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Rebecca Hui
portfolio
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my on-site essentials
01 Introduction 02 The Secret Life of Urban Animals03 TOTO
Express04 Apples & Wages05 Bike sharing in Berkeley06
Chinafrica07 Ganesha Slum 08 Revolve
Content
MontmartreParis
The Opera House Paris
Leh Kashmir
Henis Monastary Kashmir
Samstaling Monastery Kashmir
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International House, Graphite, 2011
Growing up, I was always the new kid. So I always noticed what
people did differently. Because of my fathers traveling profession,
I moved schools 9 times by the time I was 15. Every new school was
a fresh challenge to fit in by observing the strange environment:
learning how kids around me talked, dressed, and acted. Thankfully
with age, I started to care less about fitting in. But today I
carry this heightened awareness of norms and subtleties in my
environments. I find myself tracking invisible characters of a
city, investigating the things people dont notice, seeing the
unseen.
I am passionate about mapping societies through design research,
and making sense of all the things that form them: people, economy,
environment, design, philosophy, history, and technology. From
experiences building a school on wheels in rural West Bengal to
tracking Chinas infrastructural developments in Africa, I take
observations from field to storytelling in hopes of reimagining
solutions for building a more empathetic, sustainable, and
equitable world.
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Onsite synthesis is key. I begin every research project through
site sketches, interviewing informants, and passive observing.
Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai, 2014
The studio is sacrosanct. I synthesize my work by drawing,
writing, and collaging. Strelka Institute, Moscow, 2013
Uppendo and Honest, Tanzania, 2012
Sucharita Murmu, West Bengal, 2014
Jake Adler, West Bengal, 2014
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01 The Secret Life of Urban Animals
Often overlooked in Indias rapid urban evolution are
relationships between people and animals; The Secret Life of Urban
Animals seeks to reveal how changing human-animal relationships are
intertwined with development. Animals have historically been
involved in Indic societies as worshipped deities and economic
resources. As a result, humans and cattle live together in a
society where one does not just simply eat another. But this form
of coexistence is diminishing as cities grow, and conflicts arise
over possession and use of space, typically giving priority to
humans. Can animals live in such cities? I investigated dogs in
Mumbai, cows in Gujarat, leopards in Sanjay Gandhi National Park,
and elephants in Tamil Nadu. By following animals in a developing
context, I hope to raise awareness of how (or if) animals are
adapting to denser conditions and explore how to renegotiate city
growth and environmental degradation.
Published through the Landscape Environment Advancement
Foundation. No. 7, 2011, M/S Prabhakar B. Bhagwat
Supported by the Fulbright and National Geographic Young
Explorers Grants | August 2011 - October 2014
Cowmics, a childrens book that provokes questions about
conservation and environmental change
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When I was 19, I travelled alone to Gujarat, a place different
from home in every possible way. Perhaps most notable was the
absence of meat in my food, and the abundance of it frolicking on
the streets. Cows went as they were pleased. They could sleep in
the middle of an intersection and traffic would go around them. I
was living in a society where cows could walk alongside the human,
and one did not simply eat another. That was huge.
So I thought to myself: what would it be like to be a cow living
in a city designed for humans? To understand cow citizenship, I
needed to become a cow. I set rules for myself: Follow the first
cow you see, for no less than three hours. Adventure ensued. I
began to notice that our experiences were dependent upon our rural
or urban location.
Animals are secondary actors to a city, invisible citizens as I
like to call them. The way they navigate through a city often
reveals nuances of the city that otherwise go unnoticed. A
combination of animal-friendly religions, remnants of agrarian
habits, and the lack of sanitation consciousness makes it so that
animals have become woven into the DNA of the city. One can start
to see how the city is changing based on these animals experiences.
There lies an intimate connection between the cow and the city.
How It Started
One can relate the cow and the city to the idea of entropy: the
state of a system is understood by understanding how molecules
bounce around within its environment. Similarly, much can be
revealed about the state of a changing society by following how its
inhabitants, a cow in this case, bounce around its changing
state.
There lies an intimate tie
between the cow and the city
onsite sketches, watercolor
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Midday Newspaper October 2014
The Times of India October 2014
Solo Exhibition The David Sassoon Gallery established in 1849
Mumbai, India September 14- 28, 2014
40 18 x26 vinyl panels
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I first studied how cows were used and integrated in a village
setting, as they play a major socioeconomic role in such areas.
Cows provide daily functions from supplying milk to motive power
for fieldwork.
Approximate Village Size: 4000 square meters
Panzy the cow was named as such because she was continuously
bullied by other cows and dogs along the journey. Humans were very
filial towards Panzy, hand feeding her bread and petting her as
they passed. At the end of her journey, Panzy found a counterpart
to rest with in a neighborhood.
