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DESIGN FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
Project: For a country like India, where there are many unorganized roadways, wayfinding is a major issue. This issue is particularly prevalent, especially in local markets and bazaars where it is made worse by heavy foot traffic and crowds. Those who are unfamiliar with the area or need to get to a certain spot are particularly impacted by this. Although Google Maps is a useful tool, sometimes it provides the wrong instructions or does not specify some locations due to the unorganized nature of the roadways.
V. Shreeya Ashwinee Aarya Kathir
Wayfinding System
Bhopal City, MP
In Chowk Bazar
Chowk Bazaar Area is located in Bhopal. It is Houses Bhopal's famous Jama Masjid and serves as one of the city's important shopping sectors
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Peer Gate
Itwara Masjid
Jhumerati
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Research
Identifying Types of Crowd
Stage 1
StakeHolders of the bazaar
Site Mapping
Stage 2
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Stakeholders Interview
Interview Analysis
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Problem Area : Wayfinding
Stage 3
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Landmarks and Hotspot
Services and type of shops and street
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User Behavioral Study
Stage 4
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Literature Study
Observations And Insights
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Insights
The current wayfinding Procedure requires contextual awareness and continual social engagement, which might be challenging for introverts or persons who are limited by their language, cultural or social barriers.
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The density and similarity of a given area inversely affects the precision of provided directions.
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Existing navigation systems do not utilize the real view perspective of the users
Ideations
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Ideation Analysis Matrix
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Based on the Ideation Analysis matrix results, an appropriate concept was derived to develop.
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Final Sketch
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A complete map of Chowk Bazaar to show the viewer their location and the exact quadrant they are standing in.
A close up version of the map for the viewer to see the nearby signage and directions.
How does It work?
The solution focuses on a wayfinding system that allows users to move around the bazaar using sign boards placed around the bazaar, using them as a reference and arriving at a required area they need to. The system still values and incorporates the Social connection of asking for directions.
The boards function as :
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New simpler landmarks that shopkeepers can use to give directions to new users.
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Signages that simplify the exploring and searching
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Checkpoints for users to keep as a reference of a place.
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A smaller version of the mock-up was made with an abstract recreation of the chowk bazaar to conduct initial testing with stakeholders of the NID college.
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Sample Size: 17
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Testing criteria:
Age
Literacy
Knowledge of the site (Preferably those with less knowledge of the site).
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" It is very helpful, especially for those who are new to the space, I myself get lost a lot. The concept of percentage is very interesting but I didn't understand it at first "
" This is a good thing to add in the market but I think maybe you can consider how you arrange the boards overall "
Prototype
Scale 1:2
Proxy Material
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