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X-Space Fenèstra d'Escapament d'Incendi by The School of Industrial Design in LAFA

X-Space Fenèstra d'Escapament d'Incendi by The School of Industrial Design in LAFA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award de Bronze in Social Competition Category.


BronzeSocial· 2017

X-Space Fenèstra d'Escapament d'Incendi

by The School of Industrial Design in LAFA

Client: LuXun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Social Category

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The Design

About X-Space Fenèstra d'Escapament d'Incendi

X-Space es una fenèstra d'escapament d'incendi concebuda per las cambras residencialas ont lo passatge pòt èsser blocat pendent un incendi. La concepcion es una refonda del quadre de fenèstra amb un supòrt de estructura rotativa fach de cinc partidas qu'interagisson segon de principis mecanics. Virar la manòbra 180 grases en sens anti-orari desenclanca l'alarma e avisa los pompièrs. Dobrir la fenèstra forma alara un espaci en defòra del mur. Un obturador resistent al fuòc, amagat dins l'axe del supòrt, es tirat en defòra per isolar lo fuòc e la fumada mentre que las personas espèran lo secors.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

X-Space Fenèstra d'Escapament d'Incendi a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze, una reconeissença plan prestigiosa acordada a de designs excellents que se destrian per la creativitat, l'engenh e la finessa. Los ganhaires del Bronze son d'artefactes largament abils e sorprenentament creatius que provan la vasta experiéncia, l'imaginacion e l'engenhositat de lors designers. S'espèra que X-Space Fenèstra d'Escapament d'Incendi siá un objècte fòrça considerat, admirat e estimat, notablament professional e innovant. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze integra las melhoras practicas de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia e es excellent per son atencion al detalh. X-Space Fenèstra d'Escapament d'Incendi satisfa esplendidament los besonhs, toca los desirs, encanta los sentiments e interèssa la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
X-Space is redesign of the window frame including rotational structure holder. When it is opening, the automatic alarm will send a notice to fireman and the rotated holder combine with the outer wall will constitute a safety space isolated the fire and smoke. When fire coming up, all family members can easily get out of the fire through the X-Space avoiding the injury from the fire and smoke behind the outer wall. On ordinary days, X-Space is just look like an unique window frame outside.
Dimensions & Packaging
Close type:Width 1270mm x Depth 604mm x Height 1850mm
Open type:Width 2260mm x Depth 1570mm x Height 1850mm
Tags
Escape, Rescued, Fire, Security, Protection
Production Technology
Our project is kind of model combination design, combine with 5 holder parts. All holder interacting by mechanical principal with each other.
Design Challenge
The challenge of our design is that we cannot find a suitable material in smoke control and thermal isolated. After a number of tests in the selection of materials, we finally find the proper material which achieves the desired effect.
Research
In some kinds of situations of the fire that passageway has been blocked in accident. No matter what you do, you cannot escape from the fire through the door. Once fire coming up, the dark smoke billows on it’s heels. According to the data, as long as you get away from the fire in 3 minutes, the chance you will alive are occupied the certain proportion. Thus, we try to find a appropriate way in product design which can make people get away from the fire immediately. Finally, we find our point in window frame redesign.
Inspiration
By considering those circumstance always appearance in fire accident like passageway has been blocked so that the person inside the room cannot escape the scene of a fire immediately. To offer a better solution for trapped person get away form the fire quickly, we find the point in window frame redesign. We offer you X-Space, a redesign of window frame, the quickly way to get away from the fire and smoke.
Project Duration
The project started in August 2016 in LAFA Communal Facility Design Studio and finished in February 2017 in National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Industrial Design in LAFA.
Operation Flow
In usual days, when you want to open your window, turn the handle into 90 degrees anti-clockwise. When fire coming up, turn the handle into 180 degrees anti-clockwise to trigger the fire alarm. As this time, if you open the window, all holder interacting by mechanical principal with each other are relevant with it. After all family members come into the X-Space waiting for rescued, you should pull out the fire resisting shutter which is hidden in the holder axis to cover the window position therefore it will constitute a safety space isolated the fire and smoke.
Team Members
Designer: Xue Wenkai
Designer:Sun Jian
Designer:Jiang Meihan
Designer:Zhou Xiaozhu
Designer:Du Heli

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