Cork Block Pohovka by Miguel Arruda is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Strieborná cena A' Design Award in Dizajn nábytku Competition Category.
StriebornáNábytok· 2021
Cork Block Pohovka
Client: Miguel Arruda Arquitectos Associados, Lda
Strieborná cena A' Design Award Winner in Nábytok Category
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About Cork Block Pohovka
Cork Block je modulárna pohovka vyrobená z recyklovaného korkového aglomerátu. Materiál kombinuje korkový granulát s polyuretánom, oba recyklované a spojené pomocou spojiva vo vnútri kovovej formy pod tlakom a teplom. Výsledné bloky sú súdržné, elastické a príjemné na dotyk. Deväť blokov tvorí usporiadanie jednosedačky a trinásť blokov tvorí usporiadanie dvojsedačky. Bloky sú narezané do šiestich tvarov, takže je možných mnoho kombinácií. Vybrané bloky je možné nahradiť čalúnenými verziami v rôznych farbách. Podpery pre chrbát a lakťové opierky umožňujú niekoľko úrovní pohodlia.
The Recognition
About the Strieborná cena A' Design Award
Cork Block Pohovka je laureát Striebornej ceny A' Design Award, mimoriadne prestížneho uznania udeľovaného nádherným, pôsobivým dizajnom najvyššej kvality. Laureáti Striebornej ceny sú nesmierne brilantné a mimoriadne kreatívne diela, ktoré ilustrujú výnimočnú odbornosť, talent a bystrosť svojich dizajnérov. Od Cork Block Pohovka sa očakáva, že bude úžasným, vzorovým dielom, pozoruhodne profesionálnym a hlboko inovatívnym. Tento dizajn ocenený Striebornou cenou A' Design Award je veľmi pozoruhodný, obdivovaný vynález, ktorý prináša úžitok a posúva hranice umenia, vedy, dizajnu a technológie. Cork Block Pohovka je výtvor, ktorému mnohí závidia, ktorý vzbudzuje túžby, prináša pozitívne pocity a vyvoláva úžas a údiv.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The cork agglomerate, results from a composition of cork granulate with polyurethane,both recycled and consolidated through compression, heat and the use of a binder inside a metal mold. The physical, elastic and tactile quality of the material and the possibility to add upholstery solutions with different colors, provides several different confort and ambience solutions, achieving diferent supports to the coccyx, back and arms, for different effective comfort levels.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 120 or 180cm x Height 57cm and Depth 90cm
- Tags
- Sofa, Seat, Furniture, Cork, Recycled
- Production Technology
- A agglomerate from cork granulate and polyurethane, both recycled and consolidated with a binder, is launched inside a metal mold with 90 x 90 x 38cm, and subjected to pressure and temperature, allowing at the end a compression strength of 100, a recovery of 70 and a weight of 230kg pcm.
This blocks of physical, elastic and tactile quality material, are usually used only for technical acoustic solutions, are cutted allowing six types blocks, intended to combine for two different sofa solutions. - Design Challenge
- It was necessary to find a binding agent that could merge the recycled cork and plastic particles granting the volume a degree of elasticity and comfort in the sitting position in order to achieve the proper stability and the durability needed for its use. After that first step, finding the right proportions and a reduced number of pieces/bricks needed to assemble each model became a fun but challenging game.
- Research
- The cork agglomerate by Amorim Composits, from recycled cork granulate particle size 2 to 3 mm with polyurethane, generates a rectangular block resulting from the above described operation with 90 x 90 x 19 cm. Its cohesion, elasticity and overlap adherence, suggested the possibility of composing a set of nine blocks of different shapes for a sofa.
In indoor spaces, some volumes can be replaced by identical ones covered with fabric of different colors and with a more flexible interior. - Inspiration
- The observation of nature, where the cork oak tree has a strong sculptural volumetry, the technological possibility of recycling cork and the technology employed that allows an adequate degree of elasticity for the new agglomerate designated by reference 5058, naturally gave space to imagine a diversified association of nine blocks that build the single sheet sofa and of thirteen blocks for the double seet layout. Other combinations appeared during the process, which is not closed but rather available for each user design experiences.
- Project Duration
- The project started in February 2018 and finished in October 2020, both in Lisbon.
- Operation Flow
- The rectangular blocks of the Cork Block Sofa are cut in different shapes, allowing it to have several combinations, intended to combine in several shapes and sitting positions. The physical, elastic and tactile quality of the material and the possibility to add upholstery solutions with different colors, provides several diferent confort and ambience solutions, achieving diferent supports to the coccyx, back and arms, for different effective comfort levels.
- Team Members
- Designer: Miguel Arruda
- Image Credits
- Image 1:Pedro Sadio, Image 2: Miguel Arruda, Image 3: Pedro Sadio, Image 4: Pedro Sadio, Image 5: Pedro Sadio
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