Oasis Storage System
Year:
2025
Client:
Oasis Skateboard Factory
Scope:
Furniture Design
How might we create a storage plan for O.S.F. that fits into the students workflow, and can adapt to the an ever changing classroom?
Oasis Skateboard Factory (O.S.F.) is an alternative highschool in the TDSB focused on providing students entrepreneurship experience through independent learning. Students mainly do this through buildling and designing skateboards to sell but the school sees a diverse range of commissioned work. The O.S.F. classroom sits inside the Scadding Court Community Centre with roughly 480sqft of space, including two storage rooms. Over the 14 years they've run, O.S.F. has accumulated a lot, i.e. archival student work, old tools, and are running out of space to operate.
Problem
Secondary Research
Academic research revealed systemic injustices and neurodivergent adults & youth experiences.
Neurodivergent youth have worse mental health then their peers
Classrooms aren't designed for neurodivergent minds
Neurodivergent people struggle to access support systems
Neurodivergent people are over represented in creative fields
Primary Research
Youth lacked autonomy and felt like their lives were predetermined
Students prioritized grades over comprehension
Students are discouraged from connecting their learning to art
Neurodivergent people are over represented in creative fields