Sofia drinking fountain Puna Wai Inu by Dragomir Suka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taputapu Tiriti Competition Category.
RinoTaputapu Tiriti· 2018
Sofia drinking fountain Puna Wai Inu
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A' Design Award Rino Winner in Taputapu Tiriti Category
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The Design
About Sofia drinking fountain Puna Wai Inu
Ko Sofia he puna wai inu i hoahoatia mō ngā wāhi tūmatanui. Ko tōna āhua porowhita whakaiti-rawa e hanga ana i tētahi tohu wāhi ki waenganui. Ka rere te wai mai i te wāhanga runga, i hoahoatia mō te tangata, mā roto i tētahi awa iti ki tētahi peihana i raro, i hoahoatia mō ngā kararehe. Mā te rere tonu o te wai e mau ai te wai i roto i te peihana kararehe kia hou tonu, i te wā e rere ana te wai tāpiri mā roto i tētahi ngira ki roto i ngā hanganga ā-taone. Ka tukuna e tētahi pātene tētahi ine wai inu kua whakaritea. He wātea te puna wai mō ngā kaiwhakamahi tūru wīra, ā, kei roto anō he tohu wai inu paipera matawhāiti hei whawhā. Kua whakarewatia te tinana ki te parahi.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Rino
Ko Sofia drinking fountain Puna Wai Inu te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Sofia drinking fountain Puna Wai Inu he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Sofia drinking fountain Puna Wai Inu mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.
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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