University of the Arts London:
Central St. Martins
PROJECTS | 2021
Eatolls – A Future Food System for the Maldives
Malu Lücking, Lucrezia Alessandroni, Filippo Caprioli, Aimée Lam, Célina Camboni, Anshuman Gupta, Ethan Bennaroch, Qi Liu, Mengdi Zhao
Eatolls aims to improve the infertile soil ecology of the Maldives through the use of custom designed bioreactors. The devices balance alkalinity in the soil while growing nutritious microorganisms. When dried and ground into a powder, these microorganisms can be used in traditional Maldivian cooking.
Finalist Team
InstructorS - 2021
Nancy Diniz
Nancy Diniz is a registered architect and partner of bioMATTERS, a company developing products manufactured 100% out of waste. In her research and design practice, she develops projects that operate in-between the human body and architectural scale and engage topics pertaining to biotechnology and computational design. Nancy teaches courses on emergent sustainable materials with a focus on biomaterials and computational design. In her teaching and practice she has been developing design workflows that involve biocomputation and biofabrication techniques with the aim to develop innovative sustainable products.
Nancy curates exhibitions, symposia and workshops internationally, some include 'Artificial Realities: Virtual as an Aesthetic Medium in Architectural Ideation' an exhibition and symposium for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2019, Lisbon, and the "Data & Matter" exhibition at the GAA Foundation in Venice as a parallel event of the 2018 Venice Architecture Bienalle. Her work has been exhibited internationally at various events and venues including NYCxDesign 2019, 'Fashion Digital Night' for Milano Fashion Week 2019, Venice Architecture Biennale, the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Istanbul Design Biennale, The Today Art Museum, China, EYEBEAM NY, MILAN EXPO 2015. She is a recipient of numerous grants and fellowships namely from the New York State Council on the Arts/Storefront, MacDowell Colony, EYEBEAM, Arctic Circle, US, Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Korea, and The Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal.
Hilal Agil
Hilal Agil is the Co-Founder and President of The Eco Org and currently works on projects focused on sustainable innovation. Prior to his work with environmental innovations and conservation, Hilal co-founded and led multiple technology startups in Silicon Valley, London and Barcelona. Hilal has a background in Product Design and Software Engineering. He studied software engineering at the University of Oxford. Hilal also has a background in music and co-founded the Maldivian heavy metal band Nothnegal, for which he was awarded the National Youth Award by the president of the Maldives, for his contributions to performing arts.
Khadeeja Naseem
Khadeeja Naseem is currently the Deputy Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology in the Maldives, Khadeeja oversees the policies and work related to climate change. Prior to her appointment as Deputy Minister, Khadeeja had worked on various development projects in the Maldives funded by the World Bank, and the UNDP. She also has extensive experience in climate finance, and disaster risk management. Khadeeja holds an undergraduate degree in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic, USA and a Masters of Environment in Climate Policy from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Alice Taylor
Dr. Alice Taylor is the Lecturer in Biology and Living Systems on the MA Biodesign programme, Central Saint Martins. Working very closely in a small interdisciplinary team led by Nancy Diniz, MA Biodesign course leader, Alice developed new pedagogic approaches for integrating biology into design and for making complex scientific systems accessible to all. Before joining the newly established course Alice spent just under a decade working in the scientific world.
During her PhD at UCL Alice focused on investigating the relationship of diamond with human neural stem cells for neurological implants and neurodegenerative disease investigation. Alice refers to herself as a bioengineer, working in an interdisciplinary field within the nanotechnological and regenerative medicine disciplines. In 2017 Alice was awarded a Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan. The fellowship title was ‘3D structured diamond for neural tissue engineering applications’, and she was successful in 3D printing diamond for the first time. Alice’s current interests lie at the intersection of bioengineering, regenerative systems and design.
Mohamed Sathom
Mohamed Sathom is Co-Founder of The Eco Org and currently working on sustainability-driven projects and technologies. His experience as a Product Designer has taken him across Southeast Asia over the last 10 years, on projects ranging from eco-conscious brand development to sustainable manufacturing. He has also worked in the Tv and Movie industry working on both animation and live-action productions. An alumnus of the University of the West of England, Sathom is also a Comic-Book Artist and 2D Animator.
ADVISORS - 2021
Chef Cook - Mickael Farina
Soil Expert - Dr, Heribert
Dietician - Malahar Asheed
Spirulina Reactor Specialist - Rob Russell
Nutritionist - Sara Filippi Plotegher And Paola Biscotti