Confronting COVID-19 - The case of PPE and Medical Devices production using Digital Fabrication at PUC-Rio

At the end of 2019, the first cases of COVID-19 were registered. As the disease spread across continents culminating in a pandemic, countries suffered from a shortage of personal protective equipment. In Brazil, the first case was recorded on February 2020. This study aims to describe the experience...

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Published in:Strategic Design Research Journal 2020-12, Vol.13 (3), p.488-501
Main Authors: Dos Santos, Jorge Roberto Lopes, Correia de Melo, João Victor, Frajhof, Leonardo, Kauffmann, Aline Reis
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Language:English
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Summary:At the end of 2019, the first cases of COVID-19 were registered. As the disease spread across continents culminating in a pandemic, countries suffered from a shortage of personal protective equipment. In Brazil, the first case was recorded on February 2020. This study aims to describe the experience of creating an interinstitutional network to meet the pandemic’s demands and the experience of transforming an academic design laboratory into space for the production of personal protective equipment using 3D printing and laser cutting techniques. The actions described in this study, made it possible to meet the high emergency demand for PPE in the city of Rio de Janeiro, as well as the construction of knowledge both within the scope of building networks to solve complex social problems and about the possibilities of production in an academic environment. The work addresses and reflexes this action on society's perception of Design professionals.
ISSN:1984-2988
1984-2988
DOI:10.4013/sdrj.2020.133.15