A wall that can be altered to any shape to provide both visual and audio privacy for Jeremy. When not in use, it can be transformed into a lounge chair to save space.

A foldable barrier that provides both audio and visual privacy for a person. This barrier is attached to a wall in a room and can be extended and altered to any shape. When working, it is crucial to be in an environment that allows someone to work efficiently. Most of the time, this includes minimal noise around the general location. Unfortunately, not everyone has the luxury to be in the ideal environment when working. This product aims to be both a convenient and easy fix. With a structure similar to an accordion door, it can bend and take any shape necessary. This also means that the barrier is be able to turn into objects like a lounge chair. To top it all off, there are sound panels attached to the outside that both provided texture and dampen sound.

Sydney wants to connect more with natural elements and have her space altered to allow her to have a more natural living space. This project is a water wheel that simulates the noises of a river.

Convertible spaces: a project intended to help Miriam a student at nuvu  that wants to have a desk in her room but she does not have space. This is achieved by making a desk that can slide out of her dresser

It is made by using a thick piece of wood that slides in and out of the dresser. That piece is placed 28 inches above the ground and is 40 inches wide. This is important so Miriam can be comfortable when working. This was needed because Miriam has spent her time working in her mom’s office and she wants her own space. 

This project is to help Miriam who has a lack of space to work during this epidemic. She has a lack of space to work and would like a nice quiet work space. Due to space constraints, we had to find a way to convert something in her room to a desk. We decided to focus on the dresser. It is a dresser attachment that goes inside of one of the drawers that folds out into a table.

We came up with this idea when looking through convertible rooms that change use easily.  It is made with a piece of wood with hinges on each side. It pulls out and folds down with a leg to give full stability. It is 28 inches high and 40 inches wide to make space for a computer and a notebook.

In the current Coronavirus climate, corporations and schools have been forced to adapt to quarantining. While essential workers are still out working, a huge portion of the population is staying home, doing their work from a desk where they sit for hours on end. Whether it’s walking between classes or going shopping in the mall, the walking we do on a day-to-day basis aside from any working out typically adds up to several miles. Without that usual movement, it's easy to accumulate pent-up energy, which makes concentrating at a desk extremely difficult.

In an attempt to solve this issue, which affects so many people, there have been a few products created, but none of them are all-encompassing. The market is familiar with fidget toys, but if we're being honest, for most people, they are more distracting than anything else, and they don't get to the source of the issue: pent-up energy. There are other products meant to keep you moving while working, such as standing desks or chairs with exercise balls, but these make marginal improvements at best in terms of keeping active and releasing energy.  Enter... Desk Pedals! Desk Pedals are essentially stationary bike pedals that can be placed anywhere, without needing a connection to power. Desk Pedals allow users to get exercise under their desk to stay moving during class or meetings. This allows maximum concentration with minimal distraction, and as an added feature, even has a built-in fan powered by pedaling to prevent sweating and overheating. Get exercise, release energy, stay concentrated.

Convertible spaces: a project intended to help Miriam a student at nuvu  that wants to have a desk in her room but she does not have space. This is achieved by making a desk that can slide out of her dresser

Convertible spaces: a project intended to help Miriam a student at nuvu  that wants to have a desk in her room but she does not have space. This is achieved by making a desk that can slide out of her dresser

The enforcement of social distancing during the current pandemic has created a shift in the ways we experience and occupy space. Bedrooms have become conference rooms, living rooms have become sanctuaries, and kitchens have become yoga studios. This drastic shift in programmed experience has created significant challenges in the efficiency and flexibility of our domestic spaces, but also invites creative opportunities for design intervention and transformation....

This studio will explore adaptive architectural strategies as well as transformative product design solutions in order to re-imagine the evolving roles of our homes during the current era of social distancing.

Students will be tasked to design an intervention within their partner’s living environment, simulating a client/designer relationship and bolstering an empathy-driven process.