Nap Room

I believe the tiki lounge should be repurposed as a nap room. Gnomon students spend an exorbitant amount of hours in school campus due to the demanding assignments throughout the program. I believe it would greatly benefit the students and the school. It is proven that 15 to 20 minute naps can help recharge the body and the brain, not to mention relieve stress, therefore improving the quality of work.

An art nouveau style would help provide a different feel to the cubist style of the labs and lecture rooms. That way students can completely disconnect from the work, not feel like they are in school, and relax.

Divided into two matching floors, the lower floor will prioritize disabled students while the upper floor will be available to all. Equipped with high-end sleeping pods and dim orange lighting to promote sleep, the Nap Room will hold 10 sleeping pods (4 on the lower floor and 6 on the upper floor).

All electronic devices should be turned off before entering the Nap Room, and there will be no food, drinks or talking allowed inside; rules will be posted outside the room. The number of vacant and occupied sleeping pod will be displayed on a panel next to door, so that students do not wander inside, therefore keeping the disturbance levels to a minimum. The outside gate will be a tinted soundproof glass window.

Update

I did not want to change much on the original post, but I decided to include a graphics of how the panel that shows the availability of pods inside the nap room would look like. I decided to go withe the Gnomon colors for this one. The description is included within the image.

Massage Boots

This concept is conceived thinking of people who have to stand for long periods of time or have to walk long distances while still needing or wanting to look fashionable. I also wanted to think of a unisex design for men who like platform boots.

It comes in white or black vinyl for a retro or futuristic look, and it massages the lower legs front and back while the person is sitting down. The knobs are strategically place to mimic successful hand positions and pressure points to release tension in the calves, soleus, and the achilles tendon, as well as the area around the shins.

The massaging knobs also contain sensors that detect the level of tension in the affected area and inform the user of it. It uses a gradient of led lights ranging from red to green showing the level of tightness, red being the most tense and green being relaxed. 

The message knobs are deactivated automatically if the pressure on the soles passes the established threshold to ensure that massage knobs are not activated while standing or walking. The user can configure the boots for the activation of the massage knobs to be automatic or manual.

Update

After some good ideas presented by Fabio and Kathryn about the massage on the foot as well, I knew I wanted to include it. Charlie provided the inspiration to make it a separate piece. That's how the massage soles came to be.