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SpaceV: Redefining Wellbeing with Innovative Vending System

SpaceV is a digitally enabled space vending system designed to meet the fragmented needs for activity and relaxation in everyday city life. It offers a variety of spaces for individuals to book by the minute, allowing them to exercise, meditate, nap, eat, meet, and more. Users can customize the multisensory quality and activity accessories through the booking to suit their needs, promoting physical and mental wellbeing in urban environments.

The project, led by Tiange Wang and I-Yang Huang, was realized through site analysis, user interviews, and inspiration trips to Tokyo. The vending units are modular, allowing them to be integrated into new buildings or inserted into existing public spaces in different locations, quantities, and types, offering a hybrid digital-physical experience.

SpaceV Flagship, the physical part of the project, is designed to follow the Tokyo KK expressway and has 5 individual building locations, each 6 levels and 9,500 square meters in total area. The digital part is a responsive web application accessible through a mobile app and webpage, providing a seamless user experience.

The vending units are space modules of various dimensions that can be assembled, allowing SpaceV locations to vary from large city blocks to small storefronts. Users can customize and book a space using an app, navigate to the space with in-app indoor navigation and AR wayfinding, and scan to unlock. The project started in Feb 2022 and first wrapped in Dec 2022 in Cambridge, MA, USA, continuing to evolve along with user testing feedback in 2023.

The research of SpaceV sought to understand contemporary wellness practices, spatial requirements for such practices, and people’s expectations for this space. The project underwent extensive project-based typological research to understand the rising demand for individualized, private versatile spaces that are conveniently located and affordably priced.

SpaceV was awarded Silver in A' Idea and Conceptual Design Award in 2023, recognizing its outstanding expertise and innovation in redefining wellbeing through a unique vending system experience.

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