Alberto Domingo, a student at Tecnun, School of Engineering of the University of Navarra, has designed screens to prevent the spread of coronavirus in open spaces.  

The student from Malaga explains that the idea came up "when his father told him that this summer it would be complicated to go to the beach, and that there should be a system to make it easier". The young man talked to his brother Emilio, student of Architecture at the University of Malaga, and relying on the computer programs used at the School of Engineers, they created the concept and began to develop the idea. Now the brothers have developed a catalog that contemplates the use of these screens in open spaces such as terraces, parks or swimming pools.  

The system is apparently simple: "It is based on the hexagonal shape of bee hives and would allow different zones to be established, with more or less interior space, to adapt to all users and bathers," explains Alberto Domingo.

Ease of assembly

Another important part of the design, as explained by the engineering student of Tecnun, "is the ease of assembly and disassembly because our idea is that the screens are already in the place where you want to install them, anchored to the floor, and you only have to fold and unfold them". 

There is still no physical prototype built, but the two brothers think that "methacrylate would be the best material, because it is cheaper than glass, as well as more moldable and easier to manufacture. "The tubes would be made of aluminum, which are light and anyone can handle them," says Alberto Domingo.  

However, the student of the School of Engineering of the University of Navarra explains that he has applied for the patent so that they can make a detailed report of the concept and be able to turn his idea into a real project .