• BULKANOMIYA Design Challenge

    We are creating a student design challenge to seek creative proposals that will help envision an inspiring systems thinking approach towards the resilience of food production/agriculture, health, and tourism of Albay in the face of Mayon Volcano’s threats.

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    THE PROBLEM

     

    The destructive activities of Mayon Volcano continue to threaten economic progress in the Albay Province in an almost vicious cycle. Mayon Volcano's recent eruption left more than 10,000 farmers without livelihood after ash covered vast farmlands around Albay (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/964591/volcano-mayon-eruption-farmers-albay-agriculture). By February, the damage to agriculture was estimated at Php 185 million, consequently affecting the province's other industries such as tourism (https://www.rappler.com/nation/195520-agricultural-damages-crops-mayon-volcano).

     

    For a province heavily dependent on agriculture and ecotourism, calamities such as the recurring eruptions of Mt. Mayon continue to rob Albay of its opportunity to grow economically. Hence, we are reaching out to you for your best ideas in improving the resilience and abundance of Albay through innovative and creative systems that reframe Mayon Volcano’s eruptions as an asset rather than a threat.

     

  • THE CHALLENGE

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    The Bulkanomiya Design Challenge was formally launched last July 31, 2018 at the Bicol University College of Engineering. The design challenge seeks to unlock student creativity and envision a more resilient agriculture/fisheries, tourism, livelihood, and quality of life and environment in Albay in the light of Mayon Volcano’s threats through an inspiring systems thinking approach.

     

    Participants are challenged to empower Albayanos to harness the volcano’s eruption as a means to improve and add on to existing systems, which will help offset the negative impacts that Mayon’s every eruption brings to the province’s various industries, particularly in agriculture/fisheries, tourism, livelihood, and quality of life and environment in Albay.

     

  • HOW IT WORKS

    Download the design challenge brief for more details.

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    Form your team!

    Teams of 3 to 4 are encouraged to have members from diverse academic or societal backgrounds (as long as they meet eligibility requirements. See design brief for details.)

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    Design!

    Come up with innovative designs to improve Albay's resilience in terms of agriculture/fisheries, tourism, livelihood, and quality of life and environment.

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    Submit!

    Submit your proposals to designated stations (hard copies to be submitted at BU, soft copies emailed to bulkanomiya.2018@gmail.com)

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    Pitch!

    Top 5 proposals will get to pitch in front of judges, and one will be declared winner of the design challenge.

  • CHALLENGE TIMELINE

    June 26, 2018 - The Bulkanomiya Concept: an Intro into Systems Thinking and Environmental

    Resilience/Soft Launch of the Bulkanomiya Design Challenge

     

    July 31, 2018 - Official Launch of Bulkanomiya Design Challenge at Bicol University College of

    Engineering. Start of receiving entries

     

    September 3, 2018 - Last day of submitting entries

     

    September 4-7, 2018 - Screening of entries by select panel and selection of top 5 finalists

     

    September 10, 2018 - Live pitching of top 5 finalists and selection of winning proposal

     

    September 14, 2018 - Awarding of Winning Proposal

     

    September 29-30, 2018 - Workshop for winning proposal’s team to help team develop, market, and pitch their ideas

  • Winners of the Bulkanomiya Design Challenge Announced

    After receiving all entries for the BDC, the top 5 proposals were selected for a live pitching held last September 12, 2018. The entries came from three different colleges in Bicol University, with the proposal from the College of Business Management and Economics taking the top spot with their proposal called "Project Katatagan". All five teams will join the culminating workshop on September 29-30, 2018, which will help the teams refine their ideas and share with them learning and funding opportunities offered by YSEALI.

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    Plaza Katatagan

    An opportunity for families to earn in the middle of evacuation

    Plaza Katatagan ("katatagan" meaning "strength" in English) is a maketplace made of modular tents designed for both housing and as a store during evacuation. Plaza Katatagan showcases Filipino resilience through a festive plaza which ironically opens during Mt. Mayon's eruption.

