Built Advocacy

Needlab's vision is to make cities and human settlements dignified, resilient, and sustainable for all.

 
 
 
 
 
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Needlab Story

EST 2017

 

Needlab is a design and research organization aimed at making the built environment sustainable and resilient using human and environment-centered design strategies. We stand by for the people, by the people, of the people. 

We highlight existing traditional ways and unveil new ways of designing and building using local materials, social customs, cultural heritage, and the environment.

Needlabs' vision is to make cities and human settlements dignified, resilient, and sustainable for all.

Needlab is a design research organization aimed at solving sustainability issues for communities using human-centred design strategies. We stand by the motto for the people, by the people, of the people and we are of the opinion design is responsible for making lives better. With the ideology of “think global, act locally”, we focus on unveiling new ways of creating a dialogue between local materials, social customs, cultural heritage, and the environment.

 
 

Impact map

We believe in getting things done and doing them by involving different stakeholders from day one. 

This helps us:

  • Identify potential roadblocks or obstacles early on, and develop strategies to address them.

  • Build trust, establish credibility, and create a sense of shared ownership and responsibility.

  • Create a collaborative, inclusive, and effective project environment that delivers results.

We have completed 62 projects on 4 continents directly impacting more than 5600 people from different communities. 

 
 

How we create impact

 
 
 
 

Stories of Collective Climate Action

 
 
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Needlab has designed an art installation highlighting powerful stories of community-driven climate action from leaders around the world.

Follow the light — “Echoes of Fight & Light” — Come wander, discover, and be inspired.

Experience the digital museum - Echoes of fight and light
 

Impact highlights

 
 
 
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Obama Leader

Sameera Chukkapalli Holmes, Needlab Founder is selected by the Obama Foundation as an Obama Europe Leader.

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House for all

Our resilient, self-sustaining housing solution displayed at the UN-Habitat 1st assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. This projects aims to make housing dignified and reachable to all.

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Patient Centered Design workshop, Berlin, 2019

Patient centered solutions

Needlab was invited to give a workshop on patient centered solutions at an international medical conference Xpomet Medicinale in Berlin. We conducted design thinking workshop for doctors and medical professionals to enable them to customize solutions for their patients with empathy and dignity

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Fight pollution with a game

More than 450 people experienced our playful VR game at the Busan National Science Museum. The game encourages citizens of South Korea to use the public transport to fight air pollution.

 
 

Featured Videos

 
 
 
Interview with Sameera Chukkapalli, Needlab, at the Smart City Expo World Congress
This jumpthegap®(talk) took place at Roca Madrid Gallery within the framework of the eighth edition of the International Design Contest jumpthegap®. Sameera Chukkapalli, architect and founder of Needlab and Josep Congost, Roca Design and Innovation director led the session.
Participants at 2019's UN-Habitat Assembly are focusing on innovation to solve housing shortage for a rapidly growing urban population. Christine Maema speaks to Sameera Chekkapaili, founder of Needlab, a design research organization aimed at solving sustainability issues for communities using human-centred design.
ReThink, is a Needlab project, part of the BASICS, Barcelona Design week 2018 Exhibition where you can explore the central topic of the "revaluation", and the 2030 Agenda with the United Nations' Objectives for Sustainable Development.
 

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