Drift Unquy Hark'aq Ceramica Pirqa Qatay by Nikolaos Karintzaidis

Drift Unquy Hark'aq Ceramica Pirqa Qatay by Nikolaos Karintzaidis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Platinu Premiu in Wasichiy Imakuna Kamay Competition Category.

PlatinuWasichiy Imakuna· 2024

Drift Unquy Hark'aq Ceramica Pirqa Qatay

by Nikolaos Karintzaidis

Client: Iris Ceramica Group

A' Design Award Platinu Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Imakuna Category

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The Design

About Drift Unquy Hark'aq Ceramica Pirqa Qatay

Ceramica pirqa pampanakunaqa kikinmanta sayayta atinku, chaynallataqmi qhaway tantayaq rikch'aykunata modular ruwaywan wiñachinku, Islam suyupa rikch'ayninkuna hina mana tukukuy mast'ariq ruway. Huñusqankuqa geometrico rikch'aykunata paqarichin pampanata sanu muyuchispa, chhaynapi aswan hatun sapanchayaq ruwayta lorqananchik aswan pisi ruraq elementokunayta llamk'achispa. Moduluqa geometrico hinaspa abstracto chawpichakun hukniray pachakuna chaymanta ambienterayku allin kananpaq, huch'uymanta hatun escalakunapi llamk'anakunayuq.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Platinu Premiu

Drift Unquy Hark'aq Ceramica Pirqa Qatay A' Design Award Platinu Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta mana shuk shina, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Platinu mishak kashkakunaka ruray yachaypak mancharina rurashkakunami, yuyaypak tupukunata rikuchik wiñay yachaymi, shinallatak paykunata rurakkunapak mana tupushka ushayta rikuchinku. Kay diseñukunaka ashtawan riksishka rurashkakuna kanata munanku, paykunaka shuk pachapak sumak kayta rikuchinku, llaktakunapak alli kawsaymanpash yanapanku shinallatak arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichunku. Drift Unquy Hark'aq Ceramica Pirqa Qatay hatun alli kayta rikuchin shinallatak pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran. Drift Unquy Hark'aq Ceramica Pirqa Qatay A' Design Award Platinu Premiu mishak rurashka kan, munayta kallarichin, yuyayta kallarichin, kushichin shinallatak hatun kushikuyta kun.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Ceramic wall panels can stand on their own but also develop patterns of visual continuity through modulation, an open ended process referring to Islamic motifs expanding infinitely. Their combination generates geometric patterns by simple rotation of slab, in order to achieve maximum degree of customisation with minimum use of construction elements. Module balances between geometric and abstract to fit different environments and ambience, with applications ranging from small to large scale.
Dimensions & Packaging: Active Surfaces natural materials combine science and design to improve wellbeing in spaces people live in. Active Surfaces turn ceramic slabs into an ecoactive material with four superior properties which are antibacterial and antiviral, antipollution, antiodour and selfcleaning certified to ISO standards. These materials can degrade bacteria and viruses including SARS CoV2, polluting particles and molecules responsible for bad odours. Ecoactive surface is also more resistant to dirt making it easier to clean.
Tags: innovation, sustainability, ceramics, heritage, environment
Production Technology: DYS is a versatile on demand decoration service patented by Iris Ceramica, making possible to produce any kind of decoration on ceramic surfaces. The result is a unique customisation that turns ceramics into an authentic art form. Taking advantage of innovative printing possibilities, a dynamic dialogue with technology and progress is materialised combining abstract with geometric. Continuous ripples add plasticity to flat surfaces, reflecting continuity of printing process and technical features behind manufacture of ceramic slabs.
Design Challenge: Underscoring the relation among the conformation and the medium that is composed of, craft becomes a visual expression of the making activity as configuration seizes the memory of raw matter in the finished product. Converting impressions to physicality, place and memory are captured and preserved in space. Interplay of reflections and patterns reveals different textures in pools, spas and wellness centres. A visual reflection of people’s circulation in stations, shopping centres and public areas, flow is converted to spatial experience.
Research: With reference to traditional ceramics illustrating long history of building with earth, pottery lines highlight our common roots and deep connection with earth. Converting environment to artefact by combining natural and humanmade, project strengthens the correlation between material and final product through a conceptual process which underscores links among form and substance. Through visual and physical linkages, ceramic slabs design forges a strong link with what is made of, matter extracted from earth.
Inspiration: Inspired by natural landscape of Emirates the ceramic wall panels capture essence of place while bringing physical scenery in the manufactured. Linear pattern mimics sand ridges as curved and parabolic lines formed by interaction with wind engraving land are translated to fluid geometry, taking cues from landscape topographical contouring. Referring to unique local geography, desert dunes and terrain contours shaped by the wind illustrate how human trace intersects with the trace of time.
Project Duration: The project was completed in 2023.
Operation Flow: Encountering movement and plasticity, vibrations and pulses activate surfaces complementing ceramic slab texture and tactility. Employing metallic inks and tonal adjustments in combination with the wide range of Iris Ceramica slabs, users can add personality and distinctiveness in domestic habitat. Applied as cladding in building envelopes, geometric combinations form a dialogue with mutability of topography and urban environment.
Image Credits: Studio Niko Kapa