Memoria Oche by Sergio Sesmero is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo in Nhazi Ngwá Ụlọ Competition Category.

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Memoria Oche

by Sergio Sesmero

Client: ESNE - University School of Design, Innovation and Technology

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo Winner in Ngwá Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Memoria Oche

Memoria bụ oche e ji akwa kọnkịrị (concrete canvas) mee, ya bụ akwa a na-ejikarị n'ọrụ owuwu maka ike ya na nkwụsi ike ya. A na-akpụ oche a n'elu ihe nlekọta e ji PLA nwere ike imegharị mee ka o bipụta n'ụdị akụkụ atọ. A na-etinye akwa kọnkịrị ahụ n'elu ihe nlekọta ahụ ma hapụ ya ka ọ kpọrọ nkụ ruo opekata mpe awa iri abụọ na anọ. Emesịa, a na-agbakwunye resin epoxy iji mechie oghere ndị dị na ya ma mee ka o sikwuo ike. Memoria dị milimita 1100 site na 900 site na 708, ọ na-eguzogide mkpọka ma mmiri anaghị abanye ya. Nhazi a jikọtara nchekwa gburugburu ebe obibi, ọrụ na ahụmahụ ọhụrụ nke mmetụta ahụ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo

Memoria Oche meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa mbụ, dị ịtụnanya ma pụtara ìhè. Ndị meriri na Ọlaedo bụ ihe e kere eke dị oke ọhụrụ, nwere ọhụụ ma na-egbu maramara nke na-egosipụta ọgụgụ isi, amamihe na nka nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Memoria Oche ga-abụ ihe e mepụtara kacha enweta otuto, na-edu ọnọdụ ma bụrụ ihe ncheta nke na-enye uru na-adịbeghị mgbe ọ bụla. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo bụ ọrụ dị ebube, a na-asọpụrụ nke na-erite uru buru ibu ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Memoria Oche na-eweta mmetụta ọchịchọ siri ike, na-akpali agụụ, na-akwado nzụlite ihe ma na-adọrọ anyị adọrọ.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Memoria is a groundbreaking furniture proposal based on sustainability, functionality and the creation of new sensorial experiences, by the usage of concrete fabric as the main manufacturing element. A very unusual material in furniture and generally used in civil constructions due to its high durability, resistance and sustainability. The project arises from a deep study of the changes taking place in society, and how these are affecting the forms of consumption in the youngest consumers.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions: 1100mm x 900 mm x 708 mm. Material: Concrete Canvas Textile. Technical properties: Impact resistant, Waterproof, Stable Design.
Tags: Furniture, design, concrete canvas, concrete, sustainability, space.
Production Technology: It is created from the manufacture of a 3d printed PLA (totally recyclable and reusable) mold with shapes that serve as a guide. Concrete Canvas is applied to this mold, which we leave to set for at leat 24 hours. After its setting we can observe its hardness and resistence, but to make it even more consolidated, we apply an epoxy resin that filters between the pores of the material and cement, increasing its solidity and durability to more that 50 years of life.
Design Challenge: The design process of the Memoria chair finds its difficulty mainly in the creation of the concept. Also noteworthy is the process of selecting and acquiring the most suitable material to carry out the concept. Finally, some difficulties arise in the handling of the material, since the was not enough to make a large number of prototypes, this situation was solved by sending a sample of the Concrete Canvas to a geological materials analysis laboratory, whose results gave multiple solutions and proposals to help with its manipulation.
Research: The project arises from the study of the changes taking place in society, and their effects. These changes have an important influence on design, fulfilling objectives of sustainability, experience, interaction and identity. There were also analyzed the trends occurring in the furniture sector; a market that is in full swing and increasingly preparing to expand its borders to new markets. Memoria combines all these characteristics through innovative design, quality production and marketing.
Inspiration: It is aesthetically based on a maximalist or brutalist trend, but at the same time with a formal essence of a minimalist concept, Sergio Sesmero's furniture proposal contains an intellectual and cultural narrative, inspired by the Hegelian dialectic applied in Magritte's work. Thereby, a dialogue between revelation and concealment is created, all with the aim for the object to overcome its aesthetic, and creating a new one as a conclusion.
Project Duration: The project, started in Madrid, Spain, in September 2019 and finished in September 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
Operation Flow: By creating an aura that evokes mystery, questionability and reflection on the object beyond its pure functionality, Memoria plays with the senses, confusing at first the user and, in turn, showing different interpretations, narratives and stories depending on the circumstance and context of the user. Memoria responds questions, but generates new ones, creating a dialogue between opposites that are in a common point, expressing a simile of what happens nowadays and in today's society.
Team Members: Sergio Sesmero
Image Credits: Sergio Sesmero