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Company Name | GENCORK |
Address | Estrada Nacional n.º 2, km 413.2, Bemposta, 2205-213 Abrantes Portugal Map It |
Name | Brimet Silva |
Job Title | Creative Director |
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Phone | 00351 910335586 |
Role of this organisation in the project being entered | manufacturer |
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Name of organisation entering the Awards (if different from above) | GENCORK |
Project Name (written how it should appear) | CORKBIOMORPH BY GENCORK AT CORK MUSEUM |
Project Address | Rua do Choupelo 39, 4400-088 Vila Nova de Gaia Portugal Map It |
Client Name | WOW World of Wine |
Designer/Architect Name | Le Brimet |
Contractor Name | Sofalca ,LDA |
Project Description | The CorkBiomorph panel exhibited at Wow Museum represents a new chapter on GENCORK´s history. A statement of an ambitious strategy that aims to join together matter, material, materialization and materiality. Sustainability as a starting point, generative design as the main creative process, and digital fabrication as a powerful tool, to reach human emotions, our ultimate goal. |
Materials Used | It is only used cork of the branches (falca) for the manufacture of cork granules. These are block clusters in an autoclave, a process that’s 100% natural, without the use of additives. This technology, developed by Sofalca, consists of injecting water vapor through pellets that will expand and agglomerate with the resin of the cork itself. This “cooking” also gives the resulting cork a dark color, like chocolate. |
Sustainability | During the production of the steam, biomass is used, which is obtained in milling and cleaning the falca, and that’s what makes it a truly ecological production and without waste, with a 95% energy self-sufficiency. This super-material, cork, offers a huge range of advantages, because, in addition to being an excellent thermal and acoustic insulator and as well as antivibration, it’s also a CO2 sink, playing a key role in the environment. |
Issues Faced | The digital process is one of the most important elements of GENCORK ´ s DNA. Adopting computational design strategies, the brand explores algorithmic scripts inspired by nature, as well as mathematics, geometry, and biomimetics, through parametric systems. With this process, it’s now possible to produce a huge range of different variations of a pattern, adapting it to any size or form. |
Video Link | vimeo.com |
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