Pact+analysis

PACT Analysis

 * __People__**

Majority of high rise apartment buildings in Mississauga have elevators on one side of the floor with an approximate number of ten rooms per floor. These occupants all struggle to share the same elevators on the floor. Highrise buildings in particular have close to thirty floors in their buildings with three elevators per floor. If there are two people per apartment, and they all need to use the elevator, then two people would be tring to share three elevators per floor. If everybody in the apartment decided to use the elevator at the same time then 600 people would be trying to use the elevators. Disabled people in the building would also need to use the elevator. This may limit the space for other people if for example somebody in a wheel chair needs to use the elevator. Certain improvements would be added to the elevator to accomodate people with chronic arthritis. For example, by having touch screen buttons, people with this disability would not have problems operating the elevator. The redesign of the elevator focuses on the disabled people in an apartment building. It gives them priority use of the elevator and by installing a timer and button in their apartment they can call the elevator so that priority is given to them.

The elevator system in high rise apartment buildings makes people have problems in waiting for the elevator. The elevator is essential part of the system in high-rise apartment. In temporal dimension, people at least use the elevator two times a day unless they don’t go outside. It is a continuous action and simple action which can receive feedback synchronously. People can waste their time just waiting in front of the elevator in many cases. The purpose of this redesign is to save time and also to use their time more efficiently. Kids who cannot reach the elevator button can have the opportunity to call the elevator with the button inside their home. It is also useful for people with disabilities who have difficulties in moving freely. In terms of complexity, it is defined which is programmed and controlled through technology. The elevator sometimes can be out of order, so people get more difficult time.
 * __Activities__**
 * __Context__**

The elevators are located inside of the apartment buildings in the hallway. Generally, there are three elevators in high rise apartment buildings. The main physical contexts are time and space. Many people experience inconvenience especially in the morning because a lot of people in the apartment need to use the elevators at the same time. This situation influences space of the elevators. The elevators have a limit of space and weight, so not all people can get into the elevator at the same moment, if there are so many people. Although people have waited for a long time and the elevator finally came up, some people cannot use the elevator because of the space limit; they have to wait again for the other elevators. Raising speed of elevator or installing elevator button inside each unit can be considered with this physical context. Beside convenience, safety is also important in the elevator environment. Elevators have produced many accidents with dangerous circumstances. In social context, people waste time for wating for the elevators, so they face casualties in their lives, missing shcool bus, as an example. The elevator system needs to help and care of disabled people to use the elevators more safely and comfortably. Redisgn of the elevator button would be effective for these contexts.


 * __Technologies__**

The access on the elevator is performed by pushing the button to call the elevator. Generally, most of the apartment buildings contains two or more elevator systems installed in each buildings. Also, the buttons are placed on each floors and allows people to ascend or descend. Elevators are invented through new iron and steel production processes that revolutionized the world of construction. When the motor turns one way, elevator ascends, but when the motor turns the other way, elevator descends. As the elevator operates, however, it stops for several floors until it reaches one’s floor. The highrise buildings absolutely depend on elevators. Because people in apartment buildings experience many issues in elevator waiting, it would be a better way to redesign this technology by installing the elevator button inside each suites so that people can easily press the button before they go out from their suite - ahead of time.

Also, an increased speed of elevator would be also efficient way for saving time. People often experience wasting their time on the elevator as it operates slowly. For this reason, an increased speed of elevator operates 2 times faster than the normal speed when people are in the elevator. However, when the people are out of the elevator, the sensor will detect that the elevator is empty. Then, it would gradually increase its speed 4 times faster than usual speed as it moves past the floors so that the elevator would reach to the next floor immediately. As the elevator operates 4 times faster when people are not in the elevator, it would definitely operate much faster and people would be satisfied getting on the elevator in a short period of time.

Feedback: Sounds good, I just don't know how the idea would respond if there are so many people needing the elevator and all of them push the button, will the elevator be more time efficient this way? Also, I read in your initial research that you will include elevators in the apartment for the disabled, how would that work in terms of space? -Dena