Smart Rainwater Buffer DIY Instructions

Due to the impact of climate change, Enschede is affected by flooding, leading to severe damage and high risks for the inhabitants. To fight this problem, a solution called the Smart Rainwater Buffer was developed. If it was deployed on a large scale it could buffer sufficient water, preventing the city from flooding. Therefore, research was conducted on deployment opportunities and it was found that a DIY-approach was the most affordable and best-accepted approach of distributing the SRB amongst the inhabitants of Enschede. Consequently, this initiated the research of this bachelor thesis: developing a DIY-solution enabling large-scale deployment of the SRB for every SRB-user. Following the Creative Technology Design process, a state of the art research was conducted on existing work, yielding results on variations of instruction methods as well as guidelines on best practices. These have been used as a reference to develop concepts relating to the SRB. Using an iterative approach, a detailed DIY-solution concept has been specified in collaboration with stakeholders. It has been specified that a combination of an instruction manual consisting of text and illustrations as well as an expert opinion video are the most promising approaches for a DIY-solution. In combination they can transfer the information of how to assemble and maintain the SRB to a diverse audience. Evaluating this DIY-solution with different potential users, it has confirmed this thesis and either one of the instruction methods was able to communicate the information successfully.