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Project 02b: A Quarantine Cell
The second project this semester is to design a unit for quarantine of an individual. The design should be 'off the grid' and accommodate one person for forty days. I came across a design on the internet for the Sleep Box - individual pods for travelers at airports or train stations,made to accommodate someone resting in between trips.
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/10/sleepbox-by-arch-group/
The Sleep Box is roughly 2 by 1.5 meters, and is sufficient for a person to spend maybe an hour inside. It makes good use of valuable space, but a person spends only a short amount of time inside. The challenge of this quarantine project is figuring out a way to hold a person inside a small, monitored space for forty days, and make it bearable.
I started by building five models to work through organizing flow of movement and circulation through the space. I documented movement, water, air flow, and spaces.
Our design is for those traveling to New Orleans and immediately being quarantined in protection against an outbreak in the city, and our site is the Port of New Orleans.
The quarantined individual would enter the unit directly from a cargo entrance from the boat. Since there is wind in the north-south direction and little wind from east-west, I'm planning to harness wind for the building's energy source. In the protection device project, my glove was composed of materials wrapping and forming around the hand, creating a grain. I want to create that same feel with the living space. The curved, winding surfaces wrap around the space and create a feeling of movement in the room. The 'grain' of the form of the quarantine unit would be more closed on the north and south sides, but let in air from the east and west sides. I'm planning to design the pattern to relate to the movement, energy generation, and protection of the space.
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/10/sleepbox-by-arch-group/
The Sleep Box is roughly 2 by 1.5 meters, and is sufficient for a person to spend maybe an hour inside. It makes good use of valuable space, but a person spends only a short amount of time inside. The challenge of this quarantine project is figuring out a way to hold a person inside a small, monitored space for forty days, and make it bearable.
I started by building five models to work through organizing flow of movement and circulation through the space. I documented movement, water, air flow, and spaces.
Our design is for those traveling to New Orleans and immediately being quarantined in protection against an outbreak in the city, and our site is the Port of New Orleans.
The quarantined individual would enter the unit directly from a cargo entrance from the boat. Since there is wind in the north-south direction and little wind from east-west, I'm planning to harness wind for the building's energy source. In the protection device project, my glove was composed of materials wrapping and forming around the hand, creating a grain. I want to create that same feel with the living space. The curved, winding surfaces wrap around the space and create a feeling of movement in the room. The 'grain' of the form of the quarantine unit would be more closed on the north and south sides, but let in air from the east and west sides. I'm planning to design the pattern to relate to the movement, energy generation, and protection of the space.
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