Modular wall panels in handmade cork eco material
Winner of 2024 Quercus Suber design competition
The modules present a new range of colours and surface treatment for cork. The whole process is develop to minimize all energy and chemical consumption, using Liège Junqué byproducts. Hues are defined by incorporating pine sawdust to gradually lighten the cork and by ebonising cork sawdust and particules to gradually darken and turn cork gray.
Colored materials are combined and glued with starch glue. We imprint a texture on the material during the mechanical pressing. This light relief allows color perception to be modify according to the light angle. It also creates an unified all-over pattern in which each modules is visually connected to the others. Finally it helps dispersed sound waves, adding to the soundproofing quality of cork. The shape of the module invite to compose different types of dynamic assembly : a stripe, a cloud, a whole cover...
