Obscuro GT Tha Àm Ri Teachd Gt Retrovision by Alexander Polatai

Obscuro GT Tha Àm Ri Teachd Gt Retrovision by Alexander Polatai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Umha A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Charbadan, Gluasadachd agus Còmhdhail Competition Category.

UmhaCarbad· 2020

Obscuro GT Tha Àm Ri Teachd Gt Retrovision

by Alexander Polatai

Client: Strenson Artworks

Duais Umha A' Design Award Winner in Carbad Category

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The Design

About Obscuro GT Tha Àm Ri Teachd Gt Retrovision

Tha Obscuro a ’toirt sealladh air mar a bhiodh càraichean le einnseanan le cumhachd nàdarra coltach. Leis mar a tha càraichean dealain a ’sìor fhàs agus an toil a bhith a’ dèanamh càr gu tur fèin-dràibhidh, tha còir gum bi atharrachadh mòr ann an cultar nan càraichean. Gu cinnteach bidh eisimpleirean de chur-seachad dearbh-aithne càr. Ach cha bhith na càraichean sin cho ruigsinneach agus bidh barrachd clasaigeach aca agus a tha airson dealbhadh san àm ri teachd, aig an aois a tha ann, tha an aon rud ann: clàran-tomhais daor, air a bheil meas fhathast san àm dhidseatach.

The Recognition

About the Duais Umha A' Design Award

Tha Obscuro GT Tha Àm Ri Teachd Gt Retrovision air Duais Umha A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean sònraichte a tha air an comharrachadh le cruthachalachd, innleachd agus geurchuis. Tha buannaichean Umha nan obraichean gu math sgileil agus gu sònraichte cruthachail a dhearbhas eòlas farsaing, mac-meanmna agus tapachd an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Obscuro GT Tha Àm Ri Teachd Gt Retrovision na nì air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach, a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Umha A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr ann an ealain, saidheans, dealbhadh agus teicneolas an gnìomh, agus tha e sàr-mhath airson an aire do mhion-fhiosrachadh. Bidh Obscuro GT Tha Àm Ri Teachd Gt Retrovision a' sàsachadh fheumalachdan gu h-iongantach, a' suathadh ri miannan, a' tàladh faireachdainnean agus a' togail fiosrachd.

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