Student Design Awards winners: Transformation station
Brief 2: How might we leverage unrealised spaces in small transport hubs, as catalysts for communities and places to thrive?
Winner:
- Roots - Isabel Poland, Issie Bickerstaff and Lucy Tew, Loughborough University, England
Roots is a service proposal that attempts to integrate the large student population in Loughborough with other residents and local businesses. Research showed that students felt the local market was not for them and that locals and students often had negative perceptions of each other. This meal kit delivery service allows students to select recipes submitted by locals and then receive ingredients sourced from the area’s market. The Roots Hub, a collection stand and deposit area, is based in the train station which is frequented by all groups – adding value to the station and fitting into the student’s journey home.
Isabel Poland, Issie Bickerstaff and Lucy Tew
Loughborough University, England
The RSA Fellows’ award of £2,000
Highly Commended
Hannah Ryan, Manchester Metropolitan University, England
Keeping the Heartbeat in the Community: A preventative and rehabilitative program aimed to aid the recovery for heart attack, heart surgery survivors, and at-risk individuals.
Highly Commended
Joe Trickett, Manchester Metropolitan University, England
Community Shed: A neighbourhood-centric location to exchange & borrow objects and ideas, using circular economy principles that are critical to a thriving global future.