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24 Jun 2022

World of PAVs- an exhibition based on the practice-based research

In the 21st century, with rapid urbanization and traffic congestion, there is an opportunity to design and develop an alternative personal transportation system that does not rely on the land infrastructure or add to the existing ground traffic. Aerial transportation can meet these needs more quickly and less expensively than developing new physical infrastructure. Its relationship with the existing multi-modal transport systems and working scenarios is also understudied. Thus, this research project aims to understand the users’ form perception of PAVs (Personal Aerial vehicles) and how to convert their needs, wants, and concerns into design parameters for future development. The original contribution to knowledge highlights how users’ data can be converted into meaningful guidelines through practice-based research. The research will have tangible and intangible outputs that will empower designers to create new products. The research is supported by a larger collaborative project between engineering and the design department. The findings from this research project will feed into the larger project to develop the passenger cabin and the overall form of the PAV. This research project is designed using the DRM methodology. The final part of the research project is based on a practice-based research methodology in which all the creative outcomes at each step, in the form of concept designs and development of the form models, are based on the findings of the previous step. Guided by Dr. Deepak John Mathew.