X-Space 消防逃生窗 by The School of Industrial Design in LAFA

X-Space 消防逃生窗 by The School of Industrial Design in LAFA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 社會設計 Competition Category.

銅社會· 2017

X-Space 消防逃生窗

by The School of Industrial Design in LAFA

Client: LuXun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 社會 Category

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The Design

About X-Space 消防逃生窗

X-Space係一款專為住宅房間設計嘅消防逃生窗,適用於火災發生時通道可能被阻塞嘅情況。呢個設計將窗框重新構思,加入一個由五個部件組成、透過機械原理互相配合嘅旋轉結構支架。將手柄逆時針旋轉180度即可觸發警報,通知消防員。之後打開窗戶,喺牆外形成一個空間。隱藏喺支架轉軸入面嘅防火捲簾會被拉出,喺待救援期間隔離火勢同煙霧。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

X-Space 消防逃生窗是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計X-Space 消防逃生窗將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。X-Space 消防逃生窗出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

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