This thesis project explores the user’s need for a quiet, separated space within a busy public interior. It provides multiple seating positions and allows for various arrangements of the taburet and the surrounding padded wall. Its placement in the space helps to divide the area, and the wall section has a positive impact on the overall acoustics. The seating area can be used for relaxation, short work sessions, phone calls, and it also provides privacy for breastfeeding mothers.
The diploma project focused on seating for public spaces and explored issues of privacy, acoustics, and the psychology of user behavior in such spaces. The need for this product arose from the excessive openness of many spaces, the lack of nooks and places for quiet conversation, brief work, or simple waiting.
The product is easy to maintain, durable, contains no complex mechanical parts, and, thanks to the separation of the tabouret with a room divider, can be combined when multiple pieces are purchased. Thanks to the use of waste tube material and a simple combination of materials, it is also more environmentally friendly.
The final product highlights the issues of open-space environments and poorly designed public interiors. It aims to provide a potential solution not only for sensitive users.