Total Distance: 1.5 kilometers Time Followed: 8:00A-1:00P
The star of this adventure was called Circles, named for her
penchant for moving in Circles. She was quite agitated on the main
roads. In fact, she moved so fast on the wide roads, I lost her for
about 20 minutes.
Total Distance: 1.98 Kilometers Time Followed: 5:00PM-7:30PM
Unlike the other cows I followed, the cows in Kemps Corner were
tied to preset locations. They were watched over by women who
generate income by selling grass. Perhaps passerbys fed cows in
hopes that their tithe would give them good karma for the working
day.
Total Distance: 3.1 Kilometers Time Followed: 9:00A-12:00P
rural semi urban
urban hyper urban
The Village Cows The Old City Cows The New City Cows The Mumbai
Cows
How might following cows inform us about urbanization in
India?
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infrastructureHow do changing neighborhoods and malls affect
where cows like to be? The immediate outcome from new capital is
spatial rearrangement; investments manifesting as new roads,
buildings, offices, and malls.
cultureHow do changes in religion and moral values affect
perspectives towards urban-dwelling animals? Hinduism is
responsible for the worship of the Cow, with 80.2% of the countrys
populations as believers. Will secularism affect the way people
treat cows?
environment
technology
How will attitudes of sanitation change as healthcare evolve in
favor of humans? A cows eating and defecating patterns; these can
be telling of an areas habits. If trash is on the roads, is there
waste management? How do the functional properties of dung change
over development?
How does traffic affect the way a cow mOOves? Mobility is an
important metric of development and is determined by the dynamic
molecules of a city: vehicles, trains, pedestrians. What speeds are
good for a city?
economyHow will new consumer habits affect the cows value to
society? India has engaged (and continues to) in subsistence
habits, where cows are used for motive power, milk production, and
dung for fertilization. But uses become obsolete as society moves
from agrarian to urban.
frameworks
fixed range roamersElephants move around water holes in a time
fixed pattern like hotel bookings. They rotate in and out of water
holes and as one elephant clan enters, another goes out. Clans
follow specific migration routes and when routes are disturbed,
they might wander into human settlements.
Elephants have strong relationships with their home range built
over generations. The grandmother elephant knows where the
waterholes are. If that grandmother elephant dies, then the calves
will be lost.
herd mentality
dominant hierarchy
need for sweet
infrastructure blocks
Elephants have sugary diets; foraging for fruits like jackfruit,
coconut, beans, and other sweets. Many locals often report finding
elephants munching in their backyard, leading to crop damage
situations.
New development presents tremendous threats for elephants as
their migratory lifestyles are disturbed. They are increasingly
landlocked by traffic and fences, elephants cannot simply go around
as they are unable to traverse slopes steeper than 20 degrees.
Elephants know they are the largest. Therefore when they feel
threatened, some may not hold back in defending their territory.
Humans in elephant-dominant locations should be aware of this.
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e Invisible Cow MapIntake & Outake
OrganicsTrash
Fresh DungOld Dung
How She MOOvesPace & Trafc
Fast
Normal
Stalling
3 Meters6 Meters12 Meters+
Road Width
Cow Pace
Vehicle Typology
Rickshaw
Four-Wheel
Scooter
Bicycle
*1 Icon= 3 vehicles
Inputs and Outputs
How She MOOves maps shows the moving dynamics of a region as it
relates to the cows movement. It records the cows pacing as she
reacts to different stimulus such as the width of the road and
surroundings. Pace was determined by measuring the number of steps
a cow took in 30-second intervals.
Imagine following an invisible force and being able to see what
it left and took from its path. This map highlights the cows eating
and defecating patterns. These records can be telling of an areas
habits, notions of sanitation, or waste efficiency.
approach
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Where She LikesResidential & Commercial
Eating
Defecating
Sleeping
Cowtivities
Eating
Sleeping
Defecating
11:00A 11:10A 11:20A
11:30A
11:50A 12:00P 12:10P
12:40P12:50P
1:00P 1:50P
11:40A
12:20P
12:30P
Where She LikesResidential & Commercial
Cowtivities
Where She Likes
is map highlights the places where the cow likes to participate
in certain activities (Cowtivities) with respect to whether the
place is residential or commercial.
How She MOOves
is map intends to show the moving dynamics of a region as it
relates to the cows movement. It records the cows pacing as she
reacts to dierent stimulus such as the width of the road and
surrounding vehicle typologies. Pace was determined by measuring
the number of steps a cow took in 30-second intervals.
e Invisible Cow
Imagine following an invisible force and being able to see what
it le and took from its path. is map highlights the cows eating and
defecating patterns. ese records can be telling of the habits and
quality of an area. If there were an ecient waste management
system, would it be there? What does the fact that its on a
sidewalk reveal about attitudes towards sanitation? Would it be old
if it were being reused for manure?
