Hyena オートバイ by Xiangzhi Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 車両・モビリティ・輸送デザイン Competition Category.

鉄車両· 2021

Hyena オートバイ

by Xiangzhi Zhao

Client: Dist industrial design studio

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 車両 Category

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The Design

About Hyena オートバイ

Hyena（ハイエナ）は、災害救助、物資捜索、生態環境保護、フィールド調査といった極限環境での使用を想定して設計されたオートバイである。アウターシェルは主にマグネシウム合金とカーボンファイバーシートで構成され、軽量性を確保している。マグネシウム合金はリサイクルが可能である。コネクテッド通信システムにより、各車両はチームおよび指令センターと連携する。3種類の警告音が、危険、感謝、注意をそれぞれ知らせる。各警告音はライダーの位置情報とともに送信されるため、高リスクな作業中でも情報を迅速に共有できる。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Hyena オートバイは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Hyena オートバイは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Hyena オートバイは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Hyena is a special motorcycle applying to extreme environments, such as disaster rescue, material searching, ecological protection and field research. The motorcycle is mainly made of magnesium alloy and carbon fiber sheet. Based on the concept of IOT, the designer created Hyena SNS (social networking services) for Hyena，which can make more efficient information transfer during the operation for the operators.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width1800mm x Depth700mm x Height1100mm
Tags: Motorcycle, Extreme, Environment, Safety, Intelligent
Production Technology: The outer shell of Hyena adopts the magnesium alloy material of low casting defect rate and light weight in practical application, which is a forward-looking consideration. The magnesium alloy is known as the “green material” with rich development and application potential of the century, which is extremely environment friendly and can be pollution-free and full recovered. At present, the government put forward the requirements of reducing the weight of the transportation industry, in addition to that, the vehicles with light weight have become a development trend.
Design Challenge: With the development of 5G technology, if Hyena can still be connected to the internet in the extreme environment, a more scientific prompt can be provided. For instance, when it is closer to the destination, “alert” can pop out, intermittent “in danger” warning can be sent out while the motorcycle overturns abnormally, the other person can be contacted and upload the last position to the head office.
Research: The foresight of Hyena Motorcycle is reflected in the thinking of the Internet of Things, the more efficient way of communication among different drivers in extreme environments, and the matching of structure and specific functions. The above three details can be found everywhere on Hyena Motorcycle. For example, the parallelogram shell made of magnesium alloy is not only consistent with the tone of Brutalism design style of the motorcycle, but also has practical considerations of heat dissipation and preventing signals of transmitting equipment from being blocked by the magnesium alloy shell.
Inspiration: The detailed consideration of current design of the motorcycle for the extreme environment is insufficient, which makes it not suitable for the application accordingly, hence, a new concept shall be brought in.
Project Duration: The project started in Beijing in 2019;The project has been tested at key
laboratory of environmental change and natural disaster,MOE,BNU in 2020;Complete the project in early 2021
Operation Flow: It can sound three kinds of warning tone, representing “in danger”, “appreciation” and “alert” respectively. These warning tones can conduct efficient yet simple communication and information transfer during the operation for the operators. Compared with the verbal communication or text prompt on digital screen, such method can make the communication faster and clearer in the high-risk situation. At the same time, in addition to warning the present situation of other drivers in the team, this efficient communication mode also transmits the location information and content (one of the three types of “in danger”, “appreciation” or “alert”) of each warning sound issued by the driver via pushing and pulling motorcycle knob quickly and without operation to the command headquarters of this mission through the positioning system and transmitting equipment inside the motorcycle, which is convenient for the upper-level personnel of the task to dispatch quickly.
Patents: Patented. Patent No:2021-F-00201795. Patent Holder:Xiangzhi Zhao. Year:2021. Jurisdiction:GuiZhou China.
Team Members: Xiangzhi Zhao