Week 6: group report

This week proved to be our team's greateset challenge yet because we only had a week to compose, collaborate, combine and edit each section of the report. However, this proved to be a very positve expierence because everyone did thier part to ensure that the project would be finished on time.
Each person, having had four days writer their respective section came together on Thursday; during that day we combined our sections and finished the report.

After this we each agreed that we would come in during some time next week so that we could get started with the poster for our presentation for next Friday.

Lidl Garden Swing Seat

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20115070.Saturday_Super_Sale

I can see potential here.

This would leave us with €50.01 to cover the entire thing with insulating sheets, and perhaps install wheels for easy mobility.

But hurry! This offer is only available on 26th Feb.

Alan

Gant Chart

Our current Gant chart was set up at the beginning of this semester to help us maintain
constant progress with the project. THe following is our Gant chart:

 

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
Brainstorming
Specifications
Structural design
Material choice
Multimedia
Ethics&sustainability
group report writing
sketch pad updates
blog updates
poster design
	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12
	Reading
	Reading
	Reading
	Reading
	Reading
	Reading
	Reading
	Reading
	Reading
	Reading

Design Brief and Specifications for the homeless shelter

During the begining of this project we had decided that it would be neccesary to form a list of Specifications that would meet the Design brief as well as other specicfications that we thought would be revelant to the a homeless person using the shelter. The specifications include the following:

1. fireproof
2. light, portable and compact
3. easy assembly and dissassembly
4. Camouflage (to avoid the authority)
5. insulation to provide thermal comfort bewteen temperatures of -5 < T (Degrees Celcius) < 35
6. waterproof
7. water collection system with the ability to collect 5 litres and 2 litres for emergencies
8. food storage of 5kg.
9. It should be big enough to allow two people to use the shelter
10. It should be dark enough inside to allow the users to sleep.
11. budget needed to be under 100 euro
12. materials are to be recyclable.

Week 5: Finalisation of group shelter !!!

During this workshop every grouop was ask to finalise their design and
to produce a poster of their shelter detailing it's site context and special features,
which was to be hung at three.

Following this our group then got together and
agreed and sorted out the final design along with it's
add - ons such the water collection and the vents
Having completed this Ciaran and Yvonne started to
draw different elements of the shelter for the poster.
The following is the completed poster of the shelter.
Please note that we neglected some of the finer details of the shelter.

User Centric Design

During our design we had to design our shelter around the user and their needs. Some of the needs that we considered were:

• Warmth (insulation)
• Portability
• Comfort
• Safety and Security (camouflage, fire resistant, structurally sound)
• Shelter from water/rain
• Food storage and water collection

Some more research on Tarp!!!

http://www.tarptent.com/shipping.html

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1979758

http://www.tarptent.com/

http://www.tarpsplus.com/learntarps.html

http://www.patagonia.com/us/patagonia.go?assetid=37606

both polyethelene tarp and Nylon tarps are good because they are both recyclable.

divide and conquer !!! (Week 5)

During this week our group had decided that it would be best to get started on our report as everyone would be busy the coming week with labs.
Since there was a lot of matreial to cover on the report and our group consisted of ten people, we thought that it would be best to split up into to pairs and from there complete the report in pairs whilst communicating with the rest of the group for any advice or information.
The following are the pairs for each topic:

1 Review of iconic and everyday designs for temporary shelters paying attention to form and function

    Conor and
    Cian

2 Review of the published design processes and methodologies for built environment and products

    Niall and
    Alan

3 Review of user-centred design and its applicability to this design brief

   Hannah and
   Eanna

4 Review of environmental and sustainability criteria for temporary shelters including recycling and carbon footprint

   Yvonne and
   Johnnie

5 Drawings and calculations.

   Ciaran and
   Stephen

Possible add ons for our shelter

Here is a conversation bewteen two teammates about the shelter. Add ons to improve the health, safety and comfort of the users.

me:  would you consider ventilation of the shelter to part of the health and safety.
 Ciaran:  well, it would come under the comfort, but h&s probably
 me:  should we include it in our design
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 Ciaran:  yeah. a vent in either side
 me:  cool but we also have to consider the heat loss from the vents
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 Ciaran:  sod all. they can be sealed off incase too much heat is escaping
 me:  awesome, and one more thing,
I think we should include a flexible pipe that we can use to attach to warm air vent and cooling machines just like the parasite.
Because at the moment our shelter looks promising but it won't stand out from the other shelters that will be built.
 Ciaran:  johnnie, there are no warm air supplies in the middle of a park... and the only problem we'll have is cooling the thing down, not heating it up
 me:  true there are no warm air supplies in the middle of a park but I wasnt talking about the park .
I was thinking about the city
remember those pictures of the air vents in the city on the blog?
 Sent at 16:54 on Wednesday
 Ciaran:  yeah, but that idea isn't really origonal cause they gave it to us
 me:  yeah but what about the cooling part.
in the summer we can attach the shelter to an air conditioner in the alley way.
 Ciaran:  computer fan attached to a battery in one of the vents
 me:  I dont know sounds expensive.
and noisy
might attract attention
 Ciaran:  virtuall n no noise €10
 me:  batteries and fan?
 Ciaran:  ok €15 but that about it
 me:  would they be heavy and bulky to instsall
???
 Ciaran:  nope . get a small fan to get some airflow. bout 10x10 cm or less
 me: 
well that sounds like a great idea, we can tell the group tommorow.
 Ciaran:  yeah, thats fine by me
 Sent at 17:04 on Wednesday

Tarpaulin II

Heres a paragraph about the stuff

http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5025782_tarps-made.html

Tarpaulin

Heres a site in Ireland that may be of some help

http://www.allweathercovers.ie/tarpaulin.html

Pictures

For a review of iconic and everyday designs for temporary shelters paying a ttention to form and function

Site Context - Group Meeting

Having analysed the notes we took in our brainstorming session, we met once again to talk about certain areas that we concluded would be a suitable place to set up a homeless shelter. By doing this analysis we hope to be able to design our shelter so that it will work in practice.

The two main areas identified (the site context) that we felt our shelter would likely be set up were parks and green space, and the urban environment. Some members of the group went on tour to these areas, and took pictures of areas in these environments that we felt could be used. These areas are:

Park

• In between bushes (to provide camouflage and protection from environmental elements).
• Behind park benches.
• Beside any object to which we could attach the shelter to (e.g. trees, fencing etc).

Urban Environment

• In alleyways (out of sight, smaller area is less susceptible to wind).
• Behind large dumpsters/recycling bin/bottle banks.
• Near objects to which we can easily attach our shelter to (bicycle stands, bollards, fencing).
• In inlets/crevasses of lane ways etc. (out of site, some environmental cover)

Fabric

http://www.fitzpatrickwholesale.ie/search.asp?search=43884

Found this but it wont give a price, doesnt seem to be much in Ireland selling things

Thats because it supplies goods to retailers, they sell things in bulk, therefore we need to tell them how much we are going to buy and contact them if we want to know the price

Website

http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/field/ort/

Just a website that had shelters with mention of the fabric used.

Materials for the shelter

here are some websites that contain materials that we can use to insulate and waterproof our shelter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_blanket 
http://www.ehow.com/how_6598920_insulate-tent.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Guide-to-Tarps&id=66960

Pics from around dublin just to give an idea of whats out there.