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Problem Statement
Problem Statement
Our clients at Giraffe laugh needed a portable sensory board to move in between two rooms of the Giraffe Laugh Daycare center located on 9th street. After understanding and addressing the problem regarding room and storage at the giraffe laugh daycare center, we decided to integrate storage space into the design to help save room while allowing children to play with the sensory toys.
Starting to Build
Starting to Build
To start to create the sensory board/ container we begin by cutting a 2’ x 8’ x ¾” melamine board into two 36” x 18” x ¾” boards. These are used as the base and the top of the sensory board. A 16 Brace s added onto the bottom to add extra clearance for the casters, as well as a more dense area for the one inch wood screws to hold on to. These were added to the bottom of each, base and top boards. The base board had casters added on for movement (See in figure 1).
36 inch support braces for the walls were then added on the top of the base board to help keep the walls from shifting back and forth. (See figure 2)
Next two 36” x 36” x ½” compressed sheet boards were cut, glued and screwed into the 36 inch support braces to create the basic structure of the device. (See figure 3 and 3.1)
This was repeated on the other side and then the top was placed over the top of the walls, glued, and screwed down into place, making the basic 36” x 18” x 36” container. (See in Figure 4). After the basic structure was completed, vertical brace were placed glued and screwed into each of the four corners of the container to create vertical support and better load bearing. (See Figure 5)
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Building Up
Building Up
After the base was made and the support was seated into place, the shelves were cut and placed on 6 inch supports that were drilled into the inside of the wall to hold the shelves in place along with glue and wood screws per support (See figure 6).
After the shelves were mounted and seated the whiteboard was measured out to a 36” x 36” to match the walls of the container.
These were then screwed into the walls to create the cleanable and kid friendly surface that we have on our finished product. (See Figure 7)
36” x 18” pieces of compressed hardwood were attached with Velcro onto the sides to create doors and white finished and sanded trim was added to the boarders and the shelves of the container to give it a nicer feel and extra reinforcement.
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