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Trying to solve some technic problems... We keep on working!
Team 3 - Micro architecture
By: Lisanne Alexandre, Maria Helene Saether & Rafal Strzelczak
The idea
This micro architecture
is inspired by some of the positive aspects of autism. While their social
skills may be poor, they often have some things they are very good and
passionate about. They are also always their true selves. A person with autism is good at focusing and concentrating on
that specific thing for a long period of time, which makes them very skilled in
that specific area.
Some can for example be very
creative.
First of all, this
construction is designed to be a tiny space since that is what many autistic
people prefer. The materials are going to be carton, and we want the person
that is inside the construction to be able to draw or write something on the
walls of the construction, as well as leaning against the wall while sitting.
This is to encourage the person inside it to be creative and use his or her
imagination while being inside the construction. The walls are built with
slopes so that it is easier to draw on it, and it makes a more comfortable
space to be in and to sit in. The entrance is small, so the outside world is less interesting than the inside mind of the person with autism.
The idea is to stimulate the creativity. To be in a comfortable area with the chance to be really creative and concentrated. When they are inside our micro architecture they want to be in there, that's the idea we hope for.
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One of the
most remarkable things of people with Trisomy21 is the proud they feel of their
achievements. Although this is the purest type of proud, just being proud of
one self, better than what they were before; not better than other people, higher
or bigger than them. Every achievement is a personal improvement and something
worthy enough to be proud of.
The reason
of this strong feeling is the difficulties(physical and cognitive) they have to
deal every day, so that every little step is something to be hugely proud of. With this
Microarchitecture we show this process of personal improvement and overcoming
and the final proud of a job well done; attaching the whole process not only to
physical traits but also to cognitive ones.
This
Microarchitecture consist of two different parts: one related to the difficulties
and the other related to the prize.
On the
physical gadget, directly related to the problems of balance associated with
people with Trisomy 21, the weight placed on a rail along the line of the
shoulders moves freely from left to right by the movements of the extremities,
to which the weight is connected by different ropes. This system makes the person imbalance depending on the direction of
weight.
The upper
part is related to the mental process of feeling proud and physically connected
in the model to the support of the weight that causes the imbalance. With this,
the achievement consist on keeping the weight aligned in the centre of the bar,
beating the forces that distract you from your aims. When this action is
completed a system placed on the head, inside a watercolor tank, releases this colored
water into a transparent mask. In this moment, the colors flowing in front the
eyes make the one who is wearing the prosthesis realize he has made something
to be proud of.
To go
deeper into this feeling, this prosthesis could be ideally tested on a route of
several easy activities. This activities could be quickly passed without seeing
the colors of the prize but the colors of the prize can only be seen if the
activities are made properly, not fast. This is a whole metaphor of the Trisomy
21: the world has its own pace, it always
rushes and people with Trisomy 21, are able to make everything they want
but they just need their time to make things properly and be proud of their
achievements.
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