Bilico Te Tepu by Giuliano Ricciardi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Taputapu Competition Category.
ParahiTaputapu· 2022
Bilico Te Tepu
Client: d-Lab studio
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Taputapu Category
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About Bilico Te Tepu
Ko te Bilico he teepu kari maara e tika ana ki te hanga i nga waahanga, ka mutu ki te turanga tautoko kotahi, ka kore e tau te teepu. He mihi ki tona ahuatanga, ka taea te tito i nga teepu mai i te ahua porohita iti rawa tetahi, me nga upoko e rua te ritenga, ki te kore mutunga pai ma te whakamahi i nga waahanga pokapū. Ko te teepu, he mea hanga mai i te Pietra di Trani (he mapere kohatu mai i te rohe o Trani), ka oti e te tapu o waenganui, he rama arahina, kei reira nga taputapu (paepae, turanga puawai, rama, paepae tapatapahi, papa tapahi, aha atu). whare.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko Bilico Te Tepu te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Bilico Te Tepu he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Bilico Te Tepu i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.
Behind the Design
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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
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