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100 1 Nasser, Farah
245 10 Multifunctional furniture for underprivileged communities:
A milestone in sustainable development
300 111 p
500 Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-02
500 Adviser: Patrick E. Connolly
502 Thesis (M.S.)--Purdue University, 2013
520 Overcrowded living space is a contributing factor to the
social and economic problems in impoverished areas such as
Jabal Al-Natheef refugee camp in Jordan. Addressing such a
convoluted problem requires long-term planning and
availability of resources. However, initiation of small
projects to target pain points, employing technologies
such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) to design
solutions, and empowering the people to implement them
could alleviate the impact of poverty. Giving the
stakeholders the ability to build and reproduce the
designed solutions will help communities grow by allowing
individuals to provide for themselves. This will also
create jobs and sets the stage for sustainable development
520 This project is based on a field study initiated by Purdue
University Global Engineering Program in collaboration
with the School of Technology. This project illustrates
the need and capability of multifunctional furniture
design features in order to maximize space usage and
improve the livelihood conditions of people living in
underprivileged communities. The author designed a
furniture piece which serves as a tabular unit, storage
and seating units, as well as sleeping units based on the
need and time of day. The design criteria should achieve
easy-to-implement and aesthetically-pleasing modular
pieces of furniture. To facilitate a manufacturing process
led by the locals, furniture design specifications,
prototype diagrams, and clear graphics were produced.
Options for raw material were described based on market
availability and source of imported wood. Moreover, a
potential forestation program that takes advantage of the
fast growing poplar trees was examined to create a local
timber industry in the long-term. The designs addressed
common requirements of many families who had been
interviewed in Jabal Al-Natheef. Floor plans of six of
these families' homes were presented with 3-D rendering
perspectives using AutoCAD, Google Sketchup, and Revit
modeling software. This thesis addressed one specific
problem in the overcrowded and poorly facilitated
environment of Jabal Al-Natheef; however, there were many
other challenges that required urgent attention. Hence,
there was room for many more similar efforts as per the
recommendations for further studies and future research
projects
590 School code: 0183
650 4 Design and Decorative Arts
690 0389
710 2 Purdue University.|bComputer Graphics Technology
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