Berliner ULogistics by Srijith Mohan

BERLINER ULOGISTICS An Underwatwater Autonomus solution for logistics for 2055

SRIJITH MOHAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN INDIA

Projekt „MOVING BRAINS“ Wintersemester 2016/17 Prof. Sebastian Feucht Prof. Jan Vietze Prof. Birgit Weller Olga Graf Industrial Design, HTW Berlin Praxis-/Kooperationspartner Adam Opel AG

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CONTENTS

P R O B L E M S TAT E M E N T

INITIAL IDEAS

SCENARIOS

PERSONAS

FINAL CONCEPTS

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FACTORS

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IDEA BOARD

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I D E AT I O N S K E TC H E S

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KEY SKETCH

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FINAL FORM

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TECH SPECHS

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RESOLVING DESIGN

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BRANDING

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MODUS OPERANDI

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MOBILITY

2055

The urban changes of the cities over the course of the near future require a radical change in mobility. Mobility 2055 looks to create this change by generating holistic concepts that are based on the expected development of the cities on the challenges (climate development, scarcity of raw materials, demographic development, etc.). These are not only are concepts in infrastructure, but also products and services needs of people and ensure their mobility. This can be attributed to ecological changes, societal changes and technological advancements.

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WHAT HAPPENS

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IDEAS A wide spread, inexhaustive initial research was conducted in a group with Christian Hesse (3rd Sem), Danielle Reiss (5th Sem) and Tony Jankowski (5th Sem).

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The organisation integrates potential end users into both the development and the testing of prototypes under real-life conditions. We transfer our findings and insights to incorporate innovative solutions for the everyday operations of our concepts and/or their market entry. Their ‘Platform Connected Mobility’ contextualises and explains all levels of the knowledge value chain to our guests with the help of models and demonstrators. Forums, workshops, and symposia promote academic To help accurately visualise the city of Berlin in 2055, we required inputs from professionals, who have been performing extensive research in the field. As a part of our research, we visitied The Innovation Centre for Mobility and Societal Change (Innovationszentrum für Mobilität und gesellschaftlichen Wandel, InnoZ) in Schöneberg, Berlin.

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exchange. Their publications, along with our executive and continuing education courses, allow research to feed into practice. The demonstration table offers visitors an easy to understand, visual explanation of many aspects of energy supply. Core of the table is a dynamic simulation of all energy flows between producers, consumers and Save. The latter are represented by physical token and can be positioned and combined as desired in order to test various scenarios and to illustrate specific questions.

The increase in urbanisation will have far-reaching consequences for cities and metropolitan areas, but also for rural regions. Simultaneously, digitalisation is changing supposedly rigid structures and processes at an unprecedented speed and scale. These changes are particularly true in the mobility and transport sector. Metropolises all over the world design new concepts and set ambitious goals, often under enormous pressures as public transit reaches its capacity.

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THE

SCENARIO CAR(E) FREE BERLIN

THE

FLOODS

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TODAY

2055

By 2055 the sea level will rise and there will be

This increase in water level can be used to assist

a new coast line in the north of Germany as well

the logistics within the city, through an automated

as new and thicker existing rivers. The cities on

system of submarines traversing the river Spree

the coast line are vanished under water and the

with further connectivity and lWoading stations

residents are moving into other big cities, like Berlin.

provided by the network.

THE

MEGACITY

TODAY

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World population will reach 9.7 billion people by

as well and their metropolitan areas form together

2050 and two-thirds of it will live in mega cities as

megalopolises.

part of the urbanisation process. Small cities grow

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Our future cities seem to be gray, smoky and crowded. In our vision of the future city we wanted to change it and create more green spaces for a better quality of life. No asphalt roads and car pollution. Instead the streets are becoming a place for neighborhood interactions and free time with green surroundings. Clean air and green buildings are the new city standards. As part of the new sustainable city we integrated alternative power generators, such as solar and kinetic energies as sources.

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NEW

POLICIES The government will ban cars, eliminate roads and any other public transportation mean we know today. It will provide a single system of public transportation in the form of a gondola system. The rest of mobility in the city will be with light electric means of transportation, including bicycle taxis. Health insurance companies will monitor and force their clients to work out everyday in order to reduce health costs. There for people use not only electric transportation but also choose simple bicycles, skateboards and rollerblades as part of their daily transportation.

