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TriptoD is an independent social network, share point and source for designers architects design students and anybody who feels related to design. Designers can build up their own portfolios, share their works, connect to each other, design lovers can follow their favorite designers, find out where they can buy their products.

CONTENT 42 PROJECTS

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08 12CIRP

introducing 38 Numen 4 Use

16 CASA GG

REVIEW 44 Fabrice Le Nezet

by Spaceworkers by Alventosa Morell Architects

24 femme fanatique by CTRLZAK

30 TONE LAMP by Tomas Atelier world heritage 52 Old walled city of Shibam design hero Philip Johnson

32 i love mom

by Serena Confalonieri

33 dobrostol by Vagurina

SUGGESTED POINTS 58 BEA Bed & Breakfast

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12CIRP SPACEWORKERS

LOCATION: PAREDES - PORTUGAL YEAR: 2014 08

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ABOUT “Preserving the identity of the location and characteristics of the building concerned was for us the slogan for the intervention. The proposed space appears as a “house inside the house”. A “solid” volume landed within the existing space that reacts to the geometry of the shape. In this amount is subtracted from the central area thus resulting in a kind of square separating the different functions of the space. On the one hand, a monolithic volume with a central door is “auditorium” on the other, a volume cut is receiving and store.”

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The simple geometric shape is extruded down the length of the building, and then cut through at the centre, separating a small auditorium space at one end, from a reception and store at the other. The building is an information centre for the preservation of Romanesque buildings in Portugal. With its contemporary addition, Spaceworkers have succeeded in making a new piece of interior architecture that not only respects its host building, but enriches it historic details.

PHOTOGRAPHY Fernando Guerra TEXT Spaceworkers

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CASA GG BY ALVENTOSA MORELLI ARCHITECTS

IS IT POSSIBLE TO BUILD A PERSONALIZED HOUSE, COMPLETELY ADAPTED TO ITS SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE OF MOUNTS AND GREEN, IN FOUR MONTHS?

O IS IT POSSIBLE TO HEAT A DETACHED HOUSE,LOCATED IN THE MONTSENY LANDSCAPE, WITH ONLY A SINGLE 1 KW RADIATOR, USED 2 HOURS A DAY IN WINTER?

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At our clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demands we designed a house made of six modules and the space among them. The modules are made of wood and completely prefabricated, with no need of later finishing fieldwork; and flexible enough to adapt to the morphology of the site. The bioclimatic study of this exact site is crucial to decide the strategies to follow in our design, in order to improve the comfort of the dwelling and to achieve the energy demands to be a passivhaus.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The use of wood as the main material makes the relationship with construction experts easier, and let us optimize construction details and costs.â&#x20AC;? Keeping in mind the possibilities of transportation and the passivhaus characteristics we drew six modules which will adapt automatically to the solar and to the existing trees. The interstitial spaces among the modules give the interior a flexible use for the comfort of the family and become a solar light collector in winter, like the greenhouse effect, due to the glass walls. In spring and summer they can transform into roofed terraces next to the garden, when temperature is nice. The design features an intense relationship between its occupants and the nature around. So the relationship between the house and the Montseny green landscape becomes one of the main focal points in this work. The wood structure and walls and the strikingconcrete floor blend into the overall configuration of the interior. The use of wood as the main material makes the relationship with construction experts easier, and let us optimize construction details and costs.

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Fanatique BY CTRLZAK

Femme Fanatique is a space dedicated to the world of tango. Femme Fanatiqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoes are designed with passion and are entirely handmade by specialized artisans. CTRLZAKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design presents these exact elements, interpreting the essence and the posture of the dance while emphasizing at the same time the process and the quality of the product.

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Technique and improvisation, discipline and creativity are the elements that within the space of an embrace form the true nature of tango. As in a milonga, CTRLZAK’s project positions in space the various elements that embrace the visitor/client within the store. The specially designed display wall that functions as the main exhibition area for the creations of Femme Fanatique is not static but permits instead a multitude of diverse arrangements as it happens in tango where nothing is predetermined but instead is created through the tempo and the rhythm of the music. In tango the movement of the whole body is important starting from the feet themselves while placing emphasis on the main axis of the body which becomes a connecting link through the couple’s embrace. This is represented by a central installation where the shoes follow the basic steps of the dance encased under protective glass domes underneath weighted lines that indicate the precious creations. The suspended lines become the ‘fil rouge’ that symbolizes the common axis that a tango couple should have, a unique balance that makes reference to the body’s correct posture within space. PHOTO CREDITS: Dimitris Poupalos

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TONE LAMP

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Tone Lamp is designed with 50&60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspired Scandinavian style. They are produced from specific materials and colors that carry the traces of their eras. %100 hand-crafted.

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ı love mom

“Each object is given a new function in order to meet our stereotypical Italian needs. The coffee table becomes an armchair (representing laziness), the stepladder becomes a kneeling stool (hinting at Catholic religion) and the drying rack becomes a dining table (referring to the beloved mother that washes our clothes and feeds us). The three objects are also endowed with new aesthetics. They no longer represent mass-production and can now be associated with traditional handicrafts.”

