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| Project leader: |
Danijela Domljan |
| Project co-leader: |
John Jack Elliott |
| Administering organization: |
University of Zagreb Faculty of Forestry, Svetosimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia http://www.sumfak.unizg.hr/
OIB: 07699719217
Tibor Pentek, Ph.D., full professor, dean |
| Partner Institution/Company: |
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Department of Design and Environmental Analyses |
| Grant type: |
2A |
| Project title: |
Enhancing children’s well-being by sustainable school furniture design |
| Project summary: |
The design of school furniture has for a long time been neglected in the educational system of many countries of the world. This project strives to improve the well-being and health of children in schools through the sustainable design of school furniture.
The project is being implemented with an interdisciplinary Department of Design and Environmental Analyses (DEA) at Cornell University, USA, with the aim of applying a new methodology on how to improve the child’s attitudes to the environment, their behavior and environmental awareness from the perspective of sustainable design of school furniture. It seeks to foster a sense of satisfaction and well-being in the school environment. To define the requirements, it is necessary to be multidisciplinary and user-orientated, to use design methods and the ability to combine a human approach to the research of children’s needs and attitudes in schools, know wood ecological materials as well to apply knowledge and experience in teamwork with designers, architects, psychologists and ergonomists as is practicable with the experts at DEA.
The goal is to carry out a research project by involving the students and professors from DEA upon Design Studio Courses as well as children, parents and teachers from primary schools in Ithaca NY district in order to improve healthy school environment by designing new and innovative sustainable wooden concepts of products (furniture, equipment, didactic elements etc.) that will meet the needs of children and achieve a sense of well-being at school. Students will analyse the problems in school environment using different design methods, design the concepts based on obtained research results and produce models from wood materials in Design Studio.
Expected outcomes of the project are new concepts in terms of human/children oriented product design: visual perception, aesthetics, functionality, ergonomics, education, psychology and sociology, use of sustainable (wood) materials, production technology, environmental aspect, cost and quality. Since the same problem is observed in Republic of Croatia, it is expected that the new methodology and results achieved during visit will be implemented and applied in the Croatian schools and involve Croatian producers based on wood industry as the national benefits. |
| Hrvatski sažetak: |
Dizajn školskog namještaja već je duže vrijeme zapostavljena tema u obrazovnom sustavu brojnih država svijeta. Ovaj projekt nastoji unaprijediti osjećaj dobrobiti (tzv. well-being) i zdravlja djece u školama pomoću održivog dizajna školskog namještaja.
Projekt se provodi s interdisciplinarno orijentiranim Zavodom za dizajn i analizu okoliša (DEA) na Sveučilištu Cornell u SAD-u, s ciljem primjene nove metodologije kroz temu kako unaprijediti dječje stavove o okolišu, njihovo ponašanje i svijest o ekološkom okruženju sa stajališta razvoja održivog dizajna školskog namještaja. Time se nastoji potaknuti osjećaj zadovoljstva i dobrobiti u školskom okruženju. Za definiranje zahtjeva potrebno je biti multidisciplinaran i usmjeren na korisnika, koristiti dizajnerske metode i mogućnosti kombiniranja humanog pristupa u istraživanju dječjih potreba i stavova u školama, poznavati drvne ekološke materijale te primijeniti znanje i iskustvo u timskom radu s dizajnerima, arhitektima, psiholozima, ergonomistima, što je moguće sa stručnjacima na DEA.
Cilj je provesti istraživački projekt uključivanjem studenata i profesora s DEA u okviru Design studio kolegija, kao i djece, roditelja i učitelja iz osnovnih škola u okrugu grada Ithaca NY kako bi se analizom i postavljanjem novih zahtjeva pristupilo dizajniranju novih i inovativno održivih koncepata proizvoda od drva (namještaja, opreme, didaktičkih elemenata i dr.) i time poboljšala zdrava školska okolina koja će zadovoljiti potrebe djece i postići osjećaj dobrobiti u školi. Studenti analiziraju probleme u školskom okruženju različitim metodama dizajna, osmišljavaju koncepte na temelju dobivenih rezultata istraživanja i izrađuju modele iz drvnih materijala u Design Studio Labu.
Očekivani ishodi projekta su novi koncepti proizvoda sa stajališta ljudskog / dječjeg orijentiranog dizajna: vizualne percepcije, estetike, funkcionalnosti, ergonomije, obrazovanja, psihologije i sociologije, korištenja održivih (drvnih) materijala, tehnologije proizvodnje, okolišnih aspekata, troška i kvalitete. Budući da je isti problem uočen u Republici Hrvatskoj, očekuje se da će se nova metodologija i rezultati postignuti tijekom posjeta provesti i u hrvatskim školama te uključiti hrvatske proizvođače namještaja iz područja drvne industrije uz ostvarivanje nacionalne koristi. |
| Amount requested from UKF: |
29.000,00 HRK |
| Amount of matching funding: |
9.000,00 HRK |
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