Vehicle For Disabled
Year: 2004 – 2006
Project
When talking about people with disabilities, the focus should be mainly on their needs. One such direction is people with immobilized lower limbs, a form of disability that prevents full physical activity – walking, running, cycling and driving a motor vehicle. The creation of a specialized vehicle for people with permanent disabilities of the lower extremities laid the foundations of a project that united a small team. Within two years, a design basis was created, on which a basis for product development was built. For this purpose, I designed and laid the basis for development – the internal layout of the functional areas of the interior, in the specialized vehicle for the disabled.
Presentation of the Development: Publication in the Newspaper “Utro”, Ruse
Final Variant of Arrangement of Zones in the Vehicle Interior – Scale Model
Conceptual Variants of Automotive Dashboards for the Vehicle Interior – Product Sketches
Conceptual Variants of Steering Wheel and Dashboard Instrument Consoles – Product Sketches
Main Conceptual Variant of the Side Zones in the Vehicle Interior – Product Sketches
Conceptual Variants of Side Zones in the Interior – Product Sketches
Conceptual Variants of the Floor Zone in the Vehicle Interior – Product Sketches
Development
The development went through a conceptual development of the zones in the interior of the vehicle, as well as a specification of its constructive and functional characteristics, without emphasizing a precise and final appearance of the “styling” of the interior. The goal was to specify the basis and clarify the direction for the final appearance of the interior layout, after conceptual development, a trial model and creating a basis for the manufacture of a functional prototype. One of the main directions was the construction of a layout and arrangement of the interior in the vehicle – a general layout of the functional zones, on the basis of which the further development of the development would continue. The main development of the interior was built around the idea of independent use and control of a vehicle by a person with a wheelchair. The sequence of using the vehicle is as follows: remote lowering of the platform; hooking and pulling the person with the wheelchair through a mechanism; moving to the control position and fixing the wheelchair; lifting the platform and closing the door. The development was presented and proposed to the local government in the city of Ruse, with the aim of potential partnership on their part, as well as the possible participation of various companies in the subsequent development of the vehicle. One of the potential partners was “Automotor Corporation JSC – Sofia”.
