The ‘Universal Design research and academic service

Participants: Students and faculty in IND 2102 Human Factors class. Interior Design Program.
Venue:  Foundation of Disabilities Children
Date:     Academic Year 2016, Oct 1^st 2016 – March 24^th 2017.
Status :  95% done (updating document and upload to Foundation of Disabilities website)

Design Program             : 4 challenging design tasks ( 4 student groups)

1. A productive tray: for improve live standard for children with SMA (State 2)

2. A bath chair         : for improve live standard for children with SMA (State 4)

3. A slider                : for improve children with SMA’ movement and practice body strength

4. A gymnastic ring : for improve children with SMA’ movement and practice body strength

Project objective:

1. Student gained knowledge of Universal Design in many aspects.
2. Students had broad understanding on children with SMA( Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I-VI) , their symptom and living limitation as well as design challenge
3. Student increase their service mindset and participation to society as design challenge. Student gained knowledge of Universal Design in many aspects.  Students had broad understanding on children with SMA( Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I-VI) , their symptom and living limitation as well as design challenge
4. Student to create efficient four types of UD design equipment for disable children in the foundation to improve children living standard.
5. Student to create a brochure as as-built equipment guideline for public.

KM Strategy 1: Improve AAU undergraduate students by providing intensive learning through using practical methods and integrating with teaching and learning especially in enhancing presentation skills, which is necessary in architecture and design discipline.

The program included with three phases;

Phase # 1  : Participatory research phase with parents and expert teacher.

Students and all participants have exchanged and developed their design knowledge, skills, and experiences on many key discussion issues. Initiate project from UD needs and immerse to learning by research from real case at Foundation of Children with Disabilities.

Measure 1: Students acquire all basis behavior and problems from each case study individually.
Student understand human body character and movement and limitation of each case study.

The special lecture on “SMA” children from Foundation expert about SMA symptom and its characters at the foundation.

Phase # 2  : Design phase

Expert teacher and parents gave objective and requirement for student to design an efficient equipment or furniture to solve problem in each case study individually.

Measure 2: The discussion on UD design challenge along 4 weeks period process bring up new efficient design equipment or furniture work as prototype for public. All design has been tested by children and revised to fit user’s objective.

Phase # 3  : Design for as-built guideline brochure

This as-built guideline brochure will be provided on the foundation’s website for parent who are interested on the equipment can re-built it by using the information provided.

Measure 3: Design a suitable as-built brochure for website for public announcement .

In summary, student in this class has acknowledged on universal design aspects and how to apply design work to increase living standard for specific user “children with SMA symptom”. All participants; students, lecturer, children with SMA symptom, parents, caretaker, teacher, social service officer and the foundation staff have exchanged and developed their design knowledge, skills, and experiences on the key discussion issues. Last, the brochures will be posted on the foundation website to promote to public as guideline for parents, caretaker and anyone who are interested. 

Product Design Department of AU Montfort del Rosario School of Architecture and Design, has been selected to take part in the University-Industry Collaboration Project with Casio Computer Co., Ltd. and Chiba University with eleven AU product design students chosen to work with Casio Design Center’s Chief Designer, Yukihiko Ida and Associate Professor Kenta Ono. Six students from Division of Design Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, also joined in this project which runs from October, 2016 to June, 2017. Such mission features the workshops and TV conferencing for collaboration of students from both universities to develop the new products for Casio Computer, Japan. The workshops are being guided by a team of Casio designers. AU Product Design students will be sponsored to present their final works at Casio Computer’s Headquarters in Japan. The collaboration aims to exchange academic knowledge and industry know-how to the benefit of product design education and profession.

The academic service program of ‘Smart City Development for Ari Community’ for Academic Year 2016 in Phaya Thai District, Bangkok from Oct 1^st, 2016 – March 24^th 2017, has given our students a better understanding and knowledge of sustainable urban development in many aspects.  The students’ achieved an essential knowledge in ‘Smart City Development’ as well as other aspects in design, including high quality livable spaces, landscape design, and an efficiency in urban design to create an efficient energy consumption.  All the workshop’s participants have exchanged and developed their design knowledge, skills, and experiences on the key discussion issues regarding smart city criteria that provided by Thailand Ministry of Energy and Thailand Green Building Institute. Satisfaction workshops were conducted in Phaya Thai District Office and Pa Thai Urban Redevelopment Center Office between our faculty members, students, and the experts from many organizations, including the local community residents.

The task for the workshop has challenged the students in many aspects in term of sustainable urban development and creative architectural design to promote smart city urban development concept.  The first part of the project, faculty members and students were working according to the criteria set in the Smart City. This criteria includes: Smart Energy, Smart Mobility, Smart Community, Smart Environment, Smart Economy, Smart Building, Smart Governance, and Smart Innovation. The students were divided into these eight groups according to the criteria and work with experts in the field to derive with the development proposal in each category.  Another important task for the team is the development direction which has to address the issue of ‘community identity’.  This will lead to the proposal of all categories in the smart city.