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U NEW

PERSONAS

EMMA

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ASHA

SHACHAR

LUCAS

EMMA, 15 Student

Emma is a enthusiastic teenage girl who enjoys the open spaces the city has to provide today. She loves taking care of her vertical garden along her balcony. just as the everyone else, in order to evade additional taxes. She is homeschooled like everyone in 2055 and takes a physics lesson with the virtual reality glasses after having breakfast with her two moms. She uses the sharing bicycle and ride the tube to meet with friends. On the way she is being entertained by the screens on the glass walls of the tube.

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ASHA, 77 Rtd. Designer

Asha is a 77 year old retired designer, she enjoys sitting with friends in cafes. She uses the public transportation to go for consultation meetings with her former employees. The single system is very efficient and accessible for the differently abled as well. The gondola system is a 24/7 365 working system and when the gondolas need to drop passengers off or pick some up, they turn to a “station bay”. That way the gondolas after them don’t have to slow down or stop, instead they can continue and the one that stops doesn’t jam the traffic.

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LUCAS, 35 Farmer

Lucas is 35 years old. His job is to monitor the robots that work the fields outside the city. He uses the speed-gondola system for that. At home, he enjoys playing tennis in his room in virtual reality. The packages arrive using an all new system established in the pre existing UBahn subway system. This network is now utilized for logistic needs.

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SHACHAR, 24 Minimum Wage Worker

Shachar is the gypsy of the future and has no fixed residence. He looks for odd jobs and minimum wage opportunities in 3D print contruction sites. To earn extra money on the side he sells overclocked stolen bicycle at a lower price. To end his day, he indulges in some online dating, in capsule hotels that litter the city. These capsule hotels provide a cheap alternative for quick moving travellers.

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U THE

BENEFITS CAR(E) FREE BERLIN

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U FINAL

CONCEPTS A City re-imagined to cater to the needs and challenges posed by the earth as a ecosystem, requires systems that adapt to the latter. The following concepts were finalised by the members: 1. Christian Hesse : Gondola System 2. Srijith Mohan : ULogistics 3. Danielle Reiss : Bicycle Tube/Highway 4. Tony Jankowski : Moving Stations

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SO HOW WILL YOUR GOODS

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Consumers

SUPPLY

CHAIN

Factories

Warehouse I

The area that creates a significant footprint

Warehouse II

in the transportation flow within a city is Logisitics. And within the supply chain, the targetted channel will be the distribution methods from finsihed products storage warehouoses to the consumer is the area

UPS

Suppliers

FEDEX

DHL

GO!

targeted for modification of mobility services. The focus shall be on the intractity distribution networks formed by trucks and large vans. The then flooded Waterways will provide for an untapped logetical potential.

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U NEW

WATERWAYS

NORTH SEA

Commerce: Cities near water allow for water transportation, which is generally faster than land transportation. This is especially true in older times (before the invention of trains, for instance). Cities with access to water trading routes could deliver great amounts of goods for trade with other coastal cities, which ment more money and trade goods for

Germany

both settlements, and allowed for cultural mixing.

Berlin Berlin water bodies

CURRENT SITUATION

with UBahn lines

The river Elba runs along the northern section of Germany, connecting the North Sea to the south

With its ten lines, the U-Bahn (underground,

all accesible areas in Berlin, by 2055. Conversion of

eastern end at Brandenburg. The tributery Havel

subway) Berlin runs along a network of

the UBahn service purely for logistics would require

connects the river Spree, that runs through the

approximately 146 kilometres and includes 173

a minimum change of infrastructure, although

heart of Berlin, to the Elba river. This Makes Berlin

stations. Most metro lines operate underground,

supplementing docking and loading stations must

accessible to international waters as well as other

but some run on above ground tracks. This

be built around it, to create a seamless system.

important cities of Germany.

