After understanding CVG’s current and planned innovations, the design is a representative “case study” of a future airport operation touch point. The selected touch points was the parking system within the airport. Phases included ideation, prototyping, and testing the design, culminating in a proof of concept that represents this proposed future touch point. The proof of concept communicated the design as well as its associated user experience.
The initial phases of this project was researching technologies and innovations in the market. From this research, sketches were made in order to ideate potential innovations. The sketches were categorized into small details, integrating into existing structures, and large scale innovations within the parking system. The highlighted portion, “large scale,” sketches was the selected area for further research.
Below, are images of the first phase of prototyping. This prototype was used in order to test the system of an underground parking system. The user would park at a parking spot, a “car elevator” lowers the car underground and is taken to an open parking spot. The user exits the car and walks to their terminal.
Moving into CAD, further iteration developed as the system improved.
Moving back into physical prototypes, it was important to test what each individual parking pod would look like and how it would operate. This initial pod was tested with a 3D printed car in order to test scale.
The next few prototypes tested light and color. The intention was for screens to be played inside the pod in order for the user to see whether a parking pod was open or currently being used.
In order for the user to customize their parking pods, these screens tested what those customizable screens might look like. The idea was once the user pulls into a parking pod, these screens around the walls would appear saying, “Welcome,” or images showing the location they are about to fly to.
Moving into storyboarding, further CAD rendering was created in order to showcase the user journey of the final projection.
Once the user exits the parking pod, the car is transported underground to a parking space. The parking pod will then be open for the next user.