The Monomorph Nofoa e Wouter Van Riet Paap

O le mamanu The Monomorph Nofoa e Wouter Van Riet Paap o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2025 A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Meafale.

UʻameaMeafale· 2025

The Monomorph Nofoa

na mamanuina e Wouter Van Riet Paap

Tagata Fa'atau: De Ontwerpdivisie

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Meafale

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Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia The Monomorph Nofoa

O le Monomorph o se nofoa e fausia i vaega laau e 39 e tutusa lava. O le galueina o le foliga e tasi e pei ai se nofoa e maua ai se oloa malosi tele ma modular. O nei vaega e foliga tafatolu e sau uma mai le laupepa plywood e tasi. O vaega e 39 e fesoʻotaʻi i tootoo uamea e fai ai le tua, nofoa ma vae. E mafai ona aveetia le nofoa o se afifi mafolafola ma e faigofie ona faʻapipiʻi. O le plywood e vali i lanu ua filifilia muamua pe e mafai foi ona faʻaaogaina e leʻi togafitia i le lomiga mata.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai The Monomorph Nofoa, 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 The Monomorph Nofoa 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 The Monomorph Nofoa 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.

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Uiga Fa'apitoa: The Monomorph is a chair that is constructed with 39 completely identical plywood elements. These elements are connected by steel rods. The plywood is painted in pre-selected colors but can also be used untreated in the RAW edition. The Monomorph is a relaxing fauteuil, intriguing from all angles.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: The chair has a total depth of 810mm, a total width of 650mm and a total height of 850mm. Materials used are painted plywood, stainless steel tubes with rifling inside and cap screw on the outside.
Fa'ailoga: chair, fauteuil, plywood,steel, comfortable, modular
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: The 38 elements are CNC cut after various scale models were made. There has been substantial testing of various elements resulting in different chairs with different levels of comfort. eventually this single shape turned out to be the perfect single shape to create a chair with. There are several variants with 16 identical elements instead of 39, where the seat and backrest are formed with paper cord, used trucktarp or vegan leather.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: The hardest part was to actually find the single shape with which to realize an actual chair that is both beautiful and comfortable. After the shape was found the challange was to make the chair stable. For this several models were build and eventually the real life prototype. First with 16 identical elements with vegan leather used for seat and backrest. Later even more pure, using only that one wooden shape.
Su'esu'ega: As an architect I am always thinking about design and how to make it buildable. In construction the standardisation of elements, or even complete houses, has become more and more important. To keep costs acceptable, to minimize failure and maximize sustainability. But standardisation also limits the architects freedom to actually make a design. That is why I try to design these standardised elements myself in order to make the design leading and the standard elements following. The Monomorph is based on this principle of design lead standardisation. It is a chair constructed with 39 identical elements, which is a wooden triangle with rounded corners. A chair is formed by connecting these 39 elements with steel rods. The same element can be seat, backrest or leg. By adding more elements the chair can even be a sofa.
Fa'aosofia: In nature, an organism existing out of one shape is called a monomorph. The Monomorph chair is the result of my research to find this ideal single shape to create a chair with: One form to define the result. It makes building the chair efficient, creating less waste.
Umi o le Poloketi: The chair was designed in Januari 2024 in Utrecht, The Netherlands after several models were made. The first real size prototype was build in March 2024 after which extensive testing at the designers house took place. All in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: The chair can be assembled by everyone who can handle a allen wrench.
Pateni: Copyrights belong to Wouter van Riet Paap, 2024