Sofia drinking fountain Isi Ọrụ: Isi Mmiri Ọṅụṅụ by Dragomir Suka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ngwá Ụlọ Okporo Ụzọ Competition Category.
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Sofia drinking fountain Isi Ọrụ: Isi Mmiri Ọṅụṅụ
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Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ngwá Ụlọ Okporo Ụzọ Category
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The Design
About Sofia drinking fountain Isi Ọrụ: Isi Mmiri Ọṅụṅụ
Ederede Akwụkwọ: Sofia bụ isi mmiri ọṅụṅụ e chepụtara maka ebe ọha mmadụ. Ụdịdị ya dị mfe nke okirikiri na-emepụta isi ihe ndọrọanya n'etiti ebe ahụ. Mmiri na-esite n'akụkụ elu, nke e mere maka ụmụ mmadụ, na-agafere n'ọwara mmiri ruo n'efere dị ala, nke e mere maka anụmanụ. Ịgba mmiri na-aga n'ihu na-eme ka mmiri dị n'efere anụmanụ dị ọhụrụ mgbe niile, ebe mmiri fọdụrụnụ na-esi na ntupu gafee banye n'akụrụngwa mmiri obodo. Bọtịnụ na-ahapụ ọnụ ọgụgụ mmiri ọṅụṅụ akara aka. Isi mmiri a dị mfe iji rute ndị na-eji anya ebe ọdụ ala, ma nwee akara braille nke aka na-akpachapụ anya maka mmiri ọṅụṅụ. E ji bronz kpụọ ahụ ya.
The Recognition
About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe
Sofia drinking fountain Isi Ọrụ: Isi Mmiri Ọṅụṅụ meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Sofia drinking fountain Isi Ọrụ: Isi Mmiri Ọṅụṅụ ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Sofia drinking fountain Isi Ọrụ: Isi Mmiri Ọṅụṅụ maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Sofija - drinking fountain offers a design with central spatial accent through a powerful but minimalist line form. Minimalist design in a unique way allows all users an equally easy access to the drinking water in the public space. Characteristic is the water decant through the trough from the upper part, intended for people, to the lower part, intended for animals. This way water is always refreshed in the animal bowl with excess water being spilled over to the bottom of the fountain and from there into the infrastructure.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Sofija - drinking fountain dimensions 1170 x 400 x 1000 mm.
- Tags
- drinking fountain, drinking water, wheelchair users, sight impaired, animal bowl
- Production Technology
- First 3D wood models of individual cast mold for casting various parts are created following the computer model, with the CNC milling machine. Second, a classic casting of bronze is performed in already prepared molds. Casted parts are bristled and vibrated with special plastic sockets to obtain a smooth surface.
Fountain Elements:
- a round shaped base that connects the fountain with the municipal infrastructure
- casted body with the animal bowl that has water flow system to maintain water quality
- drinking water sign with tactile-touch on braille - Design Challenge
- Biggest designers challenge is the realization of the practical design. In the time where profit is the key ingredient, it's difficult to design for general social needs or to incorporate design into a practical and useful application with a human note. While creating this design I wanted to create a contemporary, urban, ergonomic product of high aesthetic value. The possibility of realization depends not only on the design but also on the decision makers and the series of legal assumptions - choosing the location, various permissions, necessary infrastructure, quality contractor...
- Research
- After I came up with the idea of dealing with the solution for a drinking fountain I studied the current solutions in the world. The research has shown that there are a large number of different and already realized forms, but there is no solution similar to the proposed one. Many solutions, in my opinion, do not have essential ergonomic values, multifunctionality, stylistic features, appropriate material..
The goal has been to design a multifunctional fountain that will attract passersby and consumers with its design, which will fit into different public spaces and last in time and space. - Inspiration
- Public space where I live has only one drinking fountain that is out of function. Urban environments deserve public access to free drinking water as a standard of the modern civilization. Cupped hands and circle were primary inspiration for the shaping of the Sofia drinking fountain. Circle, as the ideal form gave the design a recognizable and unique form where larger (cupped hands) form in the base transcends into a smaller form on the top following circle radius.
- Project Duration
- Project started in July 2016 in Karlovac (Croatia) and was exhibited in Ars Publicae in September 2016 in Zagreb (Croatia).
- Operation Flow
- By pressing the button a certain amount of drinking water is released. The water continues its visible path through the fountains to the animal bowl. Its multifunctionality is manifested in the facilitated access for the wheelchair users, people with a visual impairment (drinking water sign with tactile-touch braille), pets and feral animals through a dedicated bowl at the bottom. Bowl has a grid-shaped form to drain excessive amounts of water. Foundation panel can be used as a place for city emblem, city name or text indicating it's drinking water.
- Team Members
- Designer: Dragomir Šuka
3D Visualization: Predrag Šuka
Marketing: Nemanja Šuka - Image Credits
- Image #1: Design: Dragomir Šuka / Illustrator: Predrag Šuka, 2017.
Image #2: Design: Dragomir Šuka / Illustrator: Predrag Šuka, 2017.
Image #3: Design: Dragomir Šuka / Illustrator: Predrag Šuka, 2017.
Image #4: Design: Dragomir Šuka / Illustrator: Predrag Šuka, 2017.
Image #5: Design: Dragomir Šuka / Illustrator: Predrag Šuka, 2017.
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