1:1

I had prepared a couple of 1:1 drawings to help assist in assessing dimensions & construction of the product. The first full scale prototype being built by me now is based on the diagrams below. During construction I have realized that even though all the methods conceived are implementable, & I am proving this through execution, some might not be friendly to mass production, especially manually. Therefore, another drafts of such drawings is in the pipeline, meant for the stakeholder.

First sketches

First working prototype

Step-2

Intitial mini-prototype

The Verdict

Respondents:

PG’s: Agreed to provide waste but refused to compost due to health reasons.

Local Gardeners: A couple agreed without giving a timeline. 1 disagreed.

Nursery near Shanti Sagar: Want to discuss further. Can compost, but seems a very boring mundane venture.

People staying on empty plots:

1. Near Srishti: Refused outright.

2. Opposite Subbu Bakery: Agreed to points I stated but unwilling to dig and maintain a pit due to busy schedule.

Conclusion:

Most involved in a horticultural background willing to try. But negotiations may take up time. Also by just providing a steady source of waste & transportation, a designer’s role isn’t justified.

Other sources that are slightly interested in the procedure are worried about the health aspect. Also, they are unwilling to invest time or initial capital.

Therefore I intend to conclude this course with a short experiment. I intend to design a compost bin using recycled materials eg. Old plastic drums). The design will help reduce the health hazard & initial investment. It will also reduce time invested.

The business model as of now is as follows:

· Handing of a sample bin to a local PG & restaurant.

· Monitoring the success of the bin at each location.

· Selling the design & getting it mass produced.

· Marketing it, with my target audience being hostels & restaurants across the city.

The Venture Begins

My first task at hand were finding people who would be intrested in making the compost using the waste provided by the PG's The PG's themselves refused to take up the challenge as they assumed it may be a health risk for their tenants if their staff handled compost along with their other daily chores.
The aim of this exercise was to convince people about how making compost would benefit them. The target of this drive was not just people with a horticultural background but anyone with the means to compost. This meant educating them about the basics of what composting is.

To achieve this goal this is the presentation I came up with.
http://rapidshare.com/files/268997601/COMPOSTING.ppt

The brief

Brief:
To design a scheme to utilize waste generated by PG’s , hostels & small restaurants through composting.
• Spread awareness on the goodness of compost.
• Find solution to wet waste generated by hostels & small restaurants .
• Create additional source of income for the people involved.
• Keep the environment as a priority while designing.
• Design a service or product range to comply with the above thinking.
• Make the process simple & cost effective so as a common man with no background knowledge can undertake it.

SWOT analysis
Strength:
• Tries to provide a viable option of waste disposal.
• Lets you create kind of a social service.

Weakness:
• The people profiting from this scheme has not been specified.
• Can’t achieve maximum potential in timeframe available.

Opportunity:
• The brief doesn’t restrict source of raw materials or use of produce.
• Gives scope to numerous potential stakeholders.

Threat:
• Work on similar lines has been done before.
• Scope for monetary profit appears small.