An interdisciplinary team of Architects, Health Professionals, and designers were challenged with envisioning the hospital room of the future.
My team was comprised of a PhD student in behavrioral Architecture with a background in nursing, and a fellow Industrial Design student. A study of the objects and spaces within a typical patient room uncovered an opportunity to rethink the nurse's workflow.
The CareCart provides staff with a dedicated work surface with both mobile and stationary components. The mobile cart extends over the patient bed for procedures and allows bilateral access to immediate sharps disposal, clean gloves, necessary small supplies, and trash. The stationary component houses larger frequently used items, and can be used as an individual locker for patient medications.
Digitally modeled parts were cut from birch plywood on a 3-axis CNC router at Georgia Tech's Advanced Wood Products Lab and constructed in to a fullscale prototype.
