Obscuro GT Toekoms Van Gt Retrovision by Alexander Polatai

Obscuro GT Toekoms Van Gt Retrovision by Alexander Polatai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Brons in Voertuig-, Mobiliteit- en Vervoer-ontwerp Competition Category.

BronsVoertuig· 2020

Obscuro GT Toekoms Van Gt Retrovision

by Alexander Polatai

Client: Strenson Artworks

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Voertuig Category

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The Design

About Obscuro GT Toekoms Van Gt Retrovision

Obscuro is 'n visie van hoe motors met natuurlik geaspireerde enjins daar uitsien. Vanweë die toenemende gewildheid van elektriese motors en die bereiking van 'n volledig selfbestuurende motor, is dit veronderstel om 'n beduidende verandering in die voertuigkultuur te hê. Dit sal sekerlik 'n paar voorbeelde van ontspanning in die motoridentiteit wees. Maar hierdie motors sal nie so bekostigbaar wees nie en sal meer klassiek wees as vir toekomstige ontwerp; op die huidige tydstip bestaan dieselfde ding: duur chronometers, wat nog in die digitale era waardeer word.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Obscuro GT Toekoms Van Gt Retrovision is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Brons, 'n hoogs prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan uitstaande ontwerpe wat gekenmerk word deur kreatiwiteit, vindingrykheid en skerpsinnigheid. Wenners in Brons is ruimskoots vaardige en opvallend kreatiewe artefakte wat die groot ervaring, verbeelding en vindingrykheid van hul ontwerpers bevestig. Daar word verwag dat Obscuro GT Toekoms Van Gt Retrovision 'n hoog aangeskrewe, bewonderde en gekoesterde voorwerp is wat merkwaardig professioneel en innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Brons gewen het, inkorporeer die beste praktyke in kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie en is uitstekend vanweë sy aandag aan detail. Obscuro GT Toekoms Van Gt Retrovision bevredig behoeftes pragtig, raak aan begeertes, bekoor gevoelens en spreek die nuuskierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Obscuro is vision of how cars with naturally aspirated engines would look like. Due to rising popularity of electric cars and will of making fully self driving car it is supposed to have a significant change in automotive culture. For sure will be some examples of car identity recreation in . But these cars will be not so affordable and will have more classic as for future design, in our life time same thing exist: expensive chronometers, which are still appreciated in the digital era.
Dimensions & Packaging: 4.3m - length
1.2m - heigh
1.7m - width
Tags: car, gt, strenson, obscuro, sportcar, luxury
Production Technology: car supposed to have 60% of 3D printed parts. Main materials are: aluminum, forged carbon fiber, fiberglass, titanium, magnesium, bio-chemicals for batteries, leather, alcantara, glass.
Design Challenge: The center of the project is the car itself. That's why Obscuro relied more on classic examples than modern ones. This philosophy was used to preserve the core idea of GT cars, namely the combination of luxury and high performance. Chrome elliments are sent to early motorsports, and the forms of these elements are referred to the silhouettes of those sports cars. The side lights are made small, since in the future cities will be much larger in area and much more illuminated. Therefore, the lights are transformed into exclusively silhouette forms, respectively, a neckline that encircles the front lights refers to cars of the past era, with bigger optics. Forming will rely more on strong and contrasting volumes than on lines, that have been popular for the last decade, but they are still present in the design to give a classic look from the future point of view. In addition, due to the number of electric vehicles, gasoline-powered cars will be rare, so to emphasize its heritage, the Obscuro front compartment has very elongated proportions, and in the rear view there are 3 large open pipes trimmed with chrome trim to emphasize again that this is not an electric car.
Research: Center of the project car itself. That is why Obscuro was based more on classic examples rather then on a modern one. This base of philosophy was used to save main idea of GT cars itself.
Inspiration: Main inspiration was a classic gt coupe that has soul and strong aesthetics features, such as: Maserati A6GCS/53, Ferrari 250 gt, Jaguar E-type, Toyota 2000 GT, Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato.

Secondary was modern GT coupe that will be classic for future, such as: AMG GT-R, Ferrari Roma, Aston Martin superleggera, Bentley GT, BMW M850i.

Third is vision of future, currently we see it in creation of car with much dramatic shapes and volumes rather than line usage.
Project Duration: Project oriented on 2023-2029 production year, 2030 premier, 2033-2040 consumption years
Operation Flow: The interaction takes place in a classic way, no exotic operational doors or hinges are included in the design
Team Members: Alexander Polatai - individual student designer