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dobrostol

design by Vagurina

Dobrostol is a tray table that could be used for eating in bed or by sitting on a sofa. Dobrostol also has removable tray-box under the top of the table where (as a humour aspect) you could hide your empty and dirty plates. You also can use this table as laptop tray. So the recesses in the top of the Dobrostol could be used as place for the cup of coffee or space for a gadgets. In movable wooden box you could store some needed notes etc.

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numen for use

Numen/For Use is an Austria based design collective, working in various fields, mainly focused on scenography, industrial design and art installations. Formed in 1998 under the name of ‘For Use’ by Austrian industrial designers, Sven Jonke, Christoph Katzler and Nikola Radeljković. Later that year, they’ve decided to generate a new identity for their conceptual art projects, Numen, dealing with impersonal design and large scale site-spesific installations.

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Recently, Numen/ForUse has gained an international recognition with their Inferno project in the National Centre for Drama in Madris, following more hybrid and experimetal works N-Light series and Tape insallations among Europe. String Prototype, applied in Vienna 2014 is one of their most significant project where Numen intensely gets involved with scenography. Defined as a ‘prototype of a self supporting inhabitable social sculpture’ with their own words, the project reflects their recent approach in a clear way, restructuring concepts without considering the predefined functions of the objects which are going to be used.

““The installation is based on production system of large geometric inflated objects. Since the physical behavior of fluids tend to make all inflates spherical, thin parallel ropes are tied on opposite sides of the volume, keeping them parallel to one another. Filigree interiors of this technically invented system are never exposed to public.”

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WAIT. IS THIS EVEN REAL? VIRTUAL REALITIES OF RAW MATERIALS BY FABRICE LE NEZET

London based designer, visual artist and filmmaker Fabrice le Nezet represents a multi-disciplinary approach on intrinsic value of materials with a pure, simple and visual aesthetical concern. Involving architecture with installation art and product design, Nezet certainly integrates playful qualities to most of his works, aiming to surprise viewers both conceptually and visually. Exploring the use of raw materials, mostly concrete and metal, Nezet has a unique talent to generate creative ways to express and reflect his ideas or his approach. His abstract concrete sculpture installation, Elasticity, made a tremendous impact recently through design world. Aiming to represent the idea of elasticity and materialization of tension, Nezet points out the notion of weight and stretch in an artificial condition, making it tangible by using materials against their qualifications.

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The viral video and digitally-rendered visuals of the project were released and criticized by many well-known design magazines in short notice, assuming that the installation is built and real, however it was totally fake and part of Nezet’s brilliant plan to surprise his audience and bring recognition to the project. “The project ‘materialized’ the elasticity concept because it gives a visual representation of an abstract concept. Eventually, with this idea of spreading the project without mentioning it doesn’t physically exist, a second concept emerged that goes far beyond the initial project.” as he replies in his interview with Chris Townsend taken from King’s Review magazine.

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Another significant project of Nezet was Measure, where he prefers to work with concrete again with similar intentions of Elasticity project, “This work lies in the context of my search for purification around raw materials such as concrete and metal” as he describes his work. Nezet’s style and approach of design captures architecture, industrial design and visualization in the same frame, forming an intersection between disciplines to empower his research and attitude. Eponym creative studio, founded in 2013 by himself, is now helping him to continue his research in Sculpture, Graphic Design and Industrial Design. Fabrice le Nezet’s other works are also worth checking and looking up-close in order to catch up with latest projects by this intelligent designer.

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Called as the Manhattan of the desert, old walled city of Shibam is settled on the cliff edge of Hadramaut Wadi, housing 7,000 inhabitants with tall mud brick houses, preserved from 16th century. The settlement is regarded as a spectacular example of integration between human occupation and city planning among other regions of Arabian peninsula.

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Located at a strategic point upon the spice and incense route across the Southern plateau, characteristic architectural style of Shibam district is an urban response to the external dangers, including attacks or natural disasters. Dwellings are settled as a cluster, upon a rectangular grid city plan, forming up an outer shell for the area, rising up to 5 to 11 stories high. Although the history of the region dates back to 3rd century, sun-dried mud brick houses that stands today only date back to 16th century, taking place of an earlier settlement which was destroyed by a massive flood in early 16th century. The mosque belongs to 9th or 10th century, famous with its minaret which is the tallest of southern Arabian region and the castle from the 13th century, however the destroyed early settlements are descripted with pre-Islamic periodic origins. Representing Arab and Islamic conventional culture at its best, layout of the dwellings, material and construction techniques and design details are a reflection of economic and social conditions of the inhabitant families.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Representing Arab and Islamic conventional culture at its best, layout of the dwellings, material and construction techniques and design details are a reflection of economic and social conditions of the inhabitant families.â&#x20AC;?

The region and houses got heavily damaged in late years based upon the flood of 2008 and the Al Qaeda attack in 2009.

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PHILIP JOHNSON (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005)

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Philip Johnson is not only an architect, but a philosopher, art critic, historian and museum director. His multi-disciplinary background can be accepted as one of the important factor for his success. In 1930, Johnson suggested a study and research program considering architecture as an art and founded Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA museum. His biggest contribution to design world is the revolutionary approach, called the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;International Styleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; where he defines a new use of modern materials such as glass or steel and draws a path for integrating historic styles with modern architectural design. As the mastermind of this theory, Johnson expressed the importance of structure and function instead of ornamental decoration which actually became a basis for contemporary design of late 20th century.

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