Orchards and gardens at home – Visualization tool.

Challenge:

The challenge that will be faced is to take advantage of the spaces in my  house, using them to plant gardens and orchards. The idea is to identify the  different spaces that are not used and there to plant gardens and orchards  with different types of plants.

The objective is that these spaces provide clean air, improve energy and the  good atmosphere in the house, and can serve as a place for animals such  as birds and critters to interact.

Also, by having orchards, the food obtained from there is healthy and without  pesticides.

Another reason is to use both recyclable and non-recyclable materials for  the construction of orchards and gardens in these spaces.

Selection:

The tool I chose for this challenge is visualization, this tool is the way to  transform information or ideas about something into images, because in this  way these ideas become concrete and tangible.

Visualization is chosen because my dad has an idea in mind that, to  understand it more clearly, it is best to do a visualization exercise with which,  through drawings, it is possible to detail how the spaces would be structured,  what kind of plants would be planted there, and what kind of elements will be  used for the construction of these gardens and orchards.

Application:

The exercise began by going through all the places in the house where the  spaces that wanted to be used for the orchards and gardens were located,  after this, the visualization exercise was done in each of the places, drawing  one by one the spaces and how they would be distributed based on the idea  that my dad had.

Then, in each drawing we began to describe what type of plants would go in  each space such as flowers, vegetables, aromatic, succulents, bonsai,  among others.

Also, a description was written of what materials would be used for the  construction and adaptation of these spaces such as wood, plastic bottles,  flowerpots, drawers, soil for planting, fertilizers, among others.

Insight:

When performing the visualization, it was possible to identify that there were  many more spaces than originally thought, which were taken into account  when carrying out the visualization exercise.

Also, during the exercise, it was detected that there were some objects that  were without any use and that would be used for the construction of these  spaces.

When we had all the drawings and details of the plants that would go there  and the materials that would be used, having the idea tangible and visible,  we were much more excited to continue with the challenge and start thinking  of more ideas than what could be done.

The use of this tool seems very useful in any of the design thinking phases  since it allows clarifying ideas that may be ambiguous, and having images or  drawings of these ideas helps people's thinking to be activated and out of  understanding the idea in a better way, makes people feel more committed  and identified with a project by seeing it tangible.

Approach:

As I said before, I think that the visualization tool is very useful in any phase  of design thinking, so I would always continue to use it in future professional  or personal projects that are presented to me, since it helps to be clear  about ideas that may be ambiguous.

Something that I would do differently would be to somehow connect the  ideas that are captured in one place, because when doing it on sheets of  paper, they can be lost or messed up, which makes the creation process a  little slower.

A tool that would have been very useful for this challenge is storytelling,  since having a story which somehow connects the spaces to be created and  the impact that these would have when they were made, it would help many  more people to join. to face the challenge, and were more connected and  proactive in developing it.

I feel that these two tools, visualization and storytelling, are very  complementary to each other since one provides the clarity of ideas and the  other has the ability to connect these ideas under a story or narrative, which  allows it to give it a broader sense to the ideas that are being developed.


Orchards and gardens at home – Visualization tool . Challenge : The challenge that will be faced is to take advantage of the spaces in my house , using them to plant gardens and orchards . The idea is to identify the different spaces that are not used and there to plant gardens and orchards with different types of plants . The objective is that these spaces provide clean air , improve energy and the good atmosphere in the house , and can serve as a place for animals such as birds and critters to interact . Also , by having orchards , the food obtained from there is healthy and without pesticides . Another reason is to use both recyclable and non - recyclable materials for the construction of orchards and gardens in these spaces . Selection : The tool I chose for this challenge is visualization , this tool is the way to transform information or ideas about something into images , because in this way these ideas become concrete and tangible . Visualization is chosen because my dad has an idea in mind that , to understand it more clearly , it is best to do a visualization exercise with which , through drawings , it is possible to detail how the spaces would be structured , what kind of plants would be planted there , and what kind of elements will be used for the construction of these gardens and orchards . Application : The exercise began by going through all the places in the house where the spaces that wanted to be used for the orchards and gardens were located , after this , the visualization exercise was done in each of the places , drawing one by one the spaces and how they would be distributed based on the idea that my dad had . Then , in each drawing we began to describe what type of plants would go in each space such as flowers , vegetables , aromatic , succulents , bonsai , among others . Also , a description was written of what materials would be used for the construction and adaptation of these spaces such as wood , plastic bottles , flowerpots , drawers , soil for planting , fertilizers , among others . Insight : When performing the visualization , it was possible to identify that there were many more spaces than originally thought , which were taken into account when carrying out the visualization exercise . Also , during the exercise , it was detected that there were some objects that were without any use and that would be used for the construction of these spaces . When we had all the drawings and details of the plants that would go there and the materials that would be used , having the idea tangible and visible , we were much more excited to continue with the challenge and start thinking of more ideas than what could be done . The use of this tool seems very useful in any of the design thinking phases since it allows clarifying ideas that may be ambiguous , and having images or drawings of these ideas helps people 's thinking to be activated and out of understanding the idea in a better way , makes people feel more committed and identified with a project by seeing it tangible . Approach : As I said before , I think that the visualization tool is very useful in any phase of design thinking , so I would always continue to use it in future professional or personal projects that are presented to me , since it helps to be clear about ideas that may be ambiguous . Something that I would do differently would be to somehow connect the ideas that are captured in one place , because when doing it on sheets of paper , they can be lost or messed up , which makes the creation process a little slower . A tool that would have been very useful for this challenge is storytelling , since having a story which somehow connects the spaces to be created and the impact that these would have when they were made , it would help many more people to join . to face the challenge , and were more connected and proactive in developing it . I feel that these two tools , visualization and storytelling , are very complementary to each other since one provides the clarity of ideas and the other has the ability to connect these ideas under a story or narrative , which allows it to give it a broader sense to the ideas that are being developed .