Improving sea-rescue services for refugee seekers

ANKORÉ

Aalto University CoID & Meyer Turku
Product Architecture Design
Finland | 2017

Exhibitions: Dubai Design Week 2018.
Awards: Core77 student notable & community choice award winner.

Contribution: user journey analysis, rescue area concept, vessel 3D CAD (Solidworks), and scale 3D print model.

In 2017, over 100,000 internationally displaced people crossed the sea route between Libya and Italy. More than 22,500 persons have reportedly died or disappeared globally since 2014 while attempting to cross the Mediterranean.

The mission

Sea routes represent an increasing risk for displaced populations, estimates by the World Economic Forum predict that by 2030 as many as 1 billion people will have been displaced due to climate change, natural disasters, war, and violence. As displacement problems increase around the globe, so will the need for services that provide humanitarian relief.

The rescue vessel

Ankoré aims at improving humanitarian help at sea, focusing on the basic needs and providing psychological relief through a redesign of the human-centred experience and empathetic aspects of rescue missions. After a careful analysis of the current protocols and standards of rescue missions on the Libya-Italy route, the team designed an upgrade to the different systems on rescue vessels.

The redesign considers the impact on all stages of the rescue journey, improving psychological conditions to provide a sense of security and belongingness.