[ What ]

A concept of integration of different functions

and services.

/ Containing and Communicating as the main

features

/ Containing in terms of storaging general

personal stuff + additional useful tools

/ Communicating in terms of selfexpression +

getting in contact with other people’s interests
and needs
[ Why ]

From the observation on the spot some crucial

findings came out.

/ Exixstance of private little ‘home sweet home’

areas in hidden places

/ Domestic use of lockers

/ Informal occupation of public space

/ Undervisibility of messages posted on

billboards due to location and organisation
[ Who ]

‘The Nomad’

/ Not a precise target, but a specific attitude

/ A nomad is a wanderer with no fixed residence

who roams about getting in contact with other
people

/ The C3 user has his own stuff, but he actually

spend most of his time in a collective space and
he needs a way to feel more comfortable and
safe in an unpersonal place
[ How ] 4
pay for temporary use

1
POLITECNICO STUDENT AND Advertisment
PROFESSOR of Sponsors
give deposti for rent
5

Rechage Box

4
Collective Functional
place Boxes
2 Microwave and
Dressings

4
INVESTOR private
Boxes

4 Informational
pay for
billboard
A.D. space
cost of
production
3
Temporary
sitting places
SPONSOR MANUFACTURER

5
[ E.g. ]

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Paolo, 23 arrives as usual preatty While attending the lesson Paolo After lesson Paolo goes to the locker’s station to When Alan arrives his laptop is It’s Friday and Paolo brings his

early at the Campus. Before lesson loves to put down his ideas with meet Alan. Since C3 has been put at the Campus at very low in power, so he picks locker home to draw during the

he needs to pick up his locker and sketches so he always brings his lunch time there are often many people there, using a ‘powerbox’. As usual there is weekend. Alan does not have a

in his personal space he founds portable locker, where he usually the microwaves, reading messages posted at the no free class to work and they locker, he prefers to take the few

a message from Alan telling him storages all the tools he needs to billboard or just sitting on the bench and resting arrange their stuff on the floor. things he needs always with him.

that they will meet at the locker’s draw, in class. for a while. But fortunately Paolo has his own box Also Paolo’s laptop needs some But before leaving the Campus

station for lunch. where to wait. power. He easily connects it to the he goes to the locker’s station to
powerbox and they start working leave a message to a friend.
on their groupwork.
[ C3 Station ]

The Product
-> fixed structure
[ C3 Billboard ]
[ C3 Box ]
[ C3 Seat ]
[ C3 Table ]
[ C3 Storage ]
[ C3 Storage h ]
[ C3 Storage v ]
[ C3 Powerbox ]
[ C3 System ]
[ C3 Control ]
[ C3 Locker ]
[ C3 Use ]
[ C3 Use ]
[ C3 Accessories ]
design
PK
block

PB teen Design Ideas™

[ Why C3 should be successful ]
/ improval of the service and extra
revenues for Politecnico

/ money for the Investor without any

interests

/ facilitation of everyday’s life at the / deposit of money for a service that is

Campus for the user now for free

Connection / new and more effective advertising

channel for companies
/ management and organisation to let
the system work properly
to the external / more visibility for Politecnico also / maintenance (free shared objects
world outside the Campus might be damaged)

/ new typology of lockers by totally / no interest for extra features

implementing their function

/ efficient tool to answer to identified / confusion if used inappropriately

needs
Integration Community / access for external companies to / no revenues if users only interested
the Campus through a new channel in free and common services
of different feeling enhanced for communication
functions through sharing
[ Today / Tomorrow / Future ]
Before C3
/ Each locker looks the
same creating a boring
scene at the Campus
/ I have to carry around all
my stuff in hand or with
my one case
/ Groups of people arrange
themselves on the floor
to work in public space
/ Messages posted on
billboards are always a
mess
/ No way to have a warm
meal brought from home
With C3
/ Each locker is
personalised and creates
a little ‘world in the world’
/ I can storage all my stuff
in my box and carry it
easily wherever I need
/ Working in public space
becomes easier and more
comfortable
/ Informations are easily
accessible and clearly
organised
/ Quality of the ‘lunch time’
experience is improved
Future Developments
/ Standardisation of all
locker systems in the
universities
/ Lockers might be bought
or become a souvenir
/ Billboards will turn in
to digital screens and a
software will manage the
organisation
/ Locker stations although
in public places not
necessary related to
accademic institutions
[ Mengni Yuan / Victor Marino / Virginia Hechtel / Wei Lin / Xiaohan Mei ]