Smart Adjustable Furniture – An EPS@ISEP 2023 Project

Small living spaces require ingenious solutions that are functional, ergonomic and, above all, reconfigurable. This project for smart, ergonomic and adjustable furniture was embraced by a team of students from different countries, universities and study areas enrolled in the European Project Semester (EPS) at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP). EPS is a design project where international students work in teams to create a solution to a real problem from scratch, analysing the state of the art, the market and the associated ethical and sustainability issues. As a project-based learning process, EPS aims to prepare engineering students to work together in multidisciplinary teams, develop personal skills and address the challenges of the contemporary world. The current project aims to design, simulate and test an ethically and sustainability-driven safe and transformable furniture. Amplea is the adjustable furniture solution developed by five EPS students in spring 2023. It transforms into a kitchen counter, dining table or standing desk. By transforming easily, Amplea’s design provides more comfort and saves space in small living spaces. This paper summarises the research, the design of the solution and the development and testing of the proof-of-concept prototype.

Keywords

Engineering Education European Project Semester Adjustable Furniture Smart Furniture

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/25924

Citation

Prończuk, A. et al. (2024). Smart Adjustable Furniture – An EPS@ISEP 2023 Project. In: Gonçalves, J.A.d.C., Lima, J.L.S.d.M., Coelho, J.P., García-Peñalvo, F.J., García-Holgado, A. (eds) Proceedings of TEEM 2023. TEEM 2023. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1814-6_89