Bilico Rooj by Giuliano Ricciardi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Tooj in Tsim Rooj Tog Competition Category.

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Bilico Rooj

by Giuliano Ricciardi

Client: d-Lab studio

A' Design Award Tooj Winner in Rooj Tog Category

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The Design

About Bilico Rooj

Bilico yog lub rooj vaj huam sib luag modular uas tshuav nws lub npe rau cov qauv tsim ntawm cov qauv uas, xaus rau hauv ib qho kev txhawb nqa, ua rau lub rooj pom tsis ruaj khov. Ua tsaug rau nws cov modularity, nws muaj peev xwm sau cov ntxhuav los ntawm qhov tsawg tshaj plaws lub voj voog ib, nrog ob lub taub hau rov qab, mus rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws infinity siv central modules. Lub rooj, ua los ntawm Pietra di Trani (ib yam pob zeb marble los ntawm Trani cheeb tsam), ua tiav los ntawm lub hauv paus tub, coj lub teeb nruab, qhov twg cov khoom siv (phaj, paj sawv, teeb, cutlery tais, txiav boards, thiab lwm yam). tsev.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tooj

Bilico Rooj yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Bilico Rooj xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. Bilico Rooj ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Bilico is a garden table made of Pietra di Trani (a typical stone marble from Trani area) that owes its name to the unique structure consisting of modules which, ending in a single support stand, make the table visibly unstable. With Bilico is possible to compose tables of different lengths, from the smallest circular shape one composed by two opposite heads, to the ideal infinity. The table is completed by the central tub, led light equipped, where the accessories are housed
Dimensions & Packaging: Min 1200 mm, max 3000 mm x 1200 mm x 740 mm
Tags: table, outdoor, marble, stone, garden, grass, modular, led, corten, luxury
Production Technology: five axis cnc machining for the Pietra di Trani elements, Corten bent and welded
Design Challenge: The main challenge is to give stability to such an impressive and visually unstable item, by using steel plates where individual stone blocks are fixed. These modules are settled to the ground, through the same press-folded bracket which is in turn fixed to a cement foundation, who has been previously placed under the walking surface. Last but not least, Bilico can be splitted into several blocks which make it easy to be transported.
Research: When you think of a table, it is natural to think of a support surface made up of four legs placed at the table corners. In this case the support is carried out by a single support stand which is properly fixed to the ground, thus lightening the whole structure. The visible lightening is in contrast with the solidity and weight characterised by the Pietra di Trani, making the user disoriented.
Inspiration: Bilico is a garden table that came from the desire to bring the human being closer to nature. Human being can interact with nature as in an ideal journey where the contact is not only given by its intended purpose but also by the presence of green above the support surface. It’s like an ideal vessel that sails on a grass ground while carrying a little piece of nature made by grass and stylised clouds.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2022 in Taranto and Finished in February 2022 in Taranto
Operation Flow: The Bilico modular structure ideally allows a table endless development which, thanks to a single central stand, it seems to sail like a vessel whose stability is carried out by a cement foundation based below the ground. The central basin, with a grass layer inside, serves as a decoration and storage for different type of accessories like the cloud-shaped trays. This makes, as a whole, a landscape within a landscape.
Image Credits: #1 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Perspective, 2022
#2 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Lateral, 2022
#3 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Top, 2022
#4 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Perspective 2, 2022
#5 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Modularity 2, 2022
Video Credits: Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Video, 2022