Background
Design Brief
Who are Outreach Indiana?
Users: 14-24 years olds
Services:
Equipping and empowering youth facing homelessness to achieve stability and life transformation.
The Mission
The Problem
Partner with community churches
Possession 8 washers/ driers
Facilities within buildings
Constraints
Want to provide care outside churches
Not enough units available
Lots of overhead cost
Current System
We reach out to Alicia Baker, a chief program officer at Outreach Indiana with a discussion on youths routines.
1
Check in at welcome desk with volunteer
2
Writes their name on the whiteboard for support service
3
Waits until their turn
4
Volunteer finds youth and provides assistance if needed
Design Goals
Through our interview, decided the objectives we wanted to strive in the design.
Must
Should
Easy accessibility for volunteers to set up
Operate during hours (5 days a week; 9:30am - 4pm)
Service both laundry and showers
Full ventilation for year around weather
Could
Assembly Research
Our group looked into the equipment usage and the constraints we needed to take into consideration before implementation.
Water Capacity
Weight Capacity
Energy Capacity
Layout Planning
We began to develop layout plan concepts through understanding the limitations and possibilities.
Final Design
Services
Storyboard
Drawn by Hunter and Sumin
Branding
Designs and Layout by Julia, Audrey, and Dana
Designs Works
