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Curved Dancing Ramp
Investigating Normal - Fall 2016
Last year, Olin College worked with Alice Sheppard to build the ramp seen here.
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Alice is a professional dancer who uses a wheelchair, and uses dance to investigate modes of movement. Because the large ramp was such a success, she came back and asked for a modular curved ramp kit.
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Investigating Normal: Assistive and Adaptive Technologies is a class where we investigate ability and disability, culminating in a project. Over the course of the semester, I worked with 3 other students to codesign the ramps shown below with Alice. Our process is outlined with the images below, and had feedback from Alice every step of the way.
 Initial Sketch Model |  Rough Sketch Model |  3D Printed Sketch Model |
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 Manufacturing Sketch Model |  Final CAD |  Assembly |
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