Gutterseat
‘GutterSeat’ 2024, Graduate Project
Industrial Design, unsW
Gutterseat
MEtropolitan seating often fosters anti sociaL BEHAVIOUR FROM IT’S USERS DUE TO THE SHORT TIME REQUIREMENT AS WELL AS THE CITY’S DENSITY.
The Problem
fOUND BY lONGITUDINAL eTHNOGRAPHIC rESEARCH
3 Key findings
Privacy was a larger concern for the commuters of Town hall as their priorities were short term seating.
People often avoid the existing seating in Town Hall Square, opting for existing architectural structures that provided privacy.
Social interaction did not occur amongst strangers unless previously acquainted.
research
ideation
refine parameters
tutor feedback
modelling
sketching
cad model
final model/scale model