Panca Rivola Banco de exterior by Andrea Brunazzi

Panca Rivola Banco de exterior by Andrea Brunazzi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Mobiliario Competition Category.

PlataMobiliario· 2022

Panca Rivola Banco de exterior

by Andrea Brunazzi

Client: Rivola

A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Mobiliario Category

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The Design

About Panca Rivola Banco de exterior

Panca Rivola es un banco de exterior diseñado para parques, jardines y otros espacios públicos. El banco es un único bloque monolítico con una forma orgánica que evoca la piedra pulida por el tiempo y la intemperie. Panca Rivola está realizado en polvo de mármol reconstituido, por lo que puede producirse en distintos colores. El bloque pesa 650 kilogramos, resiste el vandalismo y puede lavarse. La base curva permite una colocación segura sobre terrenos irregulares. Está disponible un asiento sin respaldo a juego en el mismo material, y bajo pedido se produce una versión en acero pulido.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Plata

Panca Rivola Banco de exterior ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Panca Rivola Banco de exterior sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Panca Rivola Banco de exterior es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Rivola: Monolithic seat, organic design. It was designed to be positioned outdoors (parks, gardens, etc.). It has no problems if the ground on which it rests is not level.
A seat designed to integrate with the natural landscape, a shape that seems shaped by time and atmospheric agents, a monolith, a sculpture.
There is also the version in polished steel which is produced to order.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length 180 cm
High 43 cm
Depth 60 cm
Tags: Bench, seat, nature, marble, stone, natural shape
Production Technology: Rivola is made of reassembled marble powder (in PDM) and therefore can be produced in various colors.
The bench was also designed to resist vandalism; it is a full block of 650 kg, it can be washed. It is possible to combine the coordinated pouf of the same material.
Design Challenge: An object that is easy to make was studied, which had a low production cost, which used natural materials, which met the criteria of comfort, easy positioning, which integrated well into the environment by being able to decide on the color and the stone used. A project that might seem simple and intuitive but that has solved a number of technical difficulties. The success of the object can be seen from the sales numbers that continue with enthusiasm over the years.
Research: The Italian landscape inspires creativity to create an object in recycled stone, granite, marble; shapes smoothed by time and atmospheric agents, wrinkled, rough surfaces, polished by water. Rivola was created to integrate into the environment and become part of it. The project had to be easily reproducible in series possibly with various colors and have a low production cost.
Inspiration: The Italian landscape inspires the creation of artifacts that rework the sensations transmitted by the most varied rocks, from granite to marble, smooth or rough surfaces that can be reproduced on the seat, also obviating functional problems. A natural shape but reproduced in a serial way with the possibility of coloring it "in paste".
Project Duration: The project started in 2010 in Torino, the cooperation with Metalco (the producer) is still alive. Rivola was exhibited in London on 2011 at Design 100% London. The bench continues to be sold all over the world, Europe, Asia, the Americas etc.
Operation Flow: A seat designed to integrate with the natural landscape, a shape that seems shaped by time and atmospheric agents, a monolith, a sculpture.
Team Members: Andrea Brunazzi
Image Credits: Main Image Image #1 : Andrea Voltolina
Image #3 : Andrea Voltolina
Image #1 : Ada Brunazzi
Image #2 : Ada Brunazzi
Image #4 : Ada Brunazzi