ZuWell

Well-being compass for pop-up villages

🪙 Gitcoin Funding Round

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https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4-10⁠

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🎏 Summary

ZuWell is an environmental well-being compass for pop-up cities and pop-up villages.

It aims to solve the following problems:

Negative environmental influence on physical and mental well-being of pop-up city residents

Gaps in awareness of pop-up city organizers on how they might improve location/venue curation process and the overall experience of their citizens

Inefficient feedback mechanisms that the citizens could use to voice environmental factors that influence their experience

It focuses on various aspects of comfort, indoor and outdoor, including access to facilities, nourishment, natural light, clean air and water, nature, safety, fitness activities, and other factors, to promote a healthier and more supportive environment for the people occupying the space.

⛲️ ZuWell includes

✅ A Well-Being Checklist to assist pop-up cities and events organizers to evaluate the spaces

🧰 A Comfort Toolbox to give actionable suggestions on how to improve pop-up cities on each of evaluated dimensions

🚦 A Grumpy Meter — simple “traffic light” system used to quickly represent how do environments perform

📸 A Snapshot Challenge, as a fun way for participants to submit memorable sensory experiences in words, photos, or videos

📋 Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation criteria will be developed after the in-depth research and test-runs with the upcoming 2024 ZuVillages in the Zuzalu ecosystem. It is expected that evaluation categories will form, such as: individual well-being, sustainability, nature, accessibility etc. At this stage however, the criteria is roughly categorized by the scale of observation: The Neighborhood and the Venue(s) scale, to give a general insight into the criteria the project plans to embody.

ZuWell acts as a valuable resource for pop-up city organizers, offering helpful insights and suggestions for incremental improvement, all while respecting the spirit of innovation and experimentation.

We understand that pop-up city organizers navigate various challenges and constraints with impressive resilience, and our aim is to be a valuable resource, not a source of pressure.

By providing insights into environmental factors and their potential impact, we empower organizers to make informed decisions and optimize their projects for both success and sustainability.

The evaluation criteria are inspired by

WELL Building Standard⁠

and

Well-Being for All: A Holistic Framework for Tropical Cities⁠

🏝️ Neighborhood

Access to nature (parks, hikes, water bodies)

Access to heritage sites

Clean air

Environmental noise (streets, construction, etc)

Safety

Access to viewpoints

Availability of healthy and diverse food

Sustainable

Exercise facilities

Integration with the local community (contribution, damage, etc)

Access to art & culture

Access to playful spaces

Etc.

🛖 Venue(s)

Productive spaces

Chill-out and connection spaces

Stable and uncensored internet connection

Indoor natural light

Indoor airflow

Room acoustics

Quality artificial lighting (e.g. no white lights in the evenings)

Comfortable seats and beds (if sleeping is arranged)

Accessibility

Sustainability

No mould or toxic materials

Etc.

⛵️ Product

🤿 Overview

For each event, the ZuWell Matrix would be established in advance by the Organizer team (self-evaluation) and the Review team (3rd party evaluation).

During and immediately after the Event, attendees can submit their evaluation anonymously via ZuPass. This will calculate the communal ZuWell Matrix to be compared with the one established by the organizers before the event.

🐠 Personas

Event Hosts

ZuWell Reviewers

Event Attendees

🔫 Actions

Users (All)

See the page with ZuWell Matrix for each event, color coded and the reasons behind the evaluations

Event Hosts

Self-evaluate their event and describe their event for each of the ZuWell criteria

ZuWell Reviewers

Review the evaluations of Hosts (either online or on-site)

Event Attendees

Anonymously submit their own overview of the event

🪵 Tech Stack

Web: TBD

Chain: Optimism

ZuWell Matrix with its criteria and will be logged via Ethereum Attestation Service

The framework and the code will be open-sourced on our website and GitHub

🌄 Vision & Future Potential

ZuWell’s potential is to be used beyond Zuzalu, to evaluate other pop-up cities, villages, conferences and events

ZuWell suggestions could be sourced directly from the latest research of pop-up cities and environmental psychology, as well as directly via user feedback using AI

🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 Team

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Aleksandar Abu Samra⁠

: Research, framework development, product lead

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Una Wang⁠

: Research, framework development, design lead

🌌 Timeline

Estimated 6 months: March - August 2024

Milestones by month:

March

First version of the framework / evaluation criteria

Test-run the framework with 1 pop-up city (likely Proof of Retreat | Vietnam)

April - May

First version of the

Product⁠

where Users can independently follow the evaluation criteria

Jun - Aug

Test-run the framework+product with minimum of 2 other pop-up cities (3 in total)

Gather insights, in-person, via hosts, via attendees, and the wider Zuzalu community

Improve framework+product based on the latest findings

Public release of ZuWell v1.0

🪙 Budget

🪙 Budget

⚓️ Impact Metrics

% of ZuVillage hosts using the framework during planning and evaluation of their pop-up city projects

% of ZuVillage hosts being inspired to improve something about their pop-up city experience as a result of using the framework

% of ZuVillage attendees using the framework to evaluate their experience

🗿 Benefits to Zuzalu Community

Positive environmental influences on physical and mental well-being of pop-up city residents

Increase awareness of pop-up city organizers on how they might enhance the environmental factors in their pop-up cities on the overall experience of their citizens

An efficient and convenient feedback mechanism that citizens can use to evaluate environmental factors influenced their experience

* A showcase of Zuzalu’s commitment to sustainability and long-term vision of pop-up cities and villages, together with their positive effects to surrounding communities

Evaluated Pop-Ups (WIP)

🖇️ References

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WELL - International WELL Building Institute⁠

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WELL Building Standard® | WELL Standard⁠

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https://v2.wellcertified.com/en/wellv2/overview⁠

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https://pagesetters.sg/well-being-for-all-a-holistic-framework-for-tropical-cities/⁠

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Example review of a communal space:

Evaluate theCOMMONS Thong Lor w/ 12-Step Well-Being Framework for Tropical Cities⁠

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Weighted decision matrix as a score for Zuzalu location options⁠

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Upcoming pop-up cities

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DAOVOZ⁠

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Proof of Retreat 🪁🏄‍♀️ | Vietnam⁠

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ZuVillage in Chiang Mai⁠

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Italy village⁠

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Zuzalu Grant Links

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Announcing: Zuzalu quadratic funding grants rounds (500 ETH matching)⁠

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Gitcoin: Zuzalu Q1-Tech Round⁠

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Zuzalu QF Round Application Questions⁠

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