Interior Architecture Design II - Assignment 1
By Unknown - Friday, September 22, 2017
28/9/2017 - Week 5
Ellyn-Faye Tan Jie Xin - 0327019
Interior Architecture Design II
Assignment 1 - Collapsible Project
4 weeks. 30%
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping. Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground), or to store things.
Collapsible [meaning]; object is designed to be folded flat when it is not being used OR capable of being folded up and stored.
This project challenges designers to rethink their roles and contemplate issues that are affecting lives around the world today. In face of rising natural disasters, economic uncertainties and over-population issues, can furniture today be designed to go beyond its aesthetic functions and coexist with the current environment?
Task Description:
You are required to design a dual-function furniture that transforms into a compactable unit which can be stored in a small space when required. The unit must be easy to pull apart or be collapsible and include a moving function that should be in between 3’ x 3’ perimeter. Project considerations also include size, aesthetics, construction, shape, movement and ergonomic and userfriendly. Materials that are allowed in this project are corrugated board, wood pallets, frames or plywood. [1 or combined materials]
Requirements + Dateline:
Mock-up models, scaled prototype, A2 Presentation Board / Sketches / Tutorials / Crit Sessions Dateline: 25th September 2017 (Model), 28th September 2017 (Presentation Board)
Group Mates:
Yaw Xin Qi
Ong Kay Mun
Individual Ideation:
Final Presentation:
Ellyn-Faye Tan Jie Xin - 0327019
Interior Architecture Design II
Assignment 1 - Collapsible Project
4 weeks. 30%
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping. Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground), or to store things.
Collapsible [meaning]; object is designed to be folded flat when it is not being used OR capable of being folded up and stored.
This project challenges designers to rethink their roles and contemplate issues that are affecting lives around the world today. In face of rising natural disasters, economic uncertainties and over-population issues, can furniture today be designed to go beyond its aesthetic functions and coexist with the current environment?
Task Description:
You are required to design a dual-function furniture that transforms into a compactable unit which can be stored in a small space when required. The unit must be easy to pull apart or be collapsible and include a moving function that should be in between 3’ x 3’ perimeter. Project considerations also include size, aesthetics, construction, shape, movement and ergonomic and userfriendly. Materials that are allowed in this project are corrugated board, wood pallets, frames or plywood. [1 or combined materials]
Requirements + Dateline:
Mock-up models, scaled prototype, A2 Presentation Board / Sketches / Tutorials / Crit Sessions Dateline: 25th September 2017 (Model), 28th September 2017 (Presentation Board)
Group Mates:
Yaw Xin Qi
Ong Kay Mun
Individual Ideation:
Images that inspired me
Model 1 (Individual):
Model 2 (Group):
Model 3 (Group):
Position 1 - Two chairs
Position 2 - Two chairs with feet spa
Position 3 -
Position 4 -
Pinup Crit Session (/9/17):
Progression after Crit:
Day 1 in Workshop
Types of joineries
Using the machine in the workshop to cut lap joints
Nailing the lap joints together
Day 2 in Workshop
Smoothening the edges of the frames and wood
Figuring out the complicating mechanism
Finally custom making the mechanism after A LOT of thinking!
Screwing the custom made hinges onto the real timber frames
Temporary attachment to nail down the angle of the slant
Table legs positions
Using the leveler to make sure the angles of the legs make a leveled table
Hinges attached
Almost done (80% done)
Custom making another metal rod hinge to hold the upper shelter frame
Metal Rod hinge attached
Long hinge attached
Types of mechanism in furniture
Final Model:
Position 1 - Collapsed
Position 2 - Short Table
Position 3 - Sheltered Chair
Position 4 - Beach Chair
Position 5 - Two-sided Chair
Presentation board progression:
Final presentation board:
Final Presentation:
Casual outfit for The Ease presentation
