El diseño Cork Block Sofá de Miguel Arruda es un ganador altamente estimado del prestigioso 2021 A' Design Award de Plata en la categoría de competición Diseño de Mobiliario.

PlataMobiliario· 2021

Cork Block Sofá

de Miguel Arruda

Cliente: Miguel Arruda Arquitectos Associados, Lda

Ganador del A' Design Award de Plata en la Categoría Mobiliario

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El Diseño

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Cork Block es un sofá modular fabricado con aglomerado de corcho reciclado. El material combina granulado de corcho con poliuretano, ambos reciclados y unidos mediante un aglutinante dentro de un molde metálico bajo presión y calor. Los bloques resultantes son cohesivos, elásticos y agradables al tacto. Nueve bloques conforman la configuración de asiento individual y trece bloques la configuración de asiento doble. Los bloques se cortan en seis formas, por lo que son posibles múltiples combinaciones. Algunos bloques pueden sustituirse por versiones tapizadas en distintos colores. Los soportes para el respaldo y los brazos permiten diversos niveles de confort.

El Reconocimiento

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Cork Block Sofá ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Cork Block Sofá sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Cork Block Sofá es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.

Detrás del Diseño

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Créditos, miembros del equipo y detalles técnicos proporcionados por el diseñador.

Propiedades Únicas: 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.
Dimensiones y Embalaje: Width 120 or 180cm x Height 57cm and Depth 90cm
Etiquetas: Sofa, Seat, Furniture, Cork, Recycled
Tecnología de Producción: 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.
Desafío de Diseño: 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.
Investigación: 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.
Inspiración: 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.
Duración del Proyecto: The project started in February 2018 and finished in October 2020, both in Lisbon.
Flujo de Operación: 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.
Miembros del Equipo: Designer: Miguel Arruda
Créditos de Imagen: Image 1:Pedro Sadio, Image 2: Miguel Arruda, Image 3: Pedro Sadio, Image 4: Pedro Sadio, Image 5: Pedro Sadio