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    Pasabog sa Pagsabog

    Utilizing Mayon’s Eruption as an Asset in Building a Resilient and Productive Albay

    The idea behind "Pasabog sa Pagsabog" is to "turn the tables by utilizing Mayon's disadvantages to our advantage" and features a Mayon Intensive Pyroclastic Materials Drop off Facility for volcanic deposits, Mayon Pyroclastic Materials Workshop for local rock sculptors, Mayon Animal/Livestock Evacuation Facility, Mayon Comprehensive Lava and Lahar Control Canal System, and Mayon Observatories.

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    Lava Rock Garden

    Utilizing Mayon's Deposits for a new Tourist Destination

    As the name suggests, the Lava Rock Garden aims to arrange rocks deposited around Mayon in an aesthetic garden which features local ornamental plants, a museum, and a store where local farmers can buy and sell fertilizers made with volcanic soil. The project showcases how Albay can turn products of disaster to inputs for income-generating activities.

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    Mayon Volcano Radial Surrounding Adaptation

    Transforming Mayon's Threats into Assets through Creative Designs

    The Mayon Volcano Radial Surrounding Adaptation envisions an adaptive radial plantation in selected areas within the five- and four-kilometer radius where the planting of crops will be done based on their harvest periods and radial distance from the volcano to maximize the rich soil without risking the resources and capital used. The idea also features a river and dam system to concentrate lahar to its natural flow areas.

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    Lahar Flow Shielding

    A Pathway to a More Resilient Albay

    Lahar flow shielding offers an infrastructure project which aims to redirect lahar flow to select locations away from agricultural areas. The land outside the walls can serve as agricultural sites and the walls will serve as view decks for tourists who wish to have a closer view of the majestic volcano.

  • SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES: CLOSED

    The submission of entries for the Bulkanomiya Design Challenge is now closed! Thank you to all the BUenos who participated in creating innovative solutions to improve and build on Albay's resilience. Stay tuned for updates on the top 5 proposals that will make it to the live pitching event on September 12, 2018. Dios mabalos!

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  • MEET THE TEAM

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    Pam Luber

    Integrated Marketing Communications Specialist

    Ms. Luber works for WWF-Philippines as the Integrated Marketing Communications Specialist of The Sustainable Diner. She spreads the concept of "Commservation", or Communications Conservation, which works to bring back the heart in science through meaningful interaction and a deeper understanding of human behavior in order to effectively educate people on the benefits of environmental protection.

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    Kimberly Ante

    Pollution Control Assistant

    Ms. Ante is a Pollution Control Assistant for the Department of Science and Technology V in Albay. She is an active volunteer for various community work in Tabaco City and enjoys working with and empowering the local youth on environment and mental health advocacies. With a background in Biology, and passion for environmental science and management, she aims to help further the cause in policy and community governance.

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    Lance Boyd

    International Leadership Educator

    Lance is an environmental educator with a background in interdisciplinary learning and extensive professional experience at the K12 and tertiary levels in North America. He currently lives in Hawai‘i and works as an Instructor for the East-West Center’s Environmental Leadership Institutes (SUSI). ​

  • MORE ABOUT DESIGN CHALLENGES

    Governments and institutions that are working to address various problems are in need of initiatives dedicated to developing new and innovative approaches. Innovation teams or Innovation Labs (iLabs) use a range of techniques and resources to try to tackle social and public issues and challenges by adopting experimental methods (Nesta, 2014), one of which is through design challenges.

    The Bulkanomiya Design Challenge was inspired by successful challenges such as the “Make Ala Wai Awesome” (https://www.alawaichallenge.org/) and “The Bay Area: Resilient by Design” (http://www.resilientbayarea.org/). These challenges show that holistic, systems-thinking approaches from those we listen to can address the current environmental and societal challenges we face.