AMTRAK INTERIORS

LIAM DUBLINFALL 2012

TABLE OF

CONTENTTHRESHOLD

ANALYSIS

SLEEPER

PROCESS

DRAWINGS

RENDERINGS

PROCESS

1:1 STUDIES

DIAGRAMS

SLEEPER CAR

DININ

G CAR

RENDERINGS

DIAGRAMS

EXISTING TRAIN

S

DRAWINGS

PROCESS

DETAILS

EXPERIENCE

THRESHOLD

SEQUENCE

SECTION SEQUENCE

ELEVATIONS AXON

EXPLODED AXON

OBJECTIVE: DESIGN A INSERT TO A EXISTING THRESHOLD.THE DESIGN CHALLENGES USER TO CHANGE ORIENTATIONOF BODY WHEN PASSING FROM POINT A TO POINT B. THEDOOR IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, AND MOVES UP UPONVARIOUS JOINT SYSTEMS.

EXSITING

CONDITIONS

SLEEPER CAR DINGING CAR

HALLWAY ROOMETTE 1 ROOMETTE 2

DOOR CLOSING FOR PRIVACY

WINDOW CLOSE FOR PRIVACY (INTERIOR) & DARKENING

BOTTOM TWO CHAIRS COMBINE TO BECOME BED

BED PULLS DOWN FOR USE

BED TILTS DOWN (LARGER ROOM)

STUDY OF TRANSFORMATIONS

LIGHT

SINK/TIOLET

EXTERIORSURFACE

TOP WINDOW

BOTTOM WINDOW

DOOR

INTERIORSURFACE

SIDE WINDOW

SEAT A

SEAT B

INTERIOR OBJECTS

DISPOSIBLE

BED

EXPLODED AXONEMETRIC OF SLEEPR CAR ROOMETTE.SHOWING INTERIOR OBJECTS, EXTERIOR & INTERIOR SURFACES

ANALYSIS

OPEN LAYOUT:FOR DAYTIME

USE

SEATING

WALL PARTITIONS:

DROP DOWN

BEDS:DROP DOWN

COLLECTIONOF SPACESTWO ROOMS

(FOUR PEOPLE)

FOUR ROOMS(EIGHT PEOPLE) TRANSFORMATION

FURNITURE: SITTINGTO LOUNGING

1

2

3

SEATING ALTERATIONBASED UPON WALL ATTACHMENT

ORGANIC

STRUCTURED

FLIPSUP ONTOWALL

BEDSDROPDOWN

CHANGE IN PRIVLIDGES

CORRESPONDING ORIENTATION

PRIVILIDGE: CHAIRS

PRIVILIDGE: BEDS

PRIVILIDGE:CHAIRS

ROTATESUPON AXIS

BEDS

ROTATIONCHANGESPRIVLIDGES

COMPRESSINGSPACE/CHANGE FROMDAY TO NIGHT

SLEEPER CAR

PROCESS

DOORS SLIDEINSIDE OF WALL

WALL PARTITIONCOLLECTS ANDPULLS OUT FORNIGHT USEAGE

BEDS ALLIGN WITHWALL TRACKS

SEATS ARE ONTRACKS TO EXPOSESTORAGE

TRACK SYSTEMALLOWS SEATSTO ALLIGN(FOR BEDS TOREST UPON)

WALL PARTITIONS PULLFROM CONDENSED AREA

SEATS ARE ONTRACKS TOMOVE BACK &FORTH

ROOMETTE IS LOWEREDTO MARK SPACE

EACH DESIGN ITTERATION COLLECTED A SET OF RULESWHEN MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DESIGNINGTHE SLEEPER CAR. DECISIONS SUCH AS CHAIR ORIENTATION, HAVING BEDS ON THE SAME SYSTEM,AND OPEN LAYOUT, WHERE DISCOVERED AND PUSHEDTO FINAL DESIGN.

SLEE

PER

CAR

2

SLIDES ALONG

TRACK

STORAGE

DOUBLE

BED

SET-UP

FOR TWO3

STAIR FOR

UPPER BED

PRIVACY

PARTITION

DIAGRAMS:

1

WALLS PULL

TOGETHER

SLEEPER CART PLAN

SLEEPER CART ELEVATION

DRAWINGS:

Xtreme Leather

Boxmark World Leather

GmbH & Co. KG

Category: Naturals

Recyled High Density

Poly- Injection Mold

Furniture

BotanicBolon AB >>

Category: Polymers

INTERIO

R

RENDERINGS

ALL MATERIAL CHOICES ARE LIGHTWEIGHTAND SPECIFICALLY USED FOR AUTOMOTIVEDESIGN

DAY: OPEN LAYOUT NIGHT: CLOSED LAYOUT

DINING

CAR

JOINT

SYSTEMS

DININGTABLE

(INTIMATEINTERACTION)

SIDETABLE

(SOCIALINTERACTION)

1

2

DIAGRAMS:

AXIS 180ROTATION

COMPLETELYBACK

90ROTATION

1

2

O

O

2 2

DINING CART PLAN

DINING CART ELEVATION

DRAWINGS:

DAY: CHAIRS FACE IN NIGHT: CHAIRS FACE EACHOTHER

INTERIO

R

RENDERINGS

Concept Wood

Alpi Divisione Legno SpA

MC# 1632-13

Category: Naturals

FibriCork®

Eco Technilin SAS >>

MC# 6480-07

Category: Naturals

Brookline® PaperBack

Brookside Veneers Ltd. >>

MC# 6712-02

Category: Naturals