Configure Me/Configure This | Gianna Wegman

Final Post

Rebecca Knowles and Gianna Wegman

I first came up with this concept that the cube would be a chair with all of the sides as replaceable wood/ cushion tiles, then this cube would then fold out into a table. At first, I didn't configure my first iteration with the idea of the frame and kept it all in one piece, I was quick to find that it would be very difficult to support the table when extended so I rethought that idea and came up with the idea of the frame. When I reconfigured my concept I put together a 5 faced cube with the bottom as a base for a scissor lift that would reach beneath the hollow cube so it would be adjustable and all the sides would fold out and turn into a cross form, giving 4 individual places to work that are still close together to be collaborative for students to work together. However, the scissor lift on my third iteration wasn't able to collapse or extend so I went in on rhino and re-designed it to where it would be a working scissor lift. I then moved on to my final iteration, made of particle board. When folded down in a cube, the chair stands 4.in tall and wide. It is made of particle board and consists of 7 hinges, 2 on each wing except for one wing. There is a scissor lift that supports the table when the wings extend, the scissor lift can collapse to about 1.5 inches off the ground and extend up to 6 inches off the ground. Each panel is 3in x 3in, one side is hard particle board, and the other is a black cushion.