Reading Cow Maps
Where she Likes maps highlight the places where the cow likes to
participate in certain activities (Cowtivities) with respect to
whether the place is residential or commercial.
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*1 Icon=2 Kilos
BicycleFour-WheelerRickShawScooterCamel
Fast = 50/30
Normal=40/30
Stalling=Stop & Go
3 Meters6 Meters12 meters+
How She MOOvesPace & Trafc
e Invisible CowIntake & Outtake
Road Width Cow Pace Vehicle Typologies*Steps per 30 seconds
Inputs and Outputs
OrganicsTrashFresh DungOld Dung
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Side walk Road
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3 M 6 M 12+ MOrganics Trash
Commercial Residential Friendly Hostile
Defecation PatternsRegional Preferences
Pace and Road WidthDiet
Nature of Interactions
28 S/20 R Patches
18 S/56 R Patches
*Lighter Blue= Slower Darker Blue= Faster
22% C/ 77% R
33% C /66% R
40% O/60% T
70% O/30% T
2 F/ 4 H
5 F/ O H
3 H
0 F/ 5 H
5 H
2 F / 0 H
1 F/3 H
4 F
Both cows preferred to stay in residential areas
Circles consumed more than twice the amount of trash that Panzy
consumed
There was much more dung on the road versus the side
All of Circles interactions with humans were hostile, whereas
Panzys interactions were all friendly
When crossing roads, Circles would be honked at whereas trafc in
the Old City would patiently wait for Panzy to cross
*By percent of time spent in each region
*By kilo of consumption type
*By number of encounters
*By number of steps taken per 30 seconds lapsed
Both cows walked slower in narrower roads and faster in wider
roads. But Circles walked at a faster pace than Panzy in
general
Humans
Cows
Dogs
Trafc
urban planning takeaways
Walls do not stop animals from realizing that it is no longer
their space. Beyond cows and dogs, even wildlife such as leopards
are typically spotted in suburb and industrial areas. Many tribal
communities have coexisted with wildlife for generations. Often,
these individuals hold a whats ours is also theirs mentality. To
truly understand animal behaviors in the context of coexistence,
scientists should be studying animals in urban areas rather than in
protected zones.
walls
Social biases often become apparent when resources are scarce.
Historically population control has reflected eugenic undertones,
affecting both human and non-human species. A society has to decide
for itself what is worth preserving on the life spectrum, and
design policies that equitably distributes resources so.
population
wayfindingAnimals cannot conceptualize what is private,
commercial, or public. While following cows and dogs, I often found
myself sitting in peoples patios, trash dumps; areas my human brain
would consider unfitting. With Indias multitude of dialects and
illiterate population, having only English or Hindi signs will not
be useful in guiding the countrys majorities.
sanitationChanging notions of sanitation are revealed by
following animals. In rural settings, cow dung is perceived to have
a variety of uses (fertilizer, construction material, and even as
antiseptic). But in urban settings, dung is seen as unclean.
Holistic but humane approaches to curb street animal populations
(rabies vaccinations and sterilization) are neccessary to balance
public health with coexistence.
streets and carsThe majority of cows I follow often stop and
turn from crossing fast-moving streets, or streets beyond 12 meters
in width. If animals find such crowded roads inaccessible, can they
also be healthy for humans? The number of animals killed by
vehicles increase each year. Roads are creating bottlenecks for
many animals, cutting them off from vital resources, and causing
population inbreeding. If roads are to be developed, grassy
overpasses need to be planned.
verticalityDevelopment is often coupled with privatization and
higher buildings. The type of people who have an affinity to form
relationships with street dogs (chai wallas, hawkers, etc.) reveals
that perhaps higher buildings and privatization will result in
eventual loss of mixed-income social fabrics.
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as a shock to some. But she wouldnt have it any other way,
saying shes hap-pier now than ever.
The Moscow Times sat down with Bast to discuss all the recent
activity in her life. This interview has been edited for length and
clarity.
Q: Masha, why did you decide to come out
now, and in such a public way, particularly at a time when the
situation for the LGBT community seems to be getting worse and
worse?
There were three reasons for my de-cision. First, it would have
been very dif-ficult for me personally not to come out.
By Ivan Nechepurenkoi . n echepu renko@ imed i a . r u
Vladimir Putin, peacemaker.Such a title would have seemed
al-
most unimaginable even a few weeks ago for a man who rose to
power in part by waging a bloody war in Chechnya, where he vowed to
rub [the rebels] out in the outhouse.
