Volta Sohvapöytä by Chih-Chieh Huang - NTHU

Volta Sohvapöytä by Chih-Chieh Huang - NTHU is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award in Huonekalumuotoilu Competition Category.

PronssiHuonekalut· 2021

Volta Sohvapöytä

by Chih-Chieh Huang - NTHU

Client: Scottie Chih-Chieh Huang, National Tsing Hua University

Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Huonekalut Category

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The Design

About Volta Sohvapöytä

Volta on sohvapöytä, jonka inspiraationa ovat katedraalien kattojen ristiholvit. Runko koostuu risteävistä ja vinoista kaarevista kylkiluista, jotka muodostavat teoksen rakenteelliset linjat. Kaarevat ruostumattomasta teräksestä valmistetut levyt on aseteltu porrastetusti 45 asteen kulmaan tukemaan pöytälevyä, ja jalat tuovat mieleen kaarevat kantavat pilarit. Pöytälevy on valmistettu puoliksi heijastavasta lasista, jolloin alla oleva rakenne pysyy näkyvissä. Sisäinen valonlähde heijastuu ja taittuu lasin läpi, heijastaen valoa ja varjoa ympäröivään tilaan.

The Recognition

About the Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award

Volta Sohvapöytä on Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, erittäin arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään erinomaisille designeille, joita luonnehtivat luovuus, nerokkuus ja oveluus. Pronssivoittajat ovat runsaan taitavia ja silmiinpistävän luovia taiteellisia tuotoksia, jotka todistavat suunnittelijoidensa laajaa kokemusta, mielikuvitusta ja kekseliäisyyttä. Volta Sohvapöytä:n odotetaan olevan korkeassa arvossa pidetty, ihailtu ja rakastettu esine, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja innovatiivinen. Tämä Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign sisällyttää itseensä parhaita käytäntöjä taiteessa, tieteessä, designissa ja teknologiassa ja on erinomainen huomiollaan yksityiskohtiin. Volta Sohvapöytä tyydyttää upeasti tarpeita, koskettaa haluja, viehättää tunteita ja vetoaa uteliaisuuteen.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The designer uses a frame form composed of cross or diagonal arched ribs as a basis rule to explore the structural lines and shapes of the object. The design of the table legs refers to the structure’s arched structure column. The special arc-shaped steel plates are staggered at a 45-degree angle to form the support structure of the tabletop.
Dimensions & Packaging: Material/ Stainless Steel, Half-reflecting glass, light
Dimension/ 480mmW x 480mmD x 430mmH
Tags: coffee table, light installation, arched structure, structural design, illumination, interior
Production Technology: In the design making processes and manufacturing tasks, the first version uses metal sculpture approach to manually bend and weld steel bars to make the main structure. The second version is an improved version of the first version. Designer used CAD and CNC to cut steel plates to accurately fabricate the structure. In the structural design, special consideration is given to lightweight and visual performance, and the assembly details are also considered to ensure manufacturing feasibility
Design Challenge: This work interprets the visual appeal and beauty of the arched structure from a human perspective when look up at the space of the cathedral. Through the refraction and reflection between its inside light source and the half-reflective glass used on the desktop, the object can project the beauty of the arched building into the indoor environment in the form of light and shadow.
Research: Designer used CAD and CNC to cut steel plates to accurately fabricate the structure. In the structural design, special consideration is given to lightweight and visual performance, and the assembly details are also considered to ensure manufacturing feasibility.
Inspiration: Volta is an alternative coffee table design, inspired by the rib vault of the cathedral. This work hopes to interpret the visual appeal and beauty of the arched structure from a human perspective when look up at the space of the cathedral.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2012 in Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado, USA. And finished in April 2015 in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in April 2015 (IT), Taipei Fine Arts Museum 2015 (TW), and FORMOSA Sculpture Biennial 2017 (TW).
Operation Flow: The object uses a half-reflective glass as its table-top surface. In daily mode, it presents a special transparent color, allowing users to appreciate the both functional and beautiful structural lines under the table. In the night lighting mode, through the refraction and reflection between its inside light source and the half-reflective glass used on the desktop, the object can project the beauty of the arched building into the indoor environment in the form of light and shadow.
Patents: Copyrights by Scottie Chih-Chieh Huang
Team Members: project investigator, director/ Scottie Chih-Chieh Huang
design assistant/ Andy Liao
Image Credits: Main Image/ Photo by Wen-Shan Lin
Optional Image#1/ Photo by Wen-Shan Lin
Optional Image#2/ Photo by Scottie Chih-Chieh Huang
Optional Image#3/ Photo by Scottie Chih-Chieh Huang
Optional Image#4/ Photo by Scottie Chih-Chieh Huang