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Galleries // 2019 Spark:Fall/Winter Student // Sliding Door Bath
Sliding Door Bath
Finalist
Competition: Spark:Fall/Winter Student
Designer: Na Gyeong Kim
Design Type: Product & industrial, Universal Design
Company / Organization / School: KDM / YoungNam University
Team Members: Na Gyeong Kim
The sliding door bath is for the retarded and is easily accessible without anyone's help. The problem with traditional bathtubs is that they can't get inside until they're beyond the walls of the bathtub, which are higher than a wheelchair. But a person with a damaged leg should get in with someone's help. Also, if there is no one at home, people with leg and back issues cannot take a shower. And most disabled people live with their families. Therefore, if disabled and non-disabled people live together, they can all be conveniently used. The problem is that disabled people have trouble washing their legs or sitting on the bottom of the bathtub because their legs are uncomfortable. Ordinary people were also uncomfortable because of the slippery and high height of the walls of the existing bathtub. Also, it is difficult for people with short travel radius to turn on water. To solve these problems, a new sliding door bath is proposed.
