Ravaq Laulau by Ali Sharifi Omid is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

UʻameaMeafale· 2020

Ravaq Laulau

by Ali Sharifi Omid

Client: HAF design and construction department

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Ravaq Laulau

Ravaq faʻamoemoe e toe faʻafou le silisiliese na faʻamalo taualo ua ufitia i faʻata i si laiti. O nei pepa o loʻo faʻavaeina i le 1000 tausaga faʻaleaganuʻu ma latou faʻafouina toe fausia fusia le anamua ma le taimi nei. Ravaq atagia lanu siosiomaga mai eseese itu e fetaui ma le nofoaga e alu i ai sili matagofie. O le luitau autu o ravaq o le faia o fou ma fou ituaiga mai se masani tuʻaiga ma le faʻavae ina ia e feagai ai ma le mamanu atoa, o lona moni aveina oe i tua i le taimi a o oe lava faʻaaogaina lena ma meafale o aso nei.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Ravaq Laulau, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Ravaq Laulau e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Ravaq Laulau ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Ravaq aims to renew the grandeur those moqarnas ceilings covered with mirrors in a smaller scale. These forms are rooted in a 1000 year tradition and their modern reconstruction ties the ancient with the contemporary. Ravaq reflects the surrounding colors from different angles to match the place that it goes to more beautifully.
Dimensions & Packaging: Hight:464 mm xDiameter: 586
weight:14 kg
Tags: Geometric design,Parametric design,Side table,Moqarnas,Persian motifs
Production Technology: The main idea in producing ravaq was a high quality and perfect production, so we have used CNC cutting a stainless steel and glass sheets to minimize human error. The main materials its production are stainless steel and color glasses.
Design Challenge: The main challenge of this project was to create new and innovative forms from a traditional pattern and motif so that once you are faced by the whole pattern, its authenticity takes you back in time while you are still use that with modern furniture.
Research: Research on this project began by focusing on Persian architectural, geometrical patterns. Our aim was to use this two dimensional geometry and pattern to create three dimensional masses. Our main aesthetics priority was not to get trapped in repeating old fashioned forms and to create postmodern forms with new material.
Inspiration: Moqarnas is one of the mast important elements of Persian architecture. First it was used as columns’ to buttress domes and mosques ceilings. Then however, it became mainly a decorative element of the building these ceilings are usually covered with mosaic-style mirrors in order to maximize light reflection at any angle.
Project Duration: I have been researching on Iranian-Islamic geometric designs and patterns in the last year and have been trying to design some furniture
which is inspired by ancient Iranian architectural motifs. This and some other projects that I have done are the results of this endeavour. This project has been mass produced in Iran last December.
Operation Flow: Ravaq is a special side table which evokes a beautiful volume of architectural in the performance environment. The main mass of the stainless steel is a mirror that interacts with the space itself.
Patents: Haf
Image Credits: Designer: Ali Sharifi Omid / Illustrator: kaveh Nemati