But with his foreign minister push-ing a diplomatic solution to
the problem of chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria in order to
avoid a military strike by the U.S., and with Putin throwing his
polit-ical weight behind the plan, the Russian president is
suddenly being lauded for his ambassadorial prowess.
In an op-ed published Thursday on the pages of The New York
Times ad-
dressed to the American people and their political leaders,
Putin defended his strict opposition to military interven-tion in
Syria, calling instead for renewed efforts to bring the conflicting
sides in the civil war to the negotiating table.
From the outset, Russia has advo-cated peaceful dialogue
enabling Syrians to develop a compromise plan for their own future,
Putin wrote. We are not protecting the Syrian government, but
international law.
We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe
that pre-serving law and order in todays com-plex and turbulent
world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from
sliding into chaos.
The success of Putins campaign against a U.S. military strike is
not guar-
anteed. Russian Foreign Minister Ser-gei Lavrov was set to meet
with his U.S. counterpart John Kerry in Geneva on Thursday and
Friday to see if they could begin nailing down a plan that would
allow for Syrias chemical weapons to come under international
control and later be destroyed. (See related story, Page 2.)
But some analysts have already called this the pinnacle of
Putins time at the helm of the Russian state. In ad-dition to
appearing in The New York Times, Putin was the focus of a cover
story in iconic Time magazine for a sec-ond time this month. U.S.
congressman Brad Sherman told reporters this week that the Syria
plan was the best thing to come out of Russia since vodka.
Back home, pro-Kremlin youth
group Nashi has already called for Pu-tin to be nominated for
the Nobel Peace Prize, while protesters in Moscow have said U.S.
President Barack Obama should be deprived of his own Nobel
award.
Obama threatens war, while Putin saves the world. Thats the
division of labor. And who is more deserving of the Nobel Peace
Prize? The contrast does not favor Obama, tweeted pro-Krem-lin
State Duma Deputy Alexei Pushkov on Thursday.
Just a few weeks ago, Putin was being lambasted around the world
for signing an anti-gay law that critics say de facto bans gay
pride rallies or even public dis-plays of affection by LGBT
people.
Putin Embraces Role as Peacemaker
By Ian Batesonnews repo r t e r@ imed i a . r u
Masha Bast is used to facing formi-dable tasks.
As the chairwoman for the Associ-ation of Russian Lawyers for
Human Rights, Bast has worked on some of the most high-profile and
politically sensi-tive cases in the country. She helped de-fend
protesters implicated in violence at a 2012 opposition rally on
Bolotnaya Ploshchad; young men accused of tak-ing part in a violent
nationalist rally on Manezh Square in 2010; and the so-called
Primorye partisans, dubbed the Russian Rambos by the media
after
they targeted corrupt policemen in the Far East.
Only recently, with those cases hav-ing come to an end and her
client in the Bolotnaya case having been released, has she found
time to fully embrace another, deeply personal project: living her
life as a woman.
Just last week in a press release pre-pared by her spouse, Yulia
Guseinova, Bast publicly announced that she would no longer be
living her life as Yevgeny Arkhipov, but as Masha Bast. She
in-vited people to follow her progress on Facebook as she undergoes
hormone treatment and surgeries, and also said she would answer any
questions that they may have about her journey.
Since then, the couple has begun working to raise awareness
about her and the transgender community in Russia as a whole.
At a time when LGBT life in Russia is increasingly marginalized
and violence toward the LGBT community is on the rise, Basts public
announcement came
Q&A: Top Lawyer Comes Out as Transgender
See BAST, Page 4
See PUTIN, Page 2
President Putin walking past Mexicos President Enrique Pena
Nieto, Chinas President Xi Jinping and Bruneis Sultan Bolkiah in
St. Petersburg.IVAN SEKRETAREV / AP
Masha Bast is already facing a backlash for her decision, but
she says she couldnt stand by as a fascist anti-
gay law was passed.
By Alexander Panina .pan i n@ imed i a . r u
Over the next three years the govern-ment will have to cut
spending by at least five percent, if not more, Prime Min-ister
Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, following an earlier decision of the
Cab-inet, supported by President Vladimir Putin, to freeze the
prices for gas, elec-tricity and rail transportation in 2014.
Everyone will have to think about saving, Dmitry Medvedev said,
Itar-Tass reported. There has been a lot of overspending lately. It
could be ex-plained when the basis was a growing economy, but high
expenditure levels are unacceptable during a recession.
He also said that this was the reason why the Cabinet supported
the idea not to increase the prices for electricity, gas and rail
transportation for next year and peg any increase for 2015-16 to
the level of inflation.
