Saltatur Primary Function: Tebur by Masoud Akbarzadeh

Saltatur Primary Function: Tebur by Masoud Akbarzadeh is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa in Ƙirar Kayan Ɗaki Competition Category.

AzurfaKayan Ɗaki· 2020

Saltatur Primary Function: Tebur

by Masoud Akbarzadeh

Client: Polyhedral Structure Laboratory

Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa Winner in Kayan Ɗaki Category

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The Design

About Saltatur Primary Function: Tebur

Saltatur wani dogon tebur ne da aka tsara a matsayin gina-gina mai haɗaɗɗun kayan aiki da aka riga aka shirya. Teburin ya haɗa jiki na siminti mai jure matsi kaɗai, sanduna na ƙarfe masu ja-baya da murfin gilashi mai matuƙar sirara. An tsara murfin gilashin a matsayin baka mai maɓalli uku na igiya wanda ya miƙe har mita 3.75. An samar da tsarin gina-ginan ne ta hanyar hoton bincike na ma'auni mai fuska uku, saboda haka ana riƙe jikin siminti a cikin matsi ta hanyar igiyoyin miƙewa a saman da ƙasa. Wannan tsarin sararin da aka raba yana rage yawan siminti da sawun carbon yayin da yake kiyaye nauyin da ake buƙata don ingancin gina-gina.

The Recognition

About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa

Zanen Saltatur Primary Function: Tebur ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa, wata karramawa mai tsananin daraja da ake bai wa zane-zane na matakin koli, masu kyau sosai kuma masu burgewa. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Azurfa ayyuka ne masu haske sosai da ƙirƙira mai yawa waɗanda ke nuna ƙwarewa, baiwa da kaifin tunanin masu zanensu. Ana sa ran zanen Saltatur Primary Function: Tebur ya zama aiki mai ban mamaki, abin koyi, mai ƙwarewa sosai kuma mai ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire mai zurfi. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa ƙirƙira ce mai abin lura sosai, da ake sha'awa, wacce ke amfanar da kuma kai iyakokin fasaha, kimiyya, zane da fasahar zamani gaba. Zanen Saltatur Primary Function: Tebur ƙirƙira ce da ake yi wa hassada sosai wacce ke tada sha'awa, tana kawo jin daɗi kuma tana haifar da mamaki da al'ajabi.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Saltatur demonstrates innovative research in the design and fabrication of a prefab, discrete, spatial composite structure consisting of a spatial, compression-only concrete body, post-tensioning steel rods, and an ultra-thin glass structure on its top in the form of long-span furniture. Using discrete spatial systems would minimize the volume of concrete and the carbon footprint while preserving the necessary mass for structural performance and specific architectural detailing.
Dimensions & Packaging: 195 cm (W) x 308 cm (L) x 90 cm (H)
Tags: composite, ultra thin spatial concrete, design for reassembly, funicular structures
Production Technology: There are multiple design innovations in various phases of the realization of this project, from conceptual structural design to fabrication. The structural form of the project was developed using 3D/polyhedral graphic statics with a very particular control over the magnitude of the horizontal forces in the system. As a result, the entire concrete body of the structure is held in compression by the tension ties at the top and bottom of the structure with no horizontal reactions at the supports.
Design Challenge: Challenges include the concrete casting of complex 3d nodes, detail development that can allow for easy assembly and disassembly, ultra thin (4mm) glass top spanning 3 meters to support the applied loads and its self-weight.
Research: The structural form of the furniture was designed using a newly developed method of 3D Graphic Statics, which is the extension of the existing 2D methods proposed in 1864. A node-based assembly was considered as a method of construction. An innovative detailing was developed that allowed fixing the members in their exact locations in the structure to avoid the possible spatial collision of the branches of the nodes during the assembly. The ultra-thin glass structure on the top was formed into a funicular geometry as a three-hinged discrete arch spanning 3.75 meters.
Inspiration: The project has been inspired by the works of Gaudi and extends his works to a three-dimensional compression and tension combined system of forces in the form of a long span table. The structural form has been inspired by the Greco-Roman wrestling technique, Salto, which includes lifting, returning, and taking down an opponent to the mat. The geometry of the table lifts the glass top, rotates, and transfers the loads to the ground. The word 'salto' means 'to dance' in Latin. The name of our structure is Saltatur, which means 'a dancer' in Latin.
Project Duration: 2 years, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
Operation Flow: The Saltator is an ensemble of compression and tension forces held in a twisted configuration of equilibrium. The geometry of the structure was inspired by the Greco-Roman wrestling technique, Salto. The word 'salto' means 'to dance' in Latin, which also inspired the name of the furniture, Saltatur, 'a dancer' in Latin. The form was designed using the geometry-based method of 3D graphic statics. The structure shows how we can minimize the volume of construction materials and reduce the carbon footprint of a structure while preserving the necessary mass for structural performance.
Patents: N/A
Team Members: Masoud Akbarzadeh, Ali Tabatabaei Ghomi, Mohammad Bolhassani, Mostafa Akbari, Alireza Seyedahmadian, Konstantinos Papalexiou, Jingchu Sun, Hanqing Yao.
Image Credits: Copyright: Polyhedral Structures Laboratory
Image credit: Polyhedral Structures Laboratory