A wheelchair should not be a chair plus a set of wheels, i.e., a static object that merely moves that act of “being seated”. A wheelchair is a space, it is an environment, it is even a little agora where the chair’s user and the people he or she interacts with - at home, on the streets, in bars, classrooms and every place where human relations take place - gather.
The project consists of the design and prototyping of three objects that will form a kit that, attached to a chair, will enable other possibilities for the user: a portable ramp, a collapsible table and an armrest-suitcase. The idea is to be able to design a basic template of the objects and a scheme of montage that will facilitate its construction and adaptation to the technical possibilities at hand.
The idea is to provide a method that anybody can experiment with on the very process of rethinking, and create their own agora on wheels according to their experience, interests and necessities.
Medialab-Matadero Madrid