Coral Primary Function: Radiator Listrik by Paolo D'Arrigo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Perak in Paralatan Sanitasi Competition Category.
PerakParalatan Sanitasi· 2022
Coral Primary Function: Radiator Listrik
Client: Caos S.r.l.
A' Design Award Perak Winner in Paralatan Sanitasi Category
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The Design
About Coral Primary Function: Radiator Listrik
Coral adolah radiator listrik nan sadonyo tabuek dari aluminium. Bantuaknyo dihasilkan jo perangkat lunak desain parametrik, nan mangambangkan kurva tatutuik jo parimeter nan sangaik panjang. Parimeter nan panjang tu maningkekkan kaluaran panas sarato manyebarkan panas sacaro merata ka sadonyo permukaan. Lambaran aluminium 8 mm tu dipotong jo laser sudah tu digiling untuak sistem pemanas listrik, sarato katabalannyo mambantu radiator manahan suhu nan alah tacapai. Coral tasadio dalam format persegi panjang sarato format bulek. Aplikasi khusus mangatur hari jo waktu operasi, kacapatan pemanasan sarato suhu.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Perak
Coral Primary Function: Radiator Listrik adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. Coral Primary Function: Radiator Listrik dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. Coral Primary Function: Radiator Listrik adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- High-performance electric radiators, made entirely of aluminum, can be controlled with the management app which allows you to set times and days of ignition, heating speed and temperature.
Coral radiators have been designed using a "Form Finding" approach, which, by exploiting parametric modeling, allows the search for new geometric expressions.
Coral's innovative characters are:
Use of generative parametric software,
Operation management via app,
Single material product,
High percentage of recyclability,
Wide palette of finishes. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Coral is offered in two formats, the 480X50X1480mm rectangular, which can be installed both vertically and horizontally, and the 800mm diameter circular one.
- Tags
- radiator, electric radiator, coral, parametric, design, made in Italy, aluminium, app
- Production Technology
- 8mm thick aluminum sheet, shaped with laser cutting, subsequent processing by CNC milling machine for the electric heating system.
Use of parametric software AAD (Algorithms-Aided Design) for design generation. - Design Challenge
- The challenge was to "design" the algorithm to generate the radiator shape. Since we were focused on the goal of defining the longest perimeter, but without neglecting the aesthetics of the product, we carefully calibrated the parameters to generate the final shape, a balance between function and aesthetics.
- Research
- A live physics simulator was used to generate the constant growth of a closed curve while maintaining its continuity. The goal was to define elements with an extremely extended perimeter, to generate a high thermal output and propose a distinctive aesthetic.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the research of generative systems applications, the Coral radiators are proposed as a meeting point between design and nature within our homes.
As in corals that weld sediments together and give rise to ever longer branches, a live physics simulator was used to generate the constant growth of a closed curve while maintaining its continuity. The goal was to define elements with an extremely extended perimeter, to generate a high thermal output and propose a distinctive aesthetic.
Coral, an example of how the evolution of man through technology is resolved in the forms of nature. - Project Duration
- The project started in April 2020 in Rome and finished in December 2020 in Prato.
- Operation Flow
- Coral is programmable via a dedicated app, which allows you to set times and days of ignition, heating speed and temperature.
The particular shape generated with AAD software, allows optimal heat distribution over the entire surface and optimizes the heat diffusion capacity in the room.
The high thickness of the aluminum sheet determines a greater maintenance of the reached temperature. - Image Credits
- All images: Paolo D'Arrigo, 2021
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