aelva
Bachelor Thesis -
Branding and Application Development
The AELVA app assists individuals in creating personalized gardens that sustain biodiversity and contribute to a healthier planet. Users receive support throughout the entire design process, as well as assistance in maintaining their new oasis.
Opportunity
Garden planning involves dozens of connected decisions, but most tools reduce them to long lists and static information. That makes it difficult to understand what actually works together.
Design
Response
Rather than helping people plan once, AELVA supports the whole gardening journey—from the first layout through ongoing care—making ecological relationships easier to understand along the way.
A spatial 3D planner replaces technical lists with a visual environment, helping users understand compatibility, scale and seasonal change before implementation.
Planning, feedback and learning are connected, so users build confidence while using the product.
SIMPLIFY
Only the controls needed for the current task are shown, keeping the focus on planning rather than operating the interface.
VISUALISE
Spatial relationships replace technical lists, making ecosystem interactions immediately understandable.
GUIDE
Feedback appears during decision-making rather than after mistakes occur.
SUPPORT
Details stay out of the way until they're needed.