Prior to this decision, the Cabinet spent more than five hours
on Wednes-day discussing budget expenditures for the next three
years with President Vla-dimir Putin at his residence in
Novo-Ogaryovo.
Thank God this is not a crisis yet let it not develop into one,
Putin said before the meeting, Kommersant re-ported.
An hour before midnight, the minis-ters agreed to freeze 2014
tariffs charged by state monopolies including those supplying gas,
electricity and railway services the first attempt to limit the
growth of tariffs that the authorities have made since 1999.
In June, the Economic Development Ministry presented the first
draft of the proposal, which suggested that for 2014-15 natural
monopoly price hikes should be limited to 5 percent per year, down
from the previous 15 percent.
Last week, the Cabinet was ordered to evaluate by Monday the
effect that the freeze on monopoly price hikes would have on the
economy.
Experts questioned by The Mos-cow Times prior to the final
decision to freeze tariffs viewed the proposal as being politically
motivated and raised doubts that it would be put to practice.
They also said that putting a limit on price hikes would mean
monopo-lies would not be able to complete their costly investment
programs, which would further slow the already stagger-ing
economy.
Investment programs of infrastruc-ture monopolies will not
shrink auto-matically, Economic Development
CabinetTo Freeze Tariffs and Spend Less
See TARIFFS, Page 2
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street dogs...home dogFormally collared pets that stay inside,
and are bound by leash when outside
Live outside the house and are generally taken care by a vendor
walla
street dogs that live outside and belong communally
community dogThose that form groups with other dogs and are
often aggressive at night
Dogs not in contact with humans and are never domesticated
Dogs that ride on trains to go as far as possible, and are never
seen again
pack dogsfree roamer feral
...living in train stationsThe Moscow Metro was developed over
five stages from 1935. There are a total of 188 stations, and an
estimated 50 commuter dogs at the peak of their ridership.
single owned
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CST Station
Vehicles
population density
5 10 15 20
Churchgate Station
At 11:00AM, the dogs are sleeping nuggets. The long distance
trains have arrived, leaving the dogs to not have many humans to
beg from.
At 6:00PM, the dogs are lively. Some will zig zag around the
chaat vendors and benches to solicit food from commuters.
At 11:00AM, the dogs can be found (at the same place everyday)
sleeping under a specific bench.
At 6:00PM, the dogs are active. Many position near chaat stands
or where beggars are begging. They avoid being near lane 4 because
stampedes of humans are rushing home.
TigerDharaKalu TysonJuleeTommy RaniKalia Rani MysonJohnny
SheryNo Name No Name
Humanshumans per 100 sq. ft.
Dogs0 10 20
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03 TOTO Express
TOTO Express is a social enterprise that seeks to address
education inaccessibility between rural and urban India. While
being in rural areas it occurred to me that opportunities to
education accessibility is simply barred from access and commute
time. It took students a few days to walk through thick jungle just
to make it to school; some would have to ride a canoe across river,
all together to arrive to a school that was not even necessarily
delivering quality education. This resulted in both high teacher
and student absenteeism. So my teammate and I had an idea to solve
the educational resource gap between dense urban centers and rural
areas in developing economies. Taking a cue from the Magic School
Bus, we thought, What if villages didnt have to build their own
school? What if we could build a single school and take it to
several villages? And with this thought our classroom-inside-a-bus
concept was born. The main selling point of TOTO Express is that it
could act as multiple schools to multiple villages in one day, and
its running-costs substantially lower than that of building 1
school.
Supported by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation | January
2013 - Present
Co-Founder, Gary Mao
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We packed our bags and set off for the West Bengal jungles and
set up operations in a village called Tepantar (you wont find it on
any map) which lies in the center of a cluster of over 100 jungle
villages about 4 hours drive from the capital city Kolkata.
research
You see that coconut tree above? We make our instruments from
things around us
Everyday is a first day in school for the children because after
they go home their parents cant reinforce what theyve learned
Last time people from the city came to this village, they took
videos of us, sold it in Kolkata, and we saw none of the
profits
There used to be a school in this village. It was bull dozed
down. Then the only road connecting this village was blocked by
trucks. This was all done by a political party which we refused to
vote for
Here we spent several weeks surveying 12 villages, observing
current teaching practices, and building support from local tribal
leaders. We also distributed questionnaires, led focus groups, and
interviewed specific village leaders.
The Dogs from our Host Village A vat for storing rice at Bonkati
Village
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Then it was time to test. Through some negotiations we were able
to acquire a local bus which was in transformed in 48 hours into
something that was symbolically fitting for the villagers.
building
Owls because they were found in the villages we were in, and
they often appeared in the villagers crafts as the owl is the
Goddess Laxmis right hand animal.