At the workshops, students were divided into groups, which had mixture of students, lecturers, experts, and local community residents. Team leaders in each category were helping instruct and advise each team.  During the workshops, all instructors and students were also surveying Phaya Thai District area to collect and analyze data for their works.

At the end of the workshop 1^st session, each team has proposed their concept approach for Smart City concept of Ari Community proposal with identity in relation to the given problematic issues.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=92_PQBcH_oM&app=desktop

Faculty member(s):

Mr. JATURONT BOONLA-OR

Assoc. Prof. Dr. NITICHAN PLUEMAROM

Dr. SANPHAWAT JATUPATWARANGKUL

Mr. BENJARIT NIMBOONCHAJ

Dr. LE THI THU HUONG

Ms. PRIMA VIRIYAVADHANA

Mr. VEERA LEELAPATTANAPUTI

Mr. SUPARATH VALAISATHIEN

Mr. VASIN THAMMANUBAN

Mr. SOMSAK JIDMON

Mr. VITTVAT CHAROENPONG

Assist. Prof. NOBPADOL SUVACHANANONDA

Participated Student(s):

Ms. PANNWADEE CINDY CHEVALLEY

Ms. ANYARIN MARINVIMOL

Ms. KITTIVARA UNCHANSASTR

Mr. KONGKHAM LUANGKHOT

Mr. PHON CHULAKASYENA

Ms. RATTANAWADEE WONGWORACHART

Ms. PAPHITCHAYA SUKKASEM

Mr. SANTI PRAPAVAT

Ms. JIRAWAN HONGSRI

Mr. SITTIPON MONGKHOLMEUNG

Mr. YUNYU  HUANG

Ms. WIPHAWEE KHOOAROON

Mr. THANAKORN KHAMRUM

Mr. PRARATHTAKORN PHETCHAWONG

Ms. WANDILE ROSE SIBANDA

Ms. PONGCHAN MAIYARAT

Mr. JAROON TIPPARAT

Ms. NITTHA WUTTIBENJAPOLCHAI

Mr. SASIN SRISAMANUWAT

Mr. MONG SHYANG TAN

Mr. NUTTAWUT PIMPRAPOTE

Ms. KARMA MINJUR SELDEN

Ms. NATNICHA CHUSANGSOOK

Mr. PUNTAKARN WIRUTPUN

Mr. THANADPONG MAIPIYA

Ms. SONAM PELDON

Ms. JEERAPORN YENBUMRUNG

Ms. MANEE THANARAK

Ms. PREMKAMON BURAKITPHACHAI

Ms. SAWITA AREEROB

Mr. JULIO FERNANDES PINTO

Mr. PANICH LAOTHEERASIRI

Ms. PATTARANIT MCINTYRE

Ms. NANTIKANT PREECHAPIRIYA

Mr. APITHORN CHURNTHAWORN

Mr. ELISIO FRANCISCO AMARAL DE SA

Mr. ANGKOON TENGHATTAKORN

Ms. CHOMPUNUCH PUENGPANWUTH

Mr. PASCAL PONGCHINDA

Mr. KRITSADIT CHAROENSUB

Ms. PAWEESAYA PITTAYATARATORN

Ms. THANWARIN SAKUNCHAROENRAT

Ms. PORNPUN TESSANABOON

Mr. ISLAM MAMEDEV

Mr. WARAT M.

Objective(s)

1) To survey and conduct research on certain aspects in Smart City concept of Ari Community, Phaya-Thai district, Bangkok

2) To propose a new implementation for urban infrastructure and urban planning of Ari Community and to develop the new system and design for the area .

3) To link with cultural and social background and define the community’s identity.

Goal(s):

(1) To provide knowledge on the energy conservation, energy efficiency, and energy management.

(2) To provide knowledge on the concept of energy sustainability and management to building sector, community sector, and urban environment sector.

(3) To provide knowledge and enhance design skill for students about advance urban and architectural designs.

(4) To provide opportunity for students to work and collaborate with multiple professional discipline in the economic, environment, cultures, and social issues.

(5) To provide opportunity for alternative strategy of teaching and learning.

(6) To provide academic service for the community.

Result(s):

1. The result from the workshop anticipates a great collaboration between all participants from both academic, community, and government sectors towards a sustainable urban development.
2. Students obtain more practice and knowledge integration on  the urban development as well as energy conservation, energy efficiency, and energy management in architectural design.
3. Students obtain a better view about community development in a specific culture, society, and environment.
4. The team has granted the award from the Ministry of Energy to further development of the project.

Thanwarin Sakuncharoenrat, a 4th year architecture student, has been selected as one of the representatives from Thailand to attend SEAGULL 2017 with other selected fellows from 11 countries in the Southeast Asian region. (Southeast Asian Global Undergraduate Leaders’ programme) Organized by the Institute of Societal Leadership at the Singapore Management University, SEAGULL is a 12-month programme that aims to develop undergraduate leaders’ capacity to be societal leaders by equipping them with higher level thinking and problem solving skills. The programme also offers exclusive opportunities for participants to interact with and learn from inspiring societal leaders, and build friendships with fellow undergraduates in the region.

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