Life Ark 户外公共座椅 by Zj Qiuye Garden Construction Engineering

Life Ark 户外公共座椅 by Zj Qiuye Garden Construction Engineering is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 戶外傢俱設計 Competition Category.

銅戶外傢俱· 2023

Life Ark 户外公共座椅

by Zj Qiuye Garden Construction Engineering

Client: Zhejiang Qiuye Garden Construction Engineering Co., LTD

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 戶外傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Life Ark 户外公共座椅

生命方舟係專為公園同風景區設計嘅戶外公共座椅。造型取自葉片形態，線條流暢，表面設鏤空格柵。座椅以不鏽鋼製成，經人手模具鍛造再焊接成型，表面採用烤漆處理，可減少熱量傳導，而格柵設計則方便排水同透氣。靠背順住座椅嘅弧度延伸,達到108度嘅傾斜角度，無論閱讀、工作定係休息都能提供良好支撐。呢個設計將裝飾性同休憩功能結合一體，同時傳遞綠色生活嘅理念。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Life Ark 户外公共座椅是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Life Ark 户外公共座椅將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Life Ark 户外公共座椅出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is an outdoor leaflike public seat. The beautiful and dynamic lines are exquisite and combined with the hollow design that highlights space, the product can be used in parks and scenic spots to provide decoration and leisure. At the same time, the reasonable integration of natural elements shows and promotes the concept of green life. In addition, the stainless-steel material effectively extends the service life of the product.
Dimensions & Packaging: Volume: Width 2100 mm x Depth 1100 mm x Height 630 mm
Tags: Public seat, bionic design, green life, stainless steel, grill, and hollow design
Production Technology: The team turned the clay and foam into a hard material mold in the initial stage, then divided it into small pieces and numbered them. In the middle stage, the stainless steel material was forged into small pieces on the mold by hand and finally welded into shape. Thanks to the grille design and metal and baking varnish processing technique, the product is more in line with the needs of urban furniture selection, and also avoids the potential excessive heat transfer of metal.
Design Challenge: The product makes breakthroughs in shape and function, abandoning the traditional way of making regular and uniform public seats with single function positioning and bringing people great convenience. The public seats can better meet the needs of decoration and leisure with the innovation of function and form. At the same time, the expression form with great formal beauty and natural characteristics also better shows the concept of green life that the team wants to convey.
Research: As a public facility, public seats provide a basic resting function for people, and at the same time serves as a city logo to convey the spiritual and cultural connotation of the city to the public. With the development of the times, public seats should not only be optimized and innovated in terms of function and shape, but also be enriched and enhanced in connotation.
Inspiration: The design team extracts the natural form of the leaves, which symbolizes green and life, and adopts human centered and nature-based bionic design. This aims to enhance the bonds between human, object and nature and promotes the concept of green life. At the same time, the function of the public seat is expanded to provide users with more functions.
Project Duration: The project was designed and developed in Hangzhou in August 2021 and was listed in China in October 2022.
Operation Flow: 1. The leaf form helps users to better feel the charm and vitality of nature.
2. The design that fits the physiological curve of the human body brings visitors comfortable sitting.
3. 0 to 108 degrees of the backrest angle facilitates reading, office, and relaxation.
4. The grille design not only can effectively dredge water, but also contributes the better breathability and comfort.
Team Members: Shangqiu Lin