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ARCH 502A: Errors and Omissions

Instructor: Eric Haas

Inclusivity & Inflatables

In a world of increasing standardization, how can we still provide comfort within intimately human designs? While much of this standardization ignores those at the peripherals of the population distribution, this project seeks to provide equally responsive and useful designs for all. This project proposes that the concept of adjustability via inflatables be used to achieve this goal. By setting boundaries at the extremes of human dimension, these inflatables push inwards and reconfigure in order to conform to the individual human body. Is it possible to have this idea of mass customization, while still providing responsive design without sacrificing efficiency?