Re-Leaf Alcorque para árboles by The School of Industrial Design in LAFA

Re-Leaf Alcorque para árboles by The School of Industrial Design in LAFA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Mobiliario Urbano Competition Category.

PlataMobiliario Urbano· 2017

Re-Leaf Alcorque para árboles

by The School of Industrial Design in LAFA

Client: Luxun Academy of Fine Arts

A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Mobiliario Urbano Category

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The Design

About Re-Leaf Alcorque para árboles

Re-Leaf es un alcorque ecológico diseñado para calles y espacios públicos. Las hojas caídas se acumulan dentro de la cubeta semicerrada, donde la lluvia y la nieve las compactan hasta que se descomponen. Las hojas descompuestas actúan como un fertilizante natural que aumenta los nutrientes del suelo y favorece el crecimiento del árbol. La forma semicerrada también reduce la escorrentía del agua y ayuda a preservar la humedad del suelo. Re-Leaf está fabricado en hierro fundido y consta de cuatro piezas idénticas que se unen antes de su instalación alrededor del árbol. El alcorque mide 1300 por 1300 por 250 milímetros.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Plata

Re-Leaf Alcorque para árboles 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 Re-Leaf Alcorque para árboles 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. Re-Leaf Alcorque para árboles 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: As we all agree that Mother Nature know what is the best, fallen leaves are the best fertilizer of trees. But before those leaves rot for a while, they are accumulated, compacted and watered by rain and snow. Return to the Roots is the solution of fallen leaves. By means of ingenious design of three-dimensional space, trees are spread fertilizer which is ret by their own fallen leaves in the enclosed space formed by the tree pool, so as to increase soil nutrients and stimulate tree growth.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1300mm x Depth 1300mm x Height 250mm
Tags: Ecological Balance, Sustainable, Regeneration, redesign,
Production Technology: Our design is shaped by Cast iron molding technology.
Design Challenge: The challenge of our design is that we cannot find a suitable material in hardness and ductility. After a number of tests in the selection of materials, we finally find the proper material which achieves the desired effect.
Research: To offer a better solution of fallen leaves and give trees more fertilizer, we find a solution in the tree pools design. As we all know, the fallen leaves can be rotted by themselves and it is the best fertilizer of trees. Semi-closed tree pool can effectively avoid water runoff and protect soil moisture. We put the fallen leaves in our tree pool, give it a space in rotting.
Inspiration: By considering of Mother Nature always using new lives to replace the old one, every new leaves can be seen a regeneration of those fallen leaves. Just like the saying that Mother Nature always know what is the best, fallen leaves are the best fertilizer of trees. In each autumn, fallen leaves are everywhere on the street, not be used. So we offer you Re-leaf, the design of ecological tree pool, the best solution of fallen leaves.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2015 in LAFA Communal Facility Design Studio and finished in August 2016 in National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Industrial Design in LAFA.
Operation Flow: Our project is kind of model combination design, combine with 4 same parts. You can install all the parts before you set up the tree pool.
Team Members: Designer: Xue Wenkai
Designer: Sun Jian
Designer: Du Heli
Designer: Xue Bomu
Designer: Dai Guanrong