Bilico Meza by Giuliano Ricciardi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Samani Competition Category.
ShabaSamani· 2022
Bilico Meza
Client: d-Lab studio
Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Samani Category
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The Design
About Bilico Meza
Bilico ni jedwali la kawaida la bustani ambalo linatokana na jina lake kwa muundo unaojumuisha moduli ambazo, kuishia kwa msimamo mmoja wa usaidizi, hufanya meza ionekane kuwa thabiti. Shukrani kwa modularity yake, inawezekana kutunga meza kutoka kwa sura ndogo ya mviringo moja, yenye vichwa viwili vya kinyume, hadi infinity bora kwa kutumia moduli za kati. Jedwali, lililotengenezwa kwa Pietra di Trani (jiwe la kawaida la marumaru kutoka eneo la Trani), linakamilishwa na beseni ya kati, iliyo na taa inayoongoza, ambapo vifaa (trei, stendi za maua, taa, trei za kukata, mbao za kukatia n.k.) makao.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award
Bilico Meza ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa unaotolewa kwa miundo bora inayotofautishwa kwa ubunifu, ustadi na busara. Washindi wa Shaba ni kazi za ufundi mwingi na bunifu ya kushangaza zinazothibitisha uzoefu mpana, mawazo na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Bilico Meza inatarajiwa kuwa kitu kinachothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambacho ni cha kitaalamu na bunifu kwa kiasi kikubwa. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora katika sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia, na ni bora kwa umakini wake kwa undani. Bilico Meza hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Bilico is a garden table made of Pietra di Trani (a typical stone marble from Trani area) that owes its name to the unique structure consisting of modules which, ending in a single support stand, make the table visibly unstable. With Bilico is possible to compose tables of different lengths, from the smallest circular shape one composed by two opposite heads, to the ideal infinity. The table is completed by the central tub, led light equipped, where the accessories are housed
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Min 1200 mm, max 3000 mm x 1200 mm x 740 mm
- Tags
- table, outdoor, marble, stone, garden, grass, modular, led, corten, luxury
- Production Technology
- five axis cnc machining for the Pietra di Trani elements, Corten bent and welded
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge is to give stability to such an impressive and visually unstable item, by using steel plates where individual stone blocks are fixed. These modules are settled to the ground, through the same press-folded bracket which is in turn fixed to a cement foundation, who has been previously placed under the walking surface. Last but not least, Bilico can be splitted into several blocks which make it easy to be transported.
- Research
- When you think of a table, it is natural to think of a support surface made up of four legs placed at the table corners. In this case the support is carried out by a single support stand which is properly fixed to the ground, thus lightening the whole structure. The visible lightening is in contrast with the solidity and weight characterised by the Pietra di Trani, making the user disoriented.
- Inspiration
- Bilico is a garden table that came from the desire to bring the human being closer to nature. Human being can interact with nature as in an ideal journey where the contact is not only given by its intended purpose but also by the presence of green above the support surface. It’s like an ideal vessel that sails on a grass ground while carrying a little piece of nature made by grass and stylised clouds.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2022 in Taranto and Finished in February 2022 in Taranto
- Operation Flow
- The Bilico modular structure ideally allows a table endless development which, thanks to a single central stand, it seems to sail like a vessel whose stability is carried out by a cement foundation based below the ground. The central basin, with a grass layer inside, serves as a decoration and storage for different type of accessories like the cloud-shaped trays. This makes, as a whole, a landscape within a landscape.
- Image Credits
- #1 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Perspective, 2022
#2 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Lateral, 2022
#3 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Top, 2022
#4 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Perspective 2, 2022
#5 Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Modularity 2, 2022
Video Credits: Designer Giuliano Ricciardi, Bilico Video, 2022
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