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In week 2, we decided to narrow down to two of the four ideas. Both the seating complex, turning corner table and the dumpling sleeping chamber have a lot of potentials, yet the mechanisms is a bit hard to realize. They require a lot of test pieces and precise mechanisms, and they are really testing the limits of the softwares we learned in this class.
Hence, we decided to focus on the Crum House idea, and we came up with a new design --a bike-seating complex, with a Citi-Bike-like system in place in Swarthmore. Details are explained below.
1. Crum House.
We scaled down the 1st draft model to a 40' x 20' (800 ft^2), one-floor house that empathizes on the horizontality. We integrated a few design elements from the last model to the new one, such as round windows, bamboo sticks, open Japanese courtyards, etc.
The scale of a person is by the top right-hand corner. Looking at the house, he faces a standard ADA single door (the small green square), and subsequently a ADA bathroom (door push inward). There's also an emergency exit on the lower right-hand corner that was not meant to be used on a daily basis. Obviously this is just a basic box design right now, so more architectural details will be added later.
Below are some of the dimensions of ADA requirements, such as hallway clearances, doorway clearances, etc.
2. Bike-Seating.
It was a sunny afternoon, and we were sitting on a lawn in front of Science Center. My friend lied on the grass comfortably, enjoying the lazy spring breeze. I was sitting next to her, trying to close my eye and take in the beauty of April as well. But I am allergic to grass and bugs--and I started to itch crazily. Only if there're some more outdoor public seating on campus!
A glance to my right, I noticed the bike racks by Martin. It is this traditional, most mundane grey bike rack that calls zero attention, and only one bike leans against it lazily. It's underused, unattractive, and invisible. We want to change this.
Hence, we came up with Swarthmore-Bikes. It is just like Citi Bike, a public bicycle sharing system, accessible to students, faculties & staff, as long as they possess a OneCard. They can pick up a bike at one of the stations around Swarthmore by scanning their card at the small monitor, enjoy their unlimited 30-min rides to classes, Targets, or drug stores, and return bike to any station. Sliding the bike into an empty dock, scan your ID, and the green light will indicate that it's locked.
The design form will be laminated, and a picture of 4 abstracted designs are shown below. With the laminated form, bikes and people can use the complex from different directions. Take Design #1, which corresponds with the largest design above. In this design, the left half of the bench will be made of metal with wider gaps that allows bikes to be locked; and the right half will be made of wood, with thiner gaps and much smoother design for humans to sit on comfortably.
In week 2, we decided to narrow down to two of the four ideas. Both the seating complex, turning corner table and the dumpling sleeping chamber have a lot of potentials, yet the mechanisms is a bit hard to realize. They require a lot of test pieces and precise mechanisms, and they are really testing the limits of the softwares we learned in this class.
Hence, we decided to focus on the Crum House idea, and we came up with a new design --a bike-seating complex, with a Citi-Bike-like system in place in Swarthmore. Details are explained below.
1. Crum House.
We scaled down the 1st draft model to a 40' x 20' (800 ft^2), one-floor house that empathizes on the horizontality. We integrated a few design elements from the last model to the new one, such as round windows, bamboo sticks, open Japanese courtyards, etc.
The scale of a person is by the top right-hand corner. Looking at the house, he faces a standard ADA single door (the small green square), and subsequently a ADA bathroom (door push inward). There's also an emergency exit on the lower right-hand corner that was not meant to be used on a daily basis. Obviously this is just a basic box design right now, so more architectural details will be added later.
This is a picture of the Barnes Foundation basement, just an example of open couryards with greens inside. It is also called a skywell.
Below is the detailed illustration of the pathway across the skywell.
2. Bike-Seating.
It was a sunny afternoon, and we were sitting on a lawn in front of Science Center. My friend lied on the grass comfortably, enjoying the lazy spring breeze. I was sitting next to her, trying to close my eye and take in the beauty of April as well. But I am allergic to grass and bugs--and I started to itch crazily. Only if there're some more outdoor public seating on campus!
A glance to my right, I noticed the bike racks by Martin. It is this traditional, most mundane grey bike rack that calls zero attention, and only one bike leans against it lazily. It's underused, unattractive, and invisible. We want to change this.
Hence, we came up with Swarthmore-Bikes. It is just like Citi Bike, a public bicycle sharing system, accessible to students, faculties & staff, as long as they possess a OneCard. They can pick up a bike at one of the stations around Swarthmore by scanning their card at the small monitor, enjoy their unlimited 30-min rides to classes, Targets, or drug stores, and return bike to any station. Sliding the bike into an empty dock, scan your ID, and the green light will indicate that it's locked.
The design form will be laminated, and a picture of 4 abstracted designs are shown below. With the laminated form, bikes and people can use the complex from different directions. Take Design #1, which corresponds with the largest design above. In this design, the left half of the bench will be made of metal with wider gaps that allows bikes to be locked; and the right half will be made of wood, with thiner gaps and much smoother design for humans to sit on comfortably.
The map below indicates the accessible paths for ADA requirements, but also bike routes. Red dots are the suggested bike stations. Notably, helmets must be required for students to bike around the campus.
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