DESIGN + WELLBEING
// About Physical Activity
Physical activities is the activities that inlcuded the body movement that works your muscle and required more energy than resting. There are 3 types of physical activity which are 'Aerobic', 'Strengthening', and 'Flexibility'.
// Benefits on having Physical Activity
Physical activities will bring us a lots of benefits that related to our physical health and mental health. It can reduce the risk of having disease, strengthen our heart, improve sleeping quality and mood, maintain our body weight and also let us stay more concentration while doing work.
// Issue - Causes - Effects
This is because they are sitting in an incorrect position like hunchbacked while having class or doing work. Some of them still need to carrying a lots of book that is heavy and they are busy on studying and forgot to spend some time for sports.
These will let them suffering the issue of hip ain, overweight or poor concentration while studying.
// Statistic
Here are some of the statistic that showing the physical activities, overweight and sitting diseases among the college students. The statistic showed that the college student having less physical activities if comapred to the schoold students, the the overweight percentage is up to 39.6%.
// How
In order to decrease the risk of suffering the back pain and shoulder pain, we should
1. stronger our musle which can give the enough support to our back
2. stronger the abdominal muscle improve our sitting posture
3. take parts in exercise that boosts natural endorphins in the body
// Proposal
// AIM
decrease the risk of suffering back pain and shoulder pain
decrease the risk of suffering back pain and shoulder pain
// OBJECTIVES
encourage students to take an active part in physical activities (work-life balance) to relax their body and get away from schooldwork for a short time.
// Concept
The concept for this project is called "Spinning Gear". "Spinning" is the words that defined as a movement and "Gear" is to represent the human bone.The bone joint of a human is the part that supports humans to have any body movement, and the shape of it is almost same as the gears shape and gear always define as a bone joint in medicine.
When gears didn't work for a long time, it will corrosion and hard to move, in order to make it works smoothly, we have to add the gear oil on it. Same as we sitting on a chair for a long time, we will feel pain and soreness from our back and shoulder. So we have to stand up relax to reduce this pain and soreness.
// Element
My element for this project is "Gear". Here is the mindmap about the gears like textures, materials, and colors.
// Building Program
There are 3 physical activities that is suitable for college students to relax their body.
1. Yoga - Wall Training Yoga, Flying Yoga
An activity that can improve concentrationa and sitting position, build muslce strength
2. Rock Climbing
An acitivity that works out with yout whole boyd, can strengthen core muslce and improve body balance
3. VR Running
This running activity combines with VR games which could create more fun experience when running. It can strengthen core muslce, control body weight, reduce the risk of having chronic disease
// Space requirements & Bubble diagram
// Progress
// Technical Drawing
// Facade
The facade is using the texture of gear and added with lighting to make the building eye catching at night.
// Entrance
The ceiling is design based on the gear shape by using metal and attaching with yellow strips light to create a movement to the space. The waal was attached to the red-prange light to create cheerful and energetic mood for this space. Steel and metal are using in this space like the reception counter and the handrail of the staircase.
// Indoor - Outdoor Rock Climbing
The two cabinets is to store the equipment for rock climbing. A 140mm foam mat was placed on the rock climbing area as floor cover for safety.There is a door between indoor and outdoor rock climbing which let people come out easier after they take the equipments for the rock climbing from indoor.
// Yoga Room
There are 2 areas on yoga area which are flying yoga area and wall training yoga area. The metal track on ceiing is inspired by the gear shape which can be used for hanging the flying yoga and also to attched the lighting on it.
The wall training yoga's panel is made from plywood. The tools and equipments of the wall training yoga will be installed on the wall panel when need to used it. The big window beside the flying yoga to create the connection between 2 floors.
// VR Running Room
Lounge Areea & VR-Running Games Area
The VR-Running Games area have different rooms and each room is separate by using the LED strips light that attached to the floor. The dimmer light is provided in each room which can let people to adjust the amount of lighting that they are comfortable with when play. The arch in front of the staircase is designed using the spinning movement of gear.
The lounge area is for people to sit and rest. There are some screens at there that show the tutorial of playing the games, and it will have the leaderboards about the score that other people get in the games which can stimulate their excitement when playing, and at the same time forgot about the homework for a short moment.
This space using 2 most color with is magenta and blue led lighting which can encourage people to have fun when playing in this space.
// Presentation Boards
