Affordance Design

The affordance I have designed for the classroom is an easily rotatable platform on which the tables and chairs of the classroom could be placed and, if necessary, secured. Because it would be different from the floor itself and slightly raised to a higher level, its form would imply that it is different from the floor itself and may have an additional purpose other than structure. The tables and chairs being on top of it limits the plausible purposes the platform might have, as these objects are not easily manipulated in many different ways. One main component of both the tables and the floor are that they are stable and stay in relatively the same place, which could allow for one of the first thoughts to be that this platform may move. The location of the whiteboard wall and the display screen being far apart created the need for easy manipulation and movement of the tables and chairs, which is extra information that would lead one to quickly figure out that the purpose of the platform is maneuverability so that all students can easily have a straight and unobstructed view of what the class’ focus is at any given moment.

 

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