Process
Ideation
Interactive Art and Braille
Staircases
Light
Pet Shelters
Homeless
Even though I was passionate about the pet shelter and homeless man, I found that during brainstorming it was difficult to come up with ideas.
While helping another student with his project, I I had a "eureka" moment. I had remembered a lecture from a design history class about Greg Lynn's embryological house. I had the idea of transforming the idea and shape of the embryological house into seating on an airplane. This seating would be comfortable and conforming to the body.
Airplane Seating
Analyzing Space
After analyzing the space and it's problems, it became noticeable that putting in an embryo-like chair would take up more space than traditional seats, defeating the goal of the airlines to put as many passengers on a plane as possible. While the embryo-chair may be a good idea in theory, it would never be efficient in a space like this.
So instead of completely starting over, I shifted my focus from airplane seating to airport seating.
Final Idea: Airport Waiting Room
When analyzing the airport seating area, I thought about all the different types of users and found that one user group, who might be considered extreme users, really intrigued me. This user group was layover passengers. Layover passengers might be considered extreme users because they spend more time at the airport than do people without long layovers. With my particular user group in mind I brainstormed ideas on how I could improve the seating area.
First Prototype
Things I learned from building my first prototype were that I needed to cut slower and steadier, watch things drying from glue to make sure they don't droop, and that I needed a sturdier material than chipboard for my chairs. I also found out that if there were other problems that could be fixed by the chair I should explore those opportunities, and so I went back to the ideation stage to re-analyze theses problems.
Besides storage, I feel that privacy was the next biggest issue that had alot of opportunities.
Final Analyzation of Space
The Solution
POV
People on layovers for flights need a waiting area that allows more privacy and safer storage for their carry-on luggage.
Project Description
The purpose of this project is to provide a built environment that caters to passengers on layover. The vault built in to the ground provides safer storage for luggage so users who want to explore the airport or go eat don't have to carry it around. The storage beneath the chair serves as short-term storage for items like purses or laptop cases so the user doesn't have to contiunally unlock the safe. Another common problem for layover passengers is lack of privacy. The adjustable screens serve as a barrier between annoying neighbors or as a shield to provide privay for business men or women.
Rendered Versions
Final Model
Tools/Materials
Technique