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Bronze A' Design Award in Building Materials and Construction Components Design Goes to Nave Air Conditioning System by Yael Issacharov
Yael Issacharov recognized for building materials and construction components design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Nave Air Conditioning System by Yael Issacharov has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Building Materials and Construction Components Design category. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Nave Air Conditioning System
Nave is a terracotta tile system combined with water flow, used to cool indoor spaces in desertic environments. The cooling method is based on a local traditional cooling solution, and answers a local need. In the project, the tile transforms form a generic product, back into a local, tailored to place product. The system operates on minimal energy and water consumption and is used for green building. The system has three variations: wall tiles, partition and a totem vertical cooling body.
About Yael Issacharov
Yael Issacharov is an industrial designer and illustrator, born in Israel and currently living in Barcelona, Spain. Yael graduated with honors from Holon institute of technology, majoring in industrial design. In her work, Yael explores the relationships between the object and its cultural and semantic context. Yael believes in a multidisciplinary approach, where each field of design and creative expression enriches and supports the sum of the design work, leading to the discovery of each object´s essence.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yael Issacharov is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Building Materials and Construction Components Design Award
The A' Building Components Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good building components by best brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to building material manufacturers, building material brands, construction product designers and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include bricks, beams, windows, doors, insulation materials and roofing materials. The awarded building components designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/building-components
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/127475
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/127475
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!127475
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/310380
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Nave Air Conditioning System
- Function
- Air Conditioning System
- Category
- Building Materials and Construction Components Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Sienna, Dim Gray, Silver, Rosy Brown and Indian Red
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yael Issacharov
- Country
- Israel
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #127475
Credits
- Image Credits
- Images #1,#3,#4,#5 : CGI Artist Francesco Maria Lucini, 2020 Images #2: Noa Paul, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- NAVE is a terracotta tile system combined with water flow, used to cool indoor spaces in desertic environments. The cooling method is based on a local traditional cooling solution, and answers a local need. In the project,The tile transforms form a generic product, back into a local, tailored to place product. The system operates on minimal energy and water consumption and is used for green building. The system has three variations: Wall tiles, Partition and a totem- vertical cooling body.
- Inspiration
- The motive for the project was the idea that the walls in the space can become active- benefits the people who live in the space. The main inspiration was the work of Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy, who pioneered the use of traditional building methods to design local oriented buildings. The cooling method in the project is based on the Palastinian Jara- a traditional terracotta water container that was hung from the ceiling of the room. It was used to cool drinking water and chill the room.
- Research
- The technical research for “Nave” consisted of 3 main steps: The first step’s objective was identifying a cooling principle that can be used in a tile format,is matching with the environmental conditions of the desert and is energy efficient. This part of the research was conducted as exploring existing cooling solutions: Cooling mechanisms in plants and animals, traditional cooling solutions and desertic architecture, and new materials and inventions. The conclusion was that the traditional cooling solution (water flow in a terracotta vessel) is actually the most fitting to the desertic environment.
- Challenge
- The major technical/research challenge in the development of “Nave” was transforming an uncontrollable cooling principle (a combination of water and terracotta, both natural materials) to a controlled cooling system. This was crucial. The system has to be extremely comfortable in order to be appealing as a cooling solution, and has to be very accurate in the amounts of water coming in the system, to not be wasteful and not cause damage.I have mastered the issue by exploring many directions for inspirations and consulting with people wiser than myself. I had the assistance of a very talented physicist (Yuval Bashan).
- Realization and Technology
- All of the ceramic bodies are hollow bodies of local terracotta, manufactured with plaster molds in slip casting technology. A dedicated formula controls the irrigation of the system, optimizes temperature, water use and humidity, and prevents mold formation. The flexible joints are made by injection molding of recycled rubber.
- Operation and Interaction
- On a day to day use, there is almost no interaction between the user and the system. The system is automatic and autonomic, and fully controlled by an irrigation system to keep the space in a constant state of climate comfort. The user has the option to pause, shut down or reprogram the temperature and humidity goal. The assembly system for Nave was designed based on existing mounting solutions from the construction world. Acquaintance with the method and tools of assembly will ease the use of this new product for architects, contractors and builders, and encourage them to choose the sustainable solution over the existing one.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October 2019, and presented as a thesis project in September 2020. The design development was made in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the project is destined to the Negev area, Israel.
- Specifications
- Each wall/partition tile is 250mm x 15 mm x 500mm, with the surface of 3820 cm² to maximize efficiency. The tiles are assembled using steel rulers, in a method similar to roof tiles assembly. The partition tiles are assembled on steel wires with added metal rules, and the “totem” bodies are stacked surrounding a metal spine.
- Keywords
- Green building, Terracotta, Local design, Cooling system, Traditional design, Ceramics
