PRD-431: Mobility for All

This studio will explore how we should/could transport ourselves and/or others from one point to another in an efficient and innovative manner while also considering the cost to the planet & ourselves be it for practical means or entertainment. Students will begin with producing individual proposals that will then lead to arriving at new definitions of mobility supported by concise research, user scenarios, why, what purpose, where, how, what is tasked, what is taxed, etc. Based on a clear statement of intent designs will pursued through varying stages to a presentable form dependent on the complexity of the problem. The goal will be to improve our means of getting around while reducing the cost & affect of doing so. Projects resulting from this course will have an opportunity to enter the 2016 Michelin Design Challenge: Mobility for All: Designing for the Next Frontier.