Obscuro GT Todhchaí An Retro Gt by Alexander Polatai

Obscuro GT Todhchaí An Retro Gt by Alexander Polatai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award in Dearadh Feithiclí Competition Category.

Cré-umhaFeithicil· 2020

Obscuro GT Todhchaí An Retro Gt

by Alexander Polatai

Client: Strenson Artworks

Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award Winner in Feithicil Category

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The Design

About Obscuro GT Todhchaí An Retro Gt

Is í fís Obscuro an chuma a bheadh ar ghluaisteáin le hinnill nádúrtha astaithe. Mar gheall ar an méadú atá ag teacht ar ghluaisteáin leictreacha agus ar an toil atá ann carr a thiomáint go hiomlán féin a dhéanamh ceaptar go mbeidh athrú suntasach air i gcultúr na ngluaisteán. Cinnte beidh roinnt samplaí de chaitheamh aimsire aitheantais gluaisteán. Ach ní bheidh na gluaisteáin sin chomh inacmhainne agus beidh níos clasaiceach acu agus atá le dearadh amach anseo, ag an aois atá ann faoi láthair, tá an rud céanna ann: cróiméadair daor, a bhfuil meas orthu fós sa ré dhigiteach.

The Recognition

About the Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Obscuro GT Todhchaí An Retro Gt Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award, aitheantas an-ghradamach a bhronntar ar dhearaí sármhaithe a mbíonn cruthaitheacht, aireagacht agus géarchúis mar shaintréithe acu. Is déantúsáin ghlic agus chruthaitheacha go suntasach iad buaiteoirí Cré-umha a dhearbhaíonn taithí fhairsing, samhlaíocht agus acmhainneacht a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Obscuro GT Todhchaí An Retro Gt ina rud a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear, atá thar a bheith gairmiúil agus nuálach. Ionchorpraíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr san ealaín, san eolaíocht, sa dearadh agus sa teicneolaíocht, agus tá sé sármhaith as a aird ar mhionsonraí. Sásaíonn an dearadh Obscuro GT Todhchaí An Retro Gt riachtanais go hálainn, bainíonn sé le mianta, cuireann sé draíocht ar mhothúcháin agus tarraingíonn sé fiosracht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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