Nora Rubber Flooring Awards Architecture Students
The contest is a collaboration with the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture.
Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 4/17/2007 12:00:00 AM
Creative outlets for Nora Rubber Flooring are endless says Freudenberg Building Systems of its flooring product. The flooring manufacturer recently announced the winners of the 2006-2007 Wrap Competition in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, a collaboration with the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture. Calling for inventive use of Nora Rubber Flooring, the contest is open to all registered Faculty of Architecture students at the University.
Students were challenged to take Nora Rubber Flooring into the world of three-dimensional design, from wearable apparel to furniture, interior or exterior structures or landscape applications. The winning entry is Flow Wrap—Forming Flooring, conceived by architecture students Bradley Fehr, Jen Reynolds, and Andrew Lewthwaite. Along with school recognition, the team receives $4,000.
With a tube of shaped rubber flooring joined end to end, the three students used concrete to create cast objects. “We wanted to show Nora Rubber Flooring in an entirely different light, as holding the possibility to give life to other mediums in a fusion of both functional and aesthetic themes,” says Lewthwaite.
Four other entries were also honored:
1) Arbus Neotree by Matthew McFetrick and Amanda Yakiwchuk: A three-dimensional interior tree structure that provides an environmentally-friendly alternative to the removal of trees for seasonal or decorative purposes.
2) Habitat for the Urban Tribe by Kevin Fawley: A portable furniture system that allows people in transition to move easier.
3) Noramaki Bench Design by Ian Legge and Suzy Melo: Indoor seating that is adaptable to the shape of the environment.
4) Origami Chair by Candice Wong: An origami chair that allows children to fold and form the chair in various shapes.
All of the finalists built a full-scale prototype made primarily of Nora products.
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