posed by climate change.
The project reduces greenhouse gas emissions by effectively lowering the temperature inside and outside the building through an energy-free cooling system that reduces reliance on traditional energy sources and fights greenhouse gases while combating warming temperatures. At the same time, it utilises a modular design to grow crops, providing a source of fresh produce in the city, reducing carbon emissions from transport and storage, and increasing the fun of buying produce. This project meets the needs of the current market and world trends to improve air quality and provide a green environment.
Inspired by convex hexagonal essellations
Product Details and Scenario Applications
Distinctive features
Multi-dimensional environmental protection:
The product does not require additional energy supply, and achieves natural cooling through the characteristics of water absorption, water retention and evaporation of heat away by porous ceramic materials, avoiding the adverse effects of traditional air-conditioning systems on the environment and human body. It saves energy and reduces carbon emissions, in line with the concept of sustainable development. In addition, we have creatively incorporated the concept of an urban three-dimensional hydroponic farm to further absorb greenhouse gases in the air, while rationally introducing water into this incompetent meta-cooling system.
Easy Maintenance:
The simple structural design and use of porous ceramic materials make the product easy to clean and maintain, eliminating the need for complex repairs and operating costs, and reducing the cost of use and maintenance. Our design is extremely well thought out and modular with only three modules and variants of three modules in the end. The cost is low and the use of recycled waste ceramics makes it even more environmentally friendly.
Wide applicability:
We spent a lot of energy in the product styling exploration, in his sculpture line did not dare to drink flexibility on the final shape based on the mathematical principles of polygonal tessellation, innovative structural extraction and design, and ultimately create a unit module that can be illuminated in endless combinations with only three modules. It can be applied in various outdoor and indoor places, including parks, open-air courtyards, city centres, shopping malls, etc., providing users with diversified cooling solutions to meet different environments and needs. Through previous market research, we found that there are many designers applying for energy-free cooling or energy-free refrigeration design, but we rarely see such design widely applied in today's society, the big reason is the lack of aesthetic and flexibility in modelling, therefore, we focus on the aesthetic timelessness and artistic beauty of the product during the design process.
Promote Health and Comfort:
Improve indoor air quality through natural cooling methods, reduce the interference of air conditioning on the human body, and provide a comfortable working and living environment, which is beneficial to people's health and quality of life.
Business Value
A product with a strong reversal of warming that has an inherent commercial profitability, a significant multi-benefit and sustained benefit, and a product that people will want to consume without too much selling.