COVID-19 Bulkhead: open-design protective screens
Open design, Charitable project
Health and wellbeing
Face shields, masks and protective screens
Folding, bending and curving
Acrylic
The project
In March 2020, Archicercle promoted the COVID-19 Bulkhead campaign: a proposal for screens to separate members of the public and staff at service counters. The post presented applications in shops and essential services, sharing the design with others who wished to produce it.
The proposal included two transparent acrylic screen models: one assembled from separate parts and another formed by heat bending. They were intended as separating barriers at public-facing counters, with pharmacies and supermarkets among the suggested settings.
The design was presented as Open Source. The announcement stated that it could be downloaded from the website and produced by other people or workshops. Archicercle’s documented contribution to this campaign was its promotion; the post does not detail the authorship or construction design of the screens.
The campaign accompanied a broader announcement: all production of protective equipment would be donated to hospitals and other healthcare facilities amid shortages. This was an announced commitment, with no production quantities or completed deliveries documented in the post.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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