Analysis methods and determination of sustainability indicators applied to public furniture of design

• Grant number: 15/02589-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 22, 2015
• End date: July 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Industrial Design - Product Design
• Principal Investigator: Tomas Queiroz Ferreira Barata
• Grantee: Ingo Cescatto Germer
• Supervisor: Paulo M.C. Ferrão
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura, Artes e Comunicação (FAAC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Bauru. Bauru , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/04553-7 - Development of prototyping public furniture from eucalyptus lumber, BP.IC

Abstract

This research project is part of ongoing research entitled "Development of public furniture prototypes from the eucalyptus lumber", FAPESP process n° 2014/04553-7, and is meant to examine methods and develop concepts with emphasis in determining sustainability indicators applied to product design. The reference Exchange Research Internship Abroad (EPCG) aims to deepen the theoretical framework of methodologies for assessing life products and complementary research for public use equipment based on synchronic analysis procedures similar project cycle. Specifically, this research aims to determine the stage a list of sustainability indicators applicable to the design of pubic furniture prototypes made with lumber eucalyptus with view to the qualification urban spaces. (AU)