BriefBots of the Station was a result of a brief entitled "Platform for Joy", in which, the goal was to research and understand the environments of train stations in order to attempt to provide the souls who pass through with some form of respite from their traveling woes.
Main UnderstandingCommuters describe train stations as desolate and isolating spaces. They are entirely functional spaces where commuters feel they have no ownership or personality. Train stations feel like a purgatory space where people pass from one state of existence to another; a waiting room.
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Train stations are described by commuters as desolate, isolating spaces. They are incredibly functional and designed as an unowned limbo space for people to travel from one area to another.
Increasing numbers of daily commuters is on the rise and the monotonous commute create an emotionally draining commuting experience. |
From the start of this project we adopted an interventionist approach to this issue. Designing through making and implementing experiments in the space of the train station. We used this approach to try and engage commuters on their commute in a positive sense.
These experiments were based on initial research insights, which then grew out into several different iterations of intervention, which were based on findings from previous interventions we made. |