network is only predicted to grow to cover almost

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U FORM

INSPIRATION

S P E R M

W H A L E

DEEP BRAINY LARGE FERTILIZE CAPACITY ECHOLOCATION +

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When fully matured a male sperm whale will

sounds to assist with echolocation. Because the

typically grow to be around 50 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 55 ft long and

sperm whale often hunts for its food in pitch black

weigh around 35 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 45 tons, with the largest whales

waters echolocation allows them to maintain

measuring in at up to 67 ft. and weighing up to

complete awareness of their surrounds using

65 tons. They also have the largest brain out of

sound. In fact the sperm whales clicking sounds

any animal known to exist. Because the sperm

are one of the loudest known sounds of all animal

whale hunts for food well below the surface of the

communication. Reaching depths of over 9,500

water sperm whales use echolocation to hunt for

ft. the sperm whale is one of the deepest diving

food and navigate the ocean. It utilizes clicking

marine mammals in the world.

INSPIRATION

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IDEATION

SKETCHES

TOO HEFTY TOO WEAPONIZED? TOO SCI-FI?

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IDEATION

SKETCHES Various other aquatic forms were also considered including Hammerhead sharks and Tiger sharks. The possibiloty of appending a drone service along with the submarine was also considered.

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U TECH

SPECS 1

Microlattice is the lightest metal ever

The exterior shell comprises of a carbon

made. At 99.99 percent air, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s light enough

microscopic fibre weave, similar to the scales

to balance on top of a dandelion, while

of a shark. This allows for the reduction

its structure makes it strong. Strength

of boundary layer drag and facilitates

and record-breaking lightness make it a

hydrodynamism.

potential metal for future airplanes and vehicles.

The propellers are made from alloys of nickel, aluminium and bronze which are 10~15 %

The skeletal structure primarily comprises

lighter than other materials and have higher

of a carbon fibre body.

strength. They are coated afterwards with corrosion resistant materials

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U RESOLVING

DESIGN

Stor ag e+

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Mo ve ment

The form had a possibilty of creating a visual of bulk

The door of the submarine forms an intersting

The concentration of shark scale microstrucure is

along the mid section of the submarine. This issue

element along the side, which can be accentuated

higher around the nose of the submarine, allowing

could be resoluved by breaking the form with visual

by interesting use of material and color. An LED

for better hydrodynamism.

graphic elements or by phyical features that could

strip provides further functionality with color coded

add functionality.

lights.

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U BRAND

IDENTITY

ULOGISTICS UNTERLOGISTICS UNITEDLOGISTICS

The aqua colour denotes the close associatioin of the service through water. The green accent relates to giving back to nature and adapting with the earth.

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MODUS OPERANDI :

LOADING The loading employs a system similar to that of a slide puzzle. This allows for smart movement of goods within the sub, which is further facilitated by artificial intelligence. The last square of the puzzle is then displayed automatically once the other pieces have been lined up.

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CORPORATE SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY

Ocean fertilization or ocean nourishment is a type of climate engineering based on the purposeful introduction of nutrients to the upper ocean to increase marine food production and to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A number of techniques, including fertilization by iron, urea and phosphorus have been proposed.

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A Fertilzer/Filteration system constitutes the underside of the submarine. The side vents form the intake of the river water into the fertilization uni. the lower bulbs provide a semi permeable membrane to allow for phytoplankton circulation.

FERTILIZATION UNIT

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U FUNCTIONAL

RENDERS The submarine operates very close to the bed of the river. This avoids most contact with surface level obstructions. The autonomous system interact across the ULogistics network in order to achieve maximum efficiancy.

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U FUNCTIONAL

RENDERS As the system operates entirely autonomously, there is hardly any interaction with human life outside. The most one could encounter is a streak of Red Light in the waters, and faint clicking sounds for the extra-audio capable.

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FUNCTIONAL

RENDERS This is a vision of how the current Ubahn Subway system can be transformed into a highly effecient node in a logistic network. All loading takes place under dry conditions.

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BERLINER ULOGISTICS

SRIJITH MOHAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN INDIA Projekt „MOVING BRAINS“ Wintersemester 2016/17 Prof. Sebastian Feucht Prof. Jan Vietze Prof. Birgit Weller Olga Graf Industrial Design, HTW Berlin Praxis-/Kooperationspartner Adam Opel AG +

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