Stove | Malawi
World Wildlife Fund & UIAH

WWF Brief: Using the existing 'briquette' industry present in Malawi which aims at lowering deforestation - design a stove that could work using such briquettes. Problems with the briquettes were: extra smoke, hard to light, and not entirely accepted socially at that point.

Concept: Create a mold press in village center - sharing the product may determine stronger motivation. This can be manually powered. Use local materials (clay) to create modular brick-like stoves.

1. Material is pressed and molded into modules.
2. Modules get dried, and stacked making a stove.
3. Brick-like mold creates hallow walls, enhancing ventilation.