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curriculumWe planned a pilot curriculum that would address an
undertaught subject suggested by vilagers: English. But when we
brought in teachers from Kolkata, they were perplexed by the
students shyness.
But when we played music, the children came alive. We were
stunned by their skills in traditional dance. We realized the need
to integrate song, art, and dance into our curriculum.
We brought in dancers, artists, and singers from Kolkata. Over 4
days the dancers created hip-hop and Santhali fusion, taught
graffiti art, and integrated art into the curriculum.
Perhaps one of the most gratifying moments of the pilot was
walking into a school prior to our lesson; greeted by children
singing and dancing to the songs we taught the day before.
craftBut we were challenged by 2 high-level questions: 1. How
can TOTO Express become financially sustainable and become locally
owned? 2. How is STEM education relevant in rural West Bengal?
We decided to focus on villagers strengths rather than impose
urban trajectories. We interviewed and observed artisans working
with brass and wood.
While brimming with creativity and artistic vibrancy, West
Bengal remains largely unconnected to the growing craft sector due
to instabilities in the region. We found design education relevant
for further innovation.
Our goal is now to connect opportunites to the broader market
and preserve traditions at risk. We call our social enterprise
craftcat.co, essentially an etsy but for rural artisans.
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The Tenderloin is a district in San Francisco that struggles
with high unemployment and low food security. A program like Apples
& Wages could help ensure that Tenderloin residents had access
to healthy fresh affordable food and that residents who have fallen
on hard times had another pathway towards economic independence and
stability.
Apples and Wages is a program that addresses food insecurity by
providing fresh produce at an affordable price and increases
employment with a transitional job training program that offers
skill development and employment experience in the food
service/sales/preparation sector. Our proposal would help fund the
construction of a central kitchen where fresh food could be
prepared into healthy meals and then sent throughout the Tenderloin
on carts. The city would help obtain food cart permits and
additional funding support. The opportunity to run the program
would be offered to Tenderloin food justice and employment
non-profits in the area via a competitive process. The organization
or consortium of organizations that best utilizes its existing
relationship with the neighborhood and best demonstrates a strong
vision to reduce food insecurity and unemployment will be awarded
with the program.
04 Apples and Wages
Winner of ImproveSF, Supported by The HUB Bay Area
Dylan Crary Heather Do
Rebecca Hui Sandra Lee
Christina Tanoyue
UC Berkeley City Planning 116 Studio | Andrea Gaffney and
Kimberly Suczynski | January - May 2012
Food festival on Jones and Turk Street Carts on Jones and Taylor
Street
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We started our project with extensive background research and
numerous site visits. We scanned the study area for possible
economic development opportunities that were not directly addressed
in the planning studies that we had researched. The corner stores
and street culture of the Tenderloin caught our attention as a
significant economy, about which we wanted to learn more. We
recorded existing land uses in great detail, noting the businesses
and organizations present in the neighborhood. We noticed a
disparity in the pricing of fresh food at the corner stores, so we
created a map and pricing index to reflect the communitys access to
local sources of fresh food. We documented activities on the street
and talked with long-time Tenderloin residents to better understand
the needs and issues in the neighborhood. From census and planning
research, we learned about the high unemployment rate within the
working age population of the Tenderloin community. As part of our
land use research, we noted Single Resident Occupancy Hotels (SROs)
as the predominant housing type; there are no kitchens in SROs.
SiteTenderloin District, San Francisco
On site observations
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Proposal
Deliver money and legal/tax
benets
Oversee kitchen construction and
deals with program partners
Engage Community and Stakeholders
Mobile Food Vendors
City of San Francisco Customers
access to cooking/storage facilities
cost
accessiblity
safety
travel time
freshness
convenience
divergent shopping patterns among dierent cultural/ethnic
groups
>50% rely on emergency food sources often or sometimes
trac impact
long permit waitlist
availability of information
ADA & senior mobility
too many mobile food vendors
more involvement in policy
adequate job training
visibility of stands
retail competition
Initial Phase: Review, Plan, Analyze
Implementation Phase: Build and Begin
Rene and
re-fund program
Phase 2: Devolpment & Renement Phase 3: Build & Begin
Phase 4: Evaluate, Rene, Expand
Career Resources Develelopment CenterBay Area Womens and
Childrens CenterGlide Memorial United Methodist ChurchCentral City
Hospitality HouseTenderloin HealthHyde Street Community ServicesSt.
