Urban Blocks
Urban Blocks Bench Module by Yiqing Wang and Shunyi Yang is a winner of the 2022 Silver A' Design Award in Street Furniture Design.
Urban Blocks is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs.
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The urban furniture prototypes can easily adapt to any built environment. With low carbon 3D printed concrete technology, structural algorithm optimization, and the robotics fabrication system, Urban Blocks' form can be positioned and combined for different purposes single bench, double-side bench, sofas, planters, and variations in-between. The geometry and scale of the mobile units permit easier assemblies to fit the human body. This design aims to empower the communities by prefabricating urban blocks and to open up countless possibilities to populate our public spaces.
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Urban Blocks by Yiqing Wang and Shunyi Yang
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Bench Module
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Street Furniture Design Award Winner in 2022.
Silver Winner
Urban Blocks Bench Module
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Winner Designer
Yiqing Wang and Shunyi Yang
Yiqing Wang is a designer born and raised in Shanghai and is now an M.Arch Candidate at MIT. She achieved a B.Arch degree from Tongji University and worked for several architectural firms. Her projects focus on narratives, context, structure, and tectonics - with an interest in materiality, perception, and representation. Her skills include painting, making, advanced architectural design, and prototyping. Shunyi Yang brings a technical background in power generation and engineering with her cross-functional product development skills.
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Rab Lab
RAB Lab aims to develop robotic fabrication systems for mass-production of prefab houses, eliminating inefficient construction, labor shortage, and non-sustainable materials. We are poised to have a greater impact due to its growing market and a clear path to commercialization.
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