![]() Images courtesy of BioBus and Ultimate Airstream.The astronaut transfer van, known as the Astrovan during the Space Shuttle era, was a NASA vehicle used at the Kennedy Space Center to transport astronauts from the Operations and Checkout Building to the launch pad before a mission and for launch dress rehearsals, and back to the Operations and Checkout Building following a shuttle landing. Project Team: Emily Conrad (Experience Design and Project Management), Joe Karadin (Physical Design), Derek O'Connor (Visual Design), Debra Everett-Lane (Content)įabrication services provided by Ultimate Airstream. Through an in-depth knowledge of architecture, behavior, technology, and design, our completed project realizes a vision to create meaningful change with real-life impact for the visitors to BioBus. ![]() In addition to the physical design, we made curricular recommendations to include hands-on activities, discussion, and extend the impact of the experience with pre-visit and post-visit activities. Our physical design plans included a solution for adding hardware necessities like fold-down worktables that provided flexibility in the compact space while avoiding clutter. We planned the physical environment, maximizing circulation for the optimal connection with the content. The discussion area provides a forum for introducing the lesson and discussing the experiential exhibits. The hands-on area offers technology and hardware for discovery with the flexibility of changing out demonstrations and equipment for different learning experiences. The interior plans create a smooth flow between two principal areas. Our completed design consists of an Airstream trailer wrapped in exciting visuals with the ability to add an exterior digital screen for public events. ![]() We developed a visual identity that could translate into the physical environment to create an exciting, cohesive, and sophisticated experiential place. With those goals, we developed several solutions, and together we selected the optimal design choices to give the portable lab a clear purpose, visual identity, and practical efficacy. Through close collaboration with the client, we established a clear sense of the envisioned uses, flexibility, and impact. Tessellate developed the new visual identity, including the logo, pattern design, and environmental graphics that are expressed throughout the surfaces and physical elements of the lab. We developed a tightly integrated physical, technical, and experiential design from the inside out. The mobile lab also needed the flexibility to adapt to accommodate group learning or the flow of visitors at a public event. This open-ended, exploratory environment required Tessellate's design team to consider the entire experience, from the first impression throughout the students' visit. BioBus is the first of its kind, hands-on mobile laboratory equipped with high tech science equipment, microscopes, and expert scientist ready to share their passion for biology. Seeking to create a mobile lab prototype to support their new model for STEM education, BioBus asked Tessellate to plan and design their innovative community laboratory outfitted in an Airstream trailer to serve as the next generation of BioBus's growing fleet in New York City. They needed to fully design a new visual identity system and the mobile science lab at the core of their mission. The BioBus team innovated a game-changing, experience-based, and highly mobile approach to teaching science and motivating a pursuit of scientific careers in the New York City School System, especially in underserved communities. Traveling Community Biology Lab and Learning Center ![]()
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