Anthony FoundationSan Francisco Vocational ServicesRenaissance
Entrepreneurship CenterAsian Neighborhood Design
Existing Job Training ServicesExisting Food Justice
Organizations
Heart of the Citys Farmers MarketTNDC Community GardenGLIDEs
Rooftop GardenHayes Valley FarmProduce to the PeopleThe Garden
Project
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Leverage Community Assets
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Assess Results
The city is committed to economic vitality in the Tenderloin
Central Kitchen
Urban AgricultureCommunity GardensDistributors
Pool of Potential Employees Successful Training PorgramPrepare
Basic Plan
$ Neighborhood Marketplace Initiave
$ Identied Enterprise Zone
$ Central Market Partnership
Employment
Engage Tenderloin Stakeholders
(Including Business)
Phase 1: Review, Plan, Analyze
Food Security
Create partnership with
relevant organizations
Key
Non-Prot ActionSan Francisco Oce of Economic and Workforce
Development Action
Solidify guiding principles and project goals
Issue notice of funding
availability
Create and submit program
proposal to OEWD
Choose top applicant according
to previously delineated criteria
Implement Program
CollectData
Evaluate Program
Job Training and
Food Preparation
at Central Kitchen
Proposal: Apples & Wages - The Tenderloin Food Security and
Independence Plan
San Francisco Clean City CoalitionSwords to PlowsharesSouth of
Market Employment CenterSkills Center Vocational TrainingCHEFS
(Conquering Homelessness throughEmployment in Food Services)Conard
House, SAGE Goodwill IndustriesThe Arc San FranciscoCommunity
Vocational Enterprises
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Identify Stakeholders SROVacancy
ApartmentHotel
Art Studio
Grocery/Deli
Theatre
Bar/Club
Park
Public Services
Community Center
Non-Profit
Food ($$)
Liquor Store
Public Parking
Private Parking
Retail Business
Service Business
School
Clinic/Health
Sweatshop
Food ($)
Credit Union
Housing
Private Sector
Non-Prots &Public Sector
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e Zone
Carts sell fresh produce and
healty prepared meals
Carts sent around Tenderloin to make food easily accessible.
Opportunities
Percent below Poverty Level
0-10%10-20%20-30%30-40%40-53%
Poverty UnemploymentTenderloin Rate: 9.5%SF County Rate:
4.6%
16-21 22-2 30-44 45-5 55+Age
71 175
547
335
90
FemaleMale
Number Unemployed39.4% o Tenderloin reident live below te ederal
overty line
o Populton by nome
Tenderloin San Francico
S Cenu ureau ACS P02 05-09
15000 -
35000 -
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15000
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10%
20%
30%
MART ST
PLL ST
LAR ST
PST ST
S Cenu 2000 SF 3
0-5%5-10%10-15%15%
nemloyment Rate
S Cenu ureau ACS 23001 05-09S Cenu ureau ACS P02 05-09
Situation
Cart Placement Strategy
Percent below Poverty Level
0-10%10-20%20-30%30-40%40-53%
Poverty UnemploymentTenderloin Rate: 9.5%SF County Rate:
4.6%
16-21 22-2 30-44 45-5 55+Age
71 175
547
335
90
FemaleMale
Number Unemployed39.4% o Tenderloin reident live below te ederal
overty line
o Populton by nome
Tenderloin San Francico
S Cenu ureau ACS P02 05-09
15000 -
35000 -
50000 -
75000 -
100000-149999
15000
1500000%
10%
20%
30%
MART ST
PLL ST
LAR ST
PST ST
S Cenu 2000 SF 3
0-5%5-10%10-15%15%
nemloyment Rate
S Cenu ureau ACS 23001 05-09S Cenu ureau ACS P02 05-09
Corner Store Research: High Price Variability and Food
Scarcity
We proposed the creation of a central kitchen where fresh
produce could be prepared into healthy meals through the jobs
training program, and then sent throughout the Tenderloin on mobile
food carts.
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05 Bike Sharing in Berkeley
Bikesharing is a service in which bicycles are made available at
stations. It is designed for quick trips between stations and can
be used to run errands, commute, or have fun. For our Geographic
Information Systems studio, we saw an opportunity to create a bike
sharing program for Berkeley. We wanted to utilize the program to
determine what locations are most strategic for bike sharing
placement. My specific contribution was to create the suitability
analysis and work on all things graphics related.
