PINAZA
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Pinaza is a speculative design project imagining an underwater future in 2147 where scarce energy is being rationed within the community with a focus on exploring meaningful connections. Inspiration was drawn from the Diquis spheres, ancient stone spheres that are found throughout Costa Rica with unknown origins and theorised to be calendar markers, symbols of power, or meeting points.
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Through secondary research, futurecasting, and worldbuilding, a world was imagined with rising sea levels where coastal populations who cannot afford to flee inland are confined to living underwater in disused research stations where energy is being rationed as the communal energy collection system only gathers solar energy once every six months. These communal energy spheres power households and inhabitants can budget for their daily use by carrying their personal energy with them.
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The project explores different aspects meaningful connections including:
People-to-people | Power is shared by all, how does your consumption relate to the community?
People-to-self | Reflecting and bringing awareness on one’s energy consumption
People-to-time | How does one decide on how to budget limited resources in the short term (a day) vs. long term (6 months)?
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Project was part of CIID curriculum
Created by:
Neelank Sachan