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The project is conducted for the disabled. The news of the big earthquake in Sichuan, China, and my volunteering experience in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic games reminded me that there are lots of people without a full set of arms and legs as us. In addition, it must be difficult for people loosing part of their bodies in an earthquake or other disasters to adapt to their new life. As a result I decided to design a dwelling space helping them recover both physically and mentally. I took a positive attitude. The disabled are not the ones should be pitied on or looked after. The society should make them aware that they still can handle most of their life and can also contribute to the society, through which they can regain their love and hope of life.
The concept is to create a closed-loop work out route to help the disabled in the physical recovering process. The wheelchair space affects the width and curvature of the route. The relationship with existing space envelopes defines the shape of the route. Apart from the route, the other critical element is the function cores, inserted in the remnant space of the envelope and the route. Considering that the wheelchair user can only reach things stored in a lower space, the pick-and-place should happen at a lower height. In order to achieve both the storage efficiency and the convenience of pick-and-place, I designed a “Ferris Wheel” storage space that can roll up so that it can use the storage space in higher spaces and can roll down and make a convenient pick-and-place.
The concept is to create a closed-loop work out route to help the disabled in the physical recovering process. The wheelchair space affects the width and curvature of the route. The relationship with existing space envelopes defines the shape of the route. Apart from the route, the other critical element is the function cores, inserted in the remnant space of the envelope and the route. Considering that the wheelchair user can only reach things stored in a lower space, the pick-and-place should happen at a lower height. In order to achieve both the storage efficiency and the convenience of pick-and-place, I designed a “Ferris Wheel” storage space that can roll up so that it can use the storage space in higher spaces and can roll down and make a convenient pick-and-place.
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