DRAWAIR

In times of Covid-19, we realized the number of bacteria that can accumulate our shoes when leaving the house (according to studies up to 400 thousand bacteria abroad).

This project is based on this idea, the fact of having a piece of furniture like DRAWAIR at the entrance of the house allows the change of shoes and so on prevent all those bacteria and dirt from entering the house. A custom that we must imitate other cultures such as Japanese, where upon entering the house we meet a ‘’ genkan ’’ (玄関), a step to take off your shoes. DRAWAIR turns this space into a more comfortable, accessible and cleansed.

I have only used recycled material and furniture from the trash.

To make this peculiar chair I have used planks and small wooden beams, a chair back that I found in a garbage container, some garbage drawers and some metal rods and wheels that I took from a sofa bed.

Based on pre-existence found in garbage containers, has been shaping DRAWAIR, an armchair-drawer that he has needed for both a chair back and a rethought drawer, which has been given the turned and inverted for shoe storage.

The drawer space is they removed two walls to achieve greater aeration, by this had to be reinforced with 3 pieces to maintain stability. The piece on the right It also serves as a stop for the drawer does not come out completely, without however, the drawer can be stir freely.

From a bulky sofa bed that I saw in the street, I took his wheels and metal rods. The wheels were incorporated into the drawer so that it could get in and out.

I didn't just want to keep utility damper of the rods but I tried to improve it: Testing different layouts with 6 rods I got one that bear the human weight despite of reduced space for load distribution.

To assemble each of the parts I used screws. However, the metal rods were hooked directly to the base of the chair and the person's own weight would do the rest to maintain them.

The result is a chair back that floats in the air. This inspiration comes from the form wavy of the rods, which remind us of the air, a strong air that maintains us and that allows shoe ventilation thanks to an open drawer.

The drawer is removable, which allows us to change shoes by season in addition to a greater cleaning. The disinfectant spray could also be applied directly from behind as the chair aeration would do the rest.

And so it is DRAWAIR fully assembled and placed at the entrance of the house ready for changing shoes and not staining the house with dirt.

To see how it works in detail, watch the youtube video.