1x1 Pūnaha Taputapu Tāone by Mykolas Seckus and Antonio Gandolfo

1x1 Pūnaha Taputapu Tāone by Mykolas Seckus and Antonio Gandolfo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Taputapu Tiriti Competition Category.

KouraTaputapu Tiriti· 2020

1x1 Pūnaha Taputapu Tāone

by Mykolas Seckus and Antonio Gandolfo

Client: MA projects

A' Design Award Koura Winner in Taputapu Tiriti Category

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The Design

About 1x1 Pūnaha Taputapu Tāone

He pūnaha taputapu tāone kōwae te 1x1 mō ngā wāhi tūmatanui. Ka mahi takitahi ia huānga hei paepae noho, hei tēpu, hei ipu tipu, hei pou rama rānei, ka mahi rānei ā-rōpū hei whakatū i ngā wāhi iti o waho. He rite tonu te anga paerewa, ngā rawa me ngā tikanga whakamau o ngā wāhanga katoa. Ka whakamahia te rākau, te raima kua ōwhakatakoto, me te maitai kore waikura. Ka hangaia ngā wāhanga i wāhi kē, kātahi ka whakaemihia ki te wāhi tonu, mā reira e whakaheke ai te rahi o te tukunga. Ka taea te whakawhānui, te whakaheke rānei i te pūnaha mā te tāpiri, mā te tango rānei i ngā huānga, nō reira ka taea te whakamahi pūmau me te whakamahi taupua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Koura

Ko 1x1 Pūnaha Taputapu Tāone te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko 1x1 Pūnaha Taputapu Tāone he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a 1x1 Pūnaha Taputapu Tāone i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The design is a unique modular urban furniture family. Furniture elements work both as stand-alone urban furniture pieces as well as a small scale public realm with adjustable programs. Design can be described as flexible, scalable, industrial, modular urban furniture which can work as a permanent or temporary public space intervention. Due to the intelligent use of materials design achieves high optimization as all elements use the same standardized frame structure likewise common materials and fixing methods.
Dimensions & Packaging: Bench: 1000mm x 1000mm x 460mm
Table/Platform: 1000mm x 1000mm x 60mm
Lamppost: 100mm x 100mm x 1000mm
1m. Planter: 1000mm x 1000mm x 1000mm
0.5m Planter: 1000mm x 1000mm x 500mm
1m.Pipe: 100mm x 100mm x 1040mm
0.5m. Pipe: 100mm x 100mm x 540mm
0.25m. Pipe: 100mm x 100mm x 290mm

Additional information and drawings are inside the PDF document.
Tags: Industrial, Modular, Scalable, Interactive, Optimized
Production Technology: Materials:
Timber (Local or Baltic Birch)
Concrete (Precast)
Steel (Stainless Steel)

All the elements would be manufactured off-site and then brought for assembly to the site, thus optimizing the shipment size and convenience of production.

Realization Technology:
Manufacturing would be quite conventional since there is no complex geometry involved. Concrete would be precast, timber parts cut using usual machines and steel parts would be coming from semi-finished elements welded together.
Design Challenge: One of the hardest challenges was how to make individual elements work together in a vertical and horizontal structure layout. Furthermore, how to minimise material options as well as fixing methods while creating a robust and feasible design proposal.
Research: In the world, with continuous globalization and mass production, we forget to address the need for individuality. While in architecture it is a common understanding to respond to a site's specific needs and spatial qualities, street furniture is usually the victim of generic design. The industry is moving towards supply by demand model with local solutions and the customer having an increasingly higher voice in customization. 1x1 modular furniture design attempts to address these concerns
Inspiration: Design derived from the inspiration of a post-industrial site Refshaleoen, Copenhagen. Due to a comprehensive understanding of the site qualities, was pointed out the concern that the site would not have an extensive public realm, thus it was retrieved to hypothetically provide it through a multitude of small interventions. Furthermore, apart from the inspiration of rich and unique site qualities, the concept was influenced by insights of scaffolding structure and Dieter Rams shelving system 606.
Project Duration: The project is a conceptual design with design inspiration deriving from Refshaleoen, Copenhagen. Though design could be implemented and used in other sites, preferably within an industrial setting
Operation Flow: The system can work as individual furniture piece (bench/planter) or in groups forming small outside spaces (park/urban farm). While one might initially need only a small seating place outside their facility, another season might ask for a larger space where increasing numbers of visitors and clients could be accommodated. 1x1 design allows to expand or shrink by either adding or taking away individual elements. Furthermore, there is no need for a long-term commitment in case something changes.
Team Members: Mykolas Seckus
Antonio Gandolfo
Image Credits: credits for visuals:

Antonio Gandolfo & Mykolas Seckus