Rebecca HuiJohanna Kanured
Ronald Ramos
UC Berkeley City Planning 204C Studio, Professor John Radke |
January - May 2013
> -12
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Layer Buer (ft) Weight Use Case and Buer/Weight RationaleUC
Stores 150 2 Stores that students acknowledge for frequent school
purchasesUC Gyms 300 5 Gyms near campus that students have
membership waivers for and routinely go toUC Libraries 300 4
Libraries on campus that students spend time studying in
frequentlyUC Cafes 225 4 Frequent "meeting spots" near campus for
social interactionsBART 300 5 Most frequent portal for public
transportation usersBerkeley Cafes 150 1 Meeting spots throughout
Berkeley, not too consequentialBike Boulevards 75 2 Trails that
have established bike pathsBerkeley Grocery Stores 450 5 Frequent
destinations for students, transporting grocery freight is top
concernBus Stops 150 2 Port spots for public transportation users,
small weight due to frequency of bus stopsParks 300 2 Destinations
where people may park their bicyclesthe marina 30 3 A recognized
destination for recreation and fun at the Berkeley
peripheryBerkeley Gyms 300 2 Additional gyms throughout Berkeley,
not frequently recognized sites
Cons
train
ts
M- Manufacturing 150 -2 Industrial regions are often departed
from public spaces and residential areasMM - Mixed Manufacturing
150 -1 Industrial regions that may include commercial zone usesMUR
- Mixed Use Residential 50 -1 Industrial regions that may include
residential zone usesslope - 1- 10 degrees N/A N/A Gradual slope
severity from 1- 10, still bikeableslope - Impossible Heights N/A
N/A Past a certain point, these slopes are impossible to bike
inCrime - Theft/Burglary 50 -1 Areas where theft/burglary, also
auto related and intentions of stealing are foundPedestrian/Bike
Collisions 50 -1 Areas that are poorly planned where pedestrians,
bicycles, and cars often collide
We assigned weights and buffers to each layer based on how we
believed each opportunity or constraint would affect bikesharing
participation. We empathized with typical student needs and wants,
academic life, and daily routes.
Suitability Analysis
ConstraintsOpportunities
Composite
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Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX,
Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo,and the GIS User
Community
0 - 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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11 - 50
Slope degree
0 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.80.35Miles
Slope Analysis Network Analysis
A TIN surface enables us to see a detailed depiction of the
slope. We converted the TIN to polygons, and assigned weight to
slope degrees. We assigned a -1.5 weight for every degree increase
in steepness.
The Network Analysis enabled us to narrow which facilities would
reach our target demand in the most optimal manner. We selected
opportunity layers from the suitability maps because they have high
coverage and demand.
bart_stations3
!( b_groceryStores
!( b_gyms
!( uc_gyms
!( uc_cafes
!( b_cafes
B_street
b_bike_blvd
boundary
!( bike-sharing stations
Knowing how sensitive bikesharing adoption would be against
slope change, we wanted to create a 3-D Map to visualize the
terrain and slopes.
3-D Analysis
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06 Chinafrica: Concrete Aid
I spent 5 weeks in Tanzania researching Chinas influence in east
Africa. I examined Chinese infrastructure projects, small
enterprises, and ethnographic integration. I published initial
findings in The Petropolis of Tomorrow, a research hub that focuses
on the intersection of infrastructure and resource extraction.
Sponsored by the Judith Lee Stronach Fellowship | June 2012
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07 Ganesha Slum
My western-based perception of slums was challenged when I
stumbled upon Hollywood, an informal settlement in Ahmedabad
notable for stacked elephant idols representing Hindu God Ganesha.
As an ice breaker, I asked the residents to tell me how happy they
were from 1-10 and to tell me associated reasons with that number.
Then I gave them that number of flowers.
But I learned a lot. The slums entire sustenance revolves around
Ganesha. Employment? Making Ganesh. Religion? Worshipping Ganesh.
Education? How to make Ganesh. They produce 30,000 Ganeshes per
year, sell them for 90 USD, and make 23 USD in profit. Labor wages
are set at 5.60 USD per statue.They supply and make all their own
materials. The statues are formed out of Plaster of Paris and
coconut fiber. They shared with me the governments efforts to evict
them due to the environmental hazards the traditions surrounding
Ganesh pose. In the fall, thousands will immerse Ganesh statues
into water bodies, in turn releasing whopping amounts of toxins. I
was asked to recommend design interventions that would celebrate
their informal culture and suggestions to help avoid their
evictions.
Published in the Landscape Environmental Advancement Foundation,
Recipient of The 2012 Berkeley Prize
Pick a number from 1-10, representing how happy you are. Please
have that number of flowers.
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REvolveRebecca Hui
Env Des 11A SUmmer 2010Final Review
Cysteochila venusta Champion Pure GEometry
Steam Engine Train
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5
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9 Machine-Insect HybridIsometric View
08 RevolveGeometries are latent in nature. After abstracting
geometries I saw in a beatle, I took apart a train and combined it
with the bug to create a new creature.
Environmental Design 11A Studio | May 2011
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