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Drift Antibakteerinen keraaminen seinäverhoilu by Nikolaos Karintzaidis

Drift Antibakteerinen keraaminen seinäverhoilu by Nikolaos Karintzaidis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Platinapalkinto A' Design Award in Rakennuskomponentit Competition Category.


PlatinaRakennuskomponentit· 2024

Drift Antibakteerinen keraaminen seinäverhoilu

by Nikolaos Karintzaidis

Client: Iris Ceramica Group

Platinapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Rakennuskomponentit Category

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The Design

About Drift Antibakteerinen keraaminen seinäverhoilu

Keraamiset seinäpaneelit toimivat itsenäisinä, mutta muodostavat myös visuaalista jatkuvuutta modulaation kautta – avoin prosessi, joka viittaa islamilaisiin aiheisiin, jotka laajenevat loputtomasti. Niiden yhdistelmä synnyttää geometrisia kuvioita laatan yksinkertaisella kiertämisellä, jotta saavutetaan maksimaalinen räätälöinti minimaalisella rakennuselementtien määrällä. Moduuli tasapainoilee geometrisen ja abstraktin välillä sopeutuakseen erilaisiin ympäristöihin ja tunnelmiin, ja sovellukset vaihtelevat pienestä suureen mittakaavaan.

The Recognition

About the Platinapalkinto A' Design Award

Drift Antibakteerinen keraaminen seinäverhoilu on Platinapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, erittäin arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään todella poikkeuksellisille, tyylikkäille ja upeille designeille. Platinavoittajat ovat luomisen ihmeitä, todisteita älyllisen luovuuden rajoista, ja ne osoittavat suunnittelijoidensa vertaansa vailla olevaa ammattitaitoa ja nerokkuutta. Näiden designien odotetaan olevan tunnetuimpia teoksia, jotka määrittävät aikakauden estetiikan, edistävät yhteiskunnan hyvinvointia ja laajentavat taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajoja. Drift Antibakteerinen keraaminen seinäverhoilu osoittaa ylevää huippuosaamisen tasoa ja tekee maailmasta yksiselitteisesti paremman paikan hyödyllisillä ja arvokkailla ominaisuuksillaan. Drift Antibakteerinen keraaminen seinäverhoilu on Platinapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajateos, joka herättää haluja, inspiroi, innostaa, ilahduttaa ja herättää suurta iloa.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Ceramic wall panels can stand on their own but also develop patterns of visual continuity through modulation, an open ended process referring to Islamic motifs expanding infinitely. Their combination generates geometric patterns by simple rotation of slab, in order to achieve maximum degree of customisation with minimum use of construction elements. Module balances between geometric and abstract to fit different environments and ambience, with applications ranging from small to large scale.
Dimensions & Packaging
Active Surfaces natural materials combine science and design to improve wellbeing in spaces people live in. Active Surfaces turn ceramic slabs into an ecoactive material with four superior properties which are antibacterial and antiviral, antipollution, antiodour and selfcleaning certified to ISO standards. These materials can degrade bacteria and viruses including SARS CoV2, polluting particles and molecules responsible for bad odours. Ecoactive surface is also more resistant to dirt making it easier to clean.
Tags
innovation, sustainability, ceramics, heritage, environment
Production Technology
DYS is a versatile on demand decoration service patented by Iris Ceramica, making possible to produce any kind of decoration on ceramic surfaces. The result is a unique customisation that turns ceramics into an authentic art form. Taking advantage of innovative printing possibilities, a dynamic dialogue with technology and progress is materialised combining abstract with geometric. Continuous ripples add plasticity to flat surfaces, reflecting continuity of printing process and technical features behind manufacture of ceramic slabs.
Design Challenge
Underscoring the relation among the conformation and the medium that is composed of, craft becomes a visual expression of the making activity as configuration seizes the memory of raw matter in the finished product. Converting impressions to physicality, place and memory are captured and preserved in space. Interplay of reflections and patterns reveals different textures in pools, spas and wellness centres. A visual reflection of people’s circulation in stations, shopping centres and public areas, flow is converted to spatial experience.
Research
With reference to traditional ceramics illustrating long history of building with earth, pottery lines highlight our common roots and deep connection with earth. Converting environment to artefact by combining natural and humanmade, project strengthens the correlation between material and final product through a conceptual process which underscores links among form and substance. Through visual and physical linkages, ceramic slabs design forges a strong link with what is made of, matter extracted from earth.
Inspiration
Inspired by natural landscape of Emirates the ceramic wall panels capture essence of place while bringing physical scenery in the manufactured. Linear pattern mimics sand ridges as curved and parabolic lines formed by interaction with wind engraving land are translated to fluid geometry, taking cues from landscape topographical contouring. Referring to unique local geography, desert dunes and terrain contours shaped by the wind illustrate how human trace intersects with the trace of time.
Project Duration
The project was completed in 2023.
Operation Flow
Encountering movement and plasticity, vibrations and pulses activate surfaces complementing ceramic slab texture and tactility. Employing metallic inks and tonal adjustments in combination with the wide range of Iris Ceramica slabs, users can add personality and distinctiveness in domestic habitat. Applied as cladding in building envelopes, geometric combinations form a dialogue with mutability of topography and urban environment.
Image Credits
Studio Niko Kapa

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