MEGA PROJECT “EnneaAnkh” – make your future
flourish!
“EnneaAnkh” is a massive project established for the need of global transformation. The name of the project symbolizes the ninth wonder of the world – the human mind. My idea is inspired by the current situation regarding environmental pollution, people inequality and life sustainability. My main aim is to show that through sustainable methods of building, education of people and technology usage the planet can again be "free" from the pollution prison.
Worldwide, more people are living in slum areas rather than normal cities. Most of the people living in these areas are illiterate and poor. Not to mention that all the slums are unclean, full of garbage and waste, decrepit housing units, consisting not normal conditions of living.
My idea
aims building an eco-friendly bank central in a slum area. The new Bank would
be called “Bankissimo” and would be the first eco-friendly built bank in the
world. I am thinking of a more sustainable future
where our buildings will be fed by the forces of nature rather than fossil
fuels. By building a bank institution in such an area it would definitely help
for the development of the region, people’s education and surely it won’t be
that expensive to buy a parcel. Having a lot of people in the slum areas
provides cheap manpower.
The
building of the bank would be called Energy Flower Building. The structure of
the building will be created depending on the use of minimal amounts of energy.
The Calla Lily flower is the inspiration behind the design of “Bankissimo”. The
building will feature zero carbon emissions and will have zero energy
ambitions. The main office building will be 200 m. tall and will be surrounded
by laboratories in the form of leaves. The building aims to occupy more space
in height so it cannot harm the environment.
Constructing consumes 40% of the world's energy and the same percentage of
raw materials. Over 70% of building materials are simply disposed of after the
end of their useful life due to the impossibility of being recycled. That’s why
natural materials are characterized by much better performance and that’s why
the bank would be built of 75% raw materials.
Considering the fact that we spent 90% of time indoors, the
harmful effects of the environment - at home or in the office - are just as
damaging to health as toxic ingredients. For a building to be ecologically and
biologically balanced, it must be capable of creating balance and exchange of
air and humidity similar to the lungs of a living organism. Breathing walls are
an important element in the ecological building - they are so to say the skin
of the home. The stiff wall cannot filter and clean the air, and thus favors
the development of mold and condensation. The built-in natural wall helps to
achieve an optimal microclimate and maintains a constant level of room
humidity.
The walls of “Bankissimo”will be made of straw
bales. Straw is a cheap material that does not require much processing and is
easily transported and placed. In this way the forces of nature and straw waste
will be used. The straw is a very efficient isolator,
with the help of which the electricity bills can drop to 90%. Also that type of buildings can be built for the population using the same technology as well. The use of straw walls also can be an easy solution to the lack of affordable housing
in the world.
Plastic
Timber are alternative construction materials made from recycled plastics, wood
waste and clay. Plastic Timbers can be assembled and dissembled at will, which
makes it portable and easy to transport. Other building materials like cement,
wood and steel are expensive which makes building projects capital intensive
for middle and low income earners. Plastic Timbers and Bricks can be also the
solution for urban housing problems in the slums of major African, South Asian
and Pacific cities.
The
plastic timber would be used as a beam for building support of the bank and the
straw bales can be used as “bricks”.
The
sustainable building is designed in a way that it will provide its own shade in
the summer. The roof of the flower consists of solar panels for generating
energy. Rainwater is collected in the bowl and used for water supply in the
building. The characteristic pistil consists of vertical wind turbines to
generate wind energy while the edge of the bowl forms a sunroof designed for
heating and cooling of the building. The building is on the principle of
natural ventilation. There will be recycling and water purifying stations
located near to the main building. The round shape of the building complies with
the wind platform as well as the solar panels. The need of energy will be
supported by the installation of 2 wind turbines.
The
walking floor would be made from panels which will accumulate energy by the
walking of the personnel.
Replacing
asphalt with fully recycled plastic will also lead to pollution reduction -
asphalt contributes to 1.6 million tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
each year. Plastics are much more efficient than current street coatings. Roads
can be built into large pieces in a factory and then just mounted, which
reduces work from a few months to just weeks. In addition, the hollow interior
of the plastic paths allows cables and
pipes to be made, facilitating even their maintenance.
That kind
of building will help for the fight with the environmental pollution and in the same time will give new working
positions for the people in the slums. People who have no education will also
be able to work for a bank. How? - by collecting waste and
garbage in the area and transporting it to Bankissimo’s recycling stations. Of
course, people will receive reward for this and as an advantage from recycled
materials there would be built houses for them with the same eco-friendly
method as the bank’s. Also by doing this the bank will be fighting at the same
time with the global housing crisis.
People in
slums will also have the opportunity to work together men and women, which will
stimulate the reduction of gender division and stimulation of work and personal
development. In this way the region will undergo tremendous development and at
the same time it will be cleaner. Living conditions will also improve. By
providing employment the number of the slums will be reduced.
For the
girls in the slums there would be provided free seminars of self-defense
techniques and offer psycho-social support to victims of abuse as the violence
rates are one of the highest in slums.
There
would be free seminars of teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Anyone
can learn CPR and the training gives person life-saving skills. Age, sex, color,
religion of person is not important for saving a life!
My idea
includes creating a new phone application which will eliminate usage of paper
money as all the payments will be done directly from our bank accounts via
“SmartBuy”. Firstly, a person needs to have an available bank account. Having
that, allows you to register to the new application called “SmartBuy” which
will be universal for all banks worldwide. That means that there will be no more
paper money, cards, checks etc. and your phone will become your one and only
way of making payments.
All goods
offered in a shop must have a specific digital barcode which a person has to
scan with the application on his/her phone, automatically creating an online
shopping cart.
The
payment will be done automatically from the phone as the person walks out from
the shop’s special column transfer systems. Regarding online shopping, the same
procedure with scanning barcodes will be attached.
The people
will be free to make purchases in every currency without worrying that they
have to change their money in the local currency before arriving to their
destinations.
The new application is specifically designed for people living in the
megacities but will also positively boost literacy among people in rural poor.
Removing paper notes and coins entirely will oblige people to learn to work
with a mobile device and the Internet, to read and write. Free seminars will be
organized by the bank in favor of literacy.
By paying
only online, invoices will be send online to the given e-mail addresses. Moreover,
if your phone is out of battery for some reason there would be special kiosks
with temporary phones only for inside shopping in which you will have to enter
only your phone number and again continue shopping. The money for your
purchases would be taken automatically with the opening of the application.
Another
privilege is that the bank institutions will also stop using paper
documentations but only online ones which will reduce the cutting of trees even
more as the banking sector is one of the main sectors using a lot of paper for
documentation and record storage.
Every
person making a transaction will pay additionally 1% of his/her total purchase
sum which money will be income for the banks. If a person wants an invoice on a
paper format he will have to pay additional taxes for it.
Being a banking institution, a variety of new banking products will be offered. This will be the first of its kind bank with a strong
environmental and social concept. People with disabilities with the necessary
knowledge will be ahead of others when applying for a job.
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