Design problem

Design problem

1. AESTHETIC & FORM

   • Art movements that'll inspire the exterior and interior
     • Modernism
     • Bauhaus
     • Architects would also be interesting for exterior veiwpoints
     • Minimilism
   • Furniture
     • Simple
     • Fit 6-8 students
     • easy to clean if food spills on it
     • Accessible for wheel chair users
   • shape of the building
     • circle
     • hexagon
       • the space of the shape should be able to fit everything (design wise)
     • rectangle
     • square
     • aligned with the floor or heighted?
   • Bright
     • Colours to add excitement
       • primary and secondary colours
       • colour wheel
     • Ambience
   • Designs

2. CLIENT/USERS

   • Principle of Secondary school
     • seeing if there's any issues or concerns from his perspective
       • Address and fix the form/function of the canteen
         • Health and safety
         • Eco friendly
         • User friendly
   • Students and staff
     • they are the users going to use the canteen every single day to buy food and eat there
       • designed for them to get food and sit to eat
       • it will impact the quality of their life in school by, having the canteen :
         • organized
           • proper spaces for dining and food service area
         • easy and accessible to get food
         • entrances and exits
   • it will be promoted since it's in the school and students/staff will buy their food everyday from that building

3. ENVIRONMENT

   • Recycled materials
     • wood
     • certain plastics
   • Biodegradable
     • materials that can break down easily
   • Reused materials
   • promote recycling in the prototype canteen
   • renewable energy
   • water reducing fittings
     • Grey water treatments
     • green roofs
   • using softwoods instead of hardwoods

4. MANUFACTURE

   • Lazer cutter
   • Hand saw
   • Sand disk
   • Vacuum foaming
   • 3D printer
   • 2D design
   • Fusion 360
   • Google sketch
   • Tinkerpad
   • 5D Interior design
   • Revit
   • injection molding
   • laminated wood process
   • rotational molding
   • 3D printing

5. MATERIALS

   • Prototype
     • Styrofoam
     • Metal wires
     • Plywood
     • Acrylic
     • Cement
     • LED lights
       • Circuit board
   • furniture
   • Doors
   • windows
   • knowing what material will be suitable for the right components and structure of the canteen
   • No toxic fumes from the materials
   • Recyclable, Reducible & Reusable
   • Polymers
     • Metals
   • fabrics and textiles
   • Softwood and hardwoods

6. COST

   • how much will it cost to advertise the new canteen around the room?
   • will modelling be expensive?
   • finding and ordering new and updated furniture will be costly
   • interior designs wouldn't be as expensive than everything else
   • Second hand materials (cheaper)
     • Reused materials
   • Sustainable design would be on the higher end but lasts for a long time
   • sustainable and environmental products are expensive

7. LOCATION

   • need to be a large area to acommidate everything
     • Outdoor seating
     • the spacing of the layout
     • Accessible to everyone
   • It will be in Rak Academy Secondary school
     • Behind DT & Art building
     • Same location (next to gate 3)
     • Music Block and Tennis court district
   • Not too far from classes

8. SUSTAINABILITY

   • Natural lighting will save electricity
     • Windows
     • Sun pipes
     • Clear doors
   • sustainable designs that could reduce payment for RAKA
     • solar panels
     • LED lights
     • Earth cooling tube
   • Reduce pollution by having natural or recyclable materials

9. ERGONOMICS & ANTHROPOMETRICS

   • wheel chair users
     • some chairs and tables should be movable and adjustable for height purpose
     • There should be one toilet facility for them. Space of the area, height of the toilet with handles and a suitable handle to make opening and closing doors easier.
     • Queue lines should be a suitable dimension of 90 cm for everyone, also the wheel chair can fit with distruptions
   • Chairs and tables: able to carry it or move it around.
     • firm grip which is comfortable and safe to handle
     • tables should be the arm length to reach the other side
   • Arm length to take food from station
   • Clear electrical door would be best
     • No handle which makes it easier for wheel chair users.
   • emergency signs height

10. SAFETY

    • must check to make sure no toxic materials are used
    • Emergency signs
    • Ramps for the disable
    • Clear doors to see the inside/outside of people coming in or going out.
    • there's enough space to walk to prevent any injuries
    • tables and chairs should be lightweight
    • Toilet facilities should be far away from entrances.
    • Ras Al Khamiah building regulation & construction specification
      • Roofing should be flat with own water tank and AC facility
      • height size of building should not exceed 1.20 m
      • dinning hall should be 50 m2 with 1.50 m2 per student
    • following health and safety regulations from school and MOE.

11. QUALITY CONTROL

    • Gantt Chart
    • physical checks to make sure it meets the standards

12. QUALITY ASSURANCE

    • what are the strategies used to make the prototype?
    • what processes will be used to structure the prototype and meet the standards of the brief?
    • having specific standards to ensure clients/users needs