Making the daily ritual of changing shoes dignified and effortless.
Duration
2022 (2 weeks) solo revisit
2021 (2 months) original group project
Skills
Sketchup, Vray, Adobe Illustrator
2022 (2 weeks) solo revisit
2021 (2 months) original group project
Skills
Sketchup, Vray, Adobe Illustrator
In many Taiwanese homes, shoes come off at the door, a small daily ritual repeated countless times. But for older adults, changing shoes asks a lot of the body: bending or squatting to reach the shoes, lifting each leg to put them on, and pushing back up to stand afterward. What most people do without thinking becomes a daily strain.
Based on a real family in Taiwan, the system was built around the grandparents' daily struggles — bending down, lifting a leg, and standing back up, and reimagines the genkan as a space that supports the person, not just stores the shoes. It integrates a place to sit, grips at the right height, a fold-down assist step, and easy-reach ventilated storage into one warm, built-in system.
Based on a real family in Taiwan, the system was built around the grandparents' daily struggles — bending down, lifting a leg, and standing back up, and reimagines the genkan as a space that supports the person, not just stores the shoes. It integrates a place to sit, grips at the right height, a fold-down assist step, and easy-reach ventilated storage into one warm, built-in system.