Mackenzie, Ben, Tyler, Craig
The goal of the design intervention is to offer assistance to those who need it with a degree of privacy while solving spacial issues that improve overall functionality of the courthouse.
The problems that we are addressing are the spacial tie-up that the lawyer for a day tables create through their close proximity to one another and lack of space to talk to the people that need assistance for their hearing. It is also addressing the lack of privacy that one might desire when discussing personal information.
Our intervention is a modular partition that could be erected near the lawyer for a day tables that are set up outside the courtrooms. They are to be a manageable size that allows for easy handling through the courthouse and can be set-up in different locations depending on what court has a busy day. They will be able to create a sense of space that allows someone to speak with the lawyer for a day in a more private area than the space presently used outside the courtrooms.
We will evaluate whether it is a success or failure based on the following design criteria; portability, ease of assembly, cost, improved sense of privacy for the users and the volunteers that are helping.
We will collect data throughout the modules' assembly process and to determine whether they are following the criteria of portability and ease of assembly. Methods of testing the module, before it gets placed within the courthouse, could be done through means of setting the module up in the architecture studio and seeing if it creates a sense of privacy, separation, and if the size is conducive to the users.
