Chania municipality assigned the lab to investigate the design of a bench for its open market, a food and goods street market that takes place in a different spot of the city almost every day of the week. The goal is to make a unified design that has to be light, transportable, easy to set up and dismantle by one person, and able to carry up to 1 tn weight of merchandize. It also has to serve the needs of both producers and merchants, two different categories of sellers, which have different footprints (2×3 and 2,5 x6 m. respectively). It has to provide shade and rain protection, and to withstand wind loads of about 6bfts.
The bench is a “kit of parts” made from aluminum in order to be light. It has the possibility to expand by addition. It also presents a variability both in height and front – back sun protection position. A full scale prototype was built and tested. After this prototype more benches will be built and tested in real conditions before the product goes into production.
Design team:
Educators:
Alexandros Vazakas – Associate Professor
Alexios Tzobanakis – Associate Professor
Charalampos Doulaverakis – Laboratory Teaching Staff (EDIP)
Students:
Christos Baknis
Markos–Ermis Priovolos
Asimina Sambanis
Civil Engineering:
Educators:
Maria Stavroulaki – Associate Professor
Students:
Michail Karamolegkos
Collaborators:
Amalia Kassambali – Civil Engineer
Prototype Construction:
Manolis Chatzimarkakis, VIMEKA, Ierapetra, Crete
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