Student: Belén García López
Tutor: Andrés Tabera Roldán
School of Architecture University of Navarra
Asterisk is a play set designed to offer a more focused treatment for people with dementia. Its name and design are inspired by the idea of correcting, differentiating or creating an exception to existing products on the market, while at the same time taking a stand on the cliché that games are only useful in childhood. The key to the project is not to invent a new game, but to reuse, rebuild or reconvert the existing mechanisms of several traditional board games and adapt them to the real and changing needs of users with dementia.
The game consists of a board composed of modules that can be configured in different shapes and patterns. Each module has a geometric circuit in which a token related to a praxia is hooked, which is used to play different games and exercises. These games and exercises are classified by levels that correspond to the progress of the dementia disease.
The objective is to work cognitive stimulation and fine psychomotor skills through strategy and movement of the tokens.
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