SpaceV 自动售货系统体验 by Tiange Wang and I-Yang Huang

SpaceV 自动售货系统体验 by Tiange Wang and I-Yang Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 银奖 in 创意与概念设计 Competition Category.

银创意· 2023

SpaceV 自动售货系统体验

by Tiange Wang and I-Yang Huang

Client: VLab

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 创意 Category

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The Design

About SpaceV 自动售货系统体验

SpaceV 是一个数字化的太空售货系统，旨在促进未来的福祉。它通过自动售货系统提供各种可定制的空间，供个人按分钟预订。该设计颂扬了自动售货机的自动化、模块化和可扩展性的品质，并将空间、交互和服务设计融合到整体的物理体验中。高度精美的 3D 可视化用于讲述以人为本的体验。这个城市未来福祉的体验蓝图利用自动售货系统并推测：如果自动售货机变成建筑物会怎样？

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

SpaceV 自动售货系统体验是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计SpaceV 自动售货系统体验将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。SpaceV 自动售货系统体验是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: SpaceV is a digitally enabled space vending system for everyday wellbeing. It offers a variety of spaces through a vending system for individuals to book by the minutes to exercise, meditate, nap, eat, meet and so on, and customize the multisensory quality and activity accessories through the booking to suit their needs. SpaceV serves to meet the fragmented needs for activity and relaxation in everyday city life and support on the go private usage of spaces for physical and mental wellbeing.
Dimensions & Packaging: The physical part of the project, SpaceV Flagship, is designed to follow the Tokyo KK expressway and has 5 individual building locations. Each location is 6 levels and 9,500 square meters in total area. The plan is linearly arranged. Total width of the plan is 12m with a corridor 2.2m wide. one side of the corridor is generous glazing for view into city and the other is space vending system populated by modular containers. The digital part is a responsive web application that can be accessed through mobile app on phones and webpage from computers.
Tags: Unmanned Retail, Space Vending, Vending Machines, Holistic Wellbeing, Service Design, Interaction Design, Spatial Design, Architecture, Multichannel Experience, Shared Economy
Production Technology: Site analysis, user interviews and inspiration trip to Tokyo uncovered the demand for private spaces that support wellness-oriented activities in large cities; Spatial design, 3D modeling and rendering for the physical space; Journey mapping, UIUX design and AR prototyping for the hybrid digital-physical experience. We designed the space vending units to be modular, so that they could be integrated into a new building or inserted into existing public spaces in different location, quantity, and types.
Design Challenge: To keep the promise of autonomy and privacy, the unique challenge for this project is to prescribe how it will operate with as little human interference as possible at its scale and complexity. Space is finely divided for diversified purposes that involves both sales of goods and personal occupancy. We felt challenged in designing a system for reservation, management, and wayfinding. This problem is specific to this vision and has no direct precedent. It leads us to discover the possibilities of hybrid digital-physical method, bringing together the best of both worlds for a new experience.
Research: The research of Space V seeks to understand 3 ideas. Practices of contemporary wellness, the spatial requirement for such practices and people’s expectation for this space. The project underwent extensive project-based typological research to understand rising demand for individualized, private versatile spaces that’s conveniently located and affordably priced. There is also broad literature research that attempts to uncover the holistic nature of contemporary wellbeing as the central offering. The outcome is a synthesized project stemmed from these findings.
Inspiration: SpaceV is inspired by the growing need for accessible, convenient and low-cost spaces that cater to people's physical and mental wellbeing in the urban environment. With the rise of shared economy and unmanned retail, SpaceV seeks to provide a unique experience that combines vending systems and private spaces for activities such as meditation, stretching, napping and relaxation, allowing individuals to recharge without feeling self-conscious whether they have a few minutes or hours to spare.
Project Duration: The project started in Feb 2022 and first wrapped in Dec 2022 in Cambridge, MA USA. It continues to evolve along with user testing feedback in 2023.
Operation Flow: The vending units are space modules of various dimensions that could be assembled, allowing SpaceV locations to vary from large city blocks to small storefronts. Users customize and book a space using an app, navigate to the space with in-app indoor navigation and AR wayfinding, and scan to unlock. Meanwhile the staff will prepare the space based on the orders. Without a booking, users are also able to browse the spaces in-person, via AR over the facade and online, and check in on the spot.
Team Members: I-Yang Huang
Image Credits: Image #1: I-Yang Huang, Tiange Wang, 2022
Image #2: I-Yang Huang, Tiange Wang, 2022
Image #3: I-Yang Huang, Tiange Wang, 2022
Image #4: Tiange Wang, I-Yang Huang, 2022
Image #5: Tiange Wang, I-Yang Huang, 2022
Video Credits: Tiange Wang, Images, Text, UIUX, Sound