Adaptable House

In-Home Overhead Mobility System for Adaptable House/Hanging Chair

Adaptable House Project needed a seating element that supported its integrated mobility system while remaining easy to use, compact when not in use, and visually appropriate for the home environment. This work focused on the design, build, and testing of a stowable "hanging chair" intended to provide a comfortable, playful, and aesthetically pleasing seating option that enabled the project’s full-support use mode. The effort produced design and engineering information to support creation of a full-scale working prototype, advancing a seating capability that could combine mobility support with simple operation and space-efficient storage.