Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years old
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Resumo: | In a primary education classroom of any country, children of the same age have very different statures, reaching variations of 200 mm (Goncalves, 2012). However, the school furniture provided is not suitable or adaptable to these differences. Designing school furniture able to respond to these variations is, therefore, a challenge for ergonomics and design in a global market. It is clearly not viable for industries to adapt productions for each country. When competitiveness and limitation of resources are essential for the viability of any product it becomes essential to find a universal system adapted to the requisites of any country. Taking as prescription measure the popliteal height obtained from the data of different countries, a universal measurement system for the school chair and desk set is proposed, combining the ellipse methodology used by Molenbroek et al. (2003) and the (mis)match equations mentioned by Castellucci et al. (2014b). From the results obtained, it can be concluded that only 5 sizes are needed to implement this new measurement system of evolutionary school furniture for the primary education classroom. |
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Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years oldIn a primary education classroom of any country, children of the same age have very different statures, reaching variations of 200 mm (Goncalves, 2012). However, the school furniture provided is not suitable or adaptable to these differences. Designing school furniture able to respond to these variations is, therefore, a challenge for ergonomics and design in a global market. It is clearly not viable for industries to adapt productions for each country. When competitiveness and limitation of resources are essential for the viability of any product it becomes essential to find a universal system adapted to the requisites of any country. Taking as prescription measure the popliteal height obtained from the data of different countries, a universal measurement system for the school chair and desk set is proposed, combining the ellipse methodology used by Molenbroek et al. (2003) and the (mis)match equations mentioned by Castellucci et al. (2014b). From the results obtained, it can be concluded that only 5 sizes are needed to implement this new measurement system of evolutionary school furniture for the primary education classroom.2017-01-012017-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10216/87966eng0003-687010.1016/j.apergo.2016.06.020Bárbara RangelVítor CarneiroÂngela Gomesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-29T13:46:49Zoai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/87966Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T23:47:24.943176Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years old |
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Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years old |
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Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years old Bárbara Rangel |
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Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years old |
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Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years old |
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Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years old |
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Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years old |
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Proposal for a universal measurement system for school chairs and desks for children from 6 to 10 years old |
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Bárbara Rangel |
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Bárbara Rangel Vítor Carneiro Ângela Gomes |
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Vítor Carneiro Ângela Gomes |
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Bárbara Rangel Vítor Carneiro Ângela Gomes |
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In a primary education classroom of any country, children of the same age have very different statures, reaching variations of 200 mm (Goncalves, 2012). However, the school furniture provided is not suitable or adaptable to these differences. Designing school furniture able to respond to these variations is, therefore, a challenge for ergonomics and design in a global market. It is clearly not viable for industries to adapt productions for each country. When competitiveness and limitation of resources are essential for the viability of any product it becomes essential to find a universal system adapted to the requisites of any country. Taking as prescription measure the popliteal height obtained from the data of different countries, a universal measurement system for the school chair and desk set is proposed, combining the ellipse methodology used by Molenbroek et al. (2003) and the (mis)match equations mentioned by Castellucci et al. (2014b). From the results obtained, it can be concluded that only 5 sizes are needed to implement this new measurement system of evolutionary school furniture for the primary education classroom. |
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