Lounge Workspace Assembly With Transparent Privacy Walls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing temporary workspace arrangements in open facilities lack visibility, privacy, and ergonomic design, leading to reduced usage due to unclear purpose, claustrophobic feelings, and potential for damage from movable components.
Innovation Solution
A modular workspace arrangement featuring a lounge chair surrounded by a partial wall structure with transparent upper sections, providing privacy and visibility while minimizing damage risks through stationary components and optimized ergonomics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If walled hotelling offices are constructed to provide privacy, then privacy is improved, but visibility and aesthetic appeal deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The wall structure is segmented into a lower opaque portion and an upper transparent portion. The lower portion provides privacy by blocking views at eye level, while the upper portion maintains visibility and aesthetic appeal by allowing light transmission and views above. This segmentation resolves the contradiction between privacy and visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the wall have different optical properties - the lower portion is opaque for privacy, while the upper portion is transparent for visibility. This local differentiation of material properties allows the structure to simultaneously provide both privacy and visibility functions in different spatial zones.
2Adaptability or versatility
If movable components are provided in temporary workspaces, then adaptability is improved, but risk of damage increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of making the entire workspace movable for adaptability, the invention inverts the approach by making only specific components (the lounge and work surface) movable while keeping the wall structure stationary. This provides necessary adaptability while minimizing damage risk to critical structural elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The workspace incorporates dynamic elements (movable lounge and work surface) within a static framework (stationary wall structure). This allows the space to adapt to different user needs while the permanent structure remains protected from damage.
3Shape
If hotelling spaces are positioned in out of the way locations, then aesthetic appeal of open space is improved, but usage frequency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The workspace is segmented into a compact modular unit with wall structure, lounge, and work surface components. This segmentation allows the space to be placed in visible, high-traffic locations without significantly disrupting the overall aesthetic of the open facility, while still providing adequate privacy.
4Shape
If transparent upper wall sections are added, then visibility is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wall structure is divided into separate lower opaque and upper transparent portions that can be manufactured independently and then assembled. This segmentation allows each portion to be optimized for its specific function while simplifying the overall manufacturing process through modular construction.
Data Source
AI summary
A lounge assembly comprising a lower wall structure including at least first and second spaced apart side walls and a rear wall that together form an assembly space, each of the side walls and rear wall including an internal surface, a seat assembly supported between the first and second side walls, a first coupler mounted to the internal surface of the first side wall, a support arm having an arm length dimension between proximal and distal ends, the proximal end mounted to the first coupler adjacent the internal surface of the first side wall for rotation about a first vertical axis and a tablet member supported at the distal end of the support arm for rotation about a second vertical axis through a second range of motion with respect to the support arm.