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Nesta dissertação pretende-se demonstrar como o design pode tornar a indústria do mobiliário doméstico mais sustentável, e como o mesmo pode melhorar este segmento do mercado.
Sendo o mercado do mobiliário gerador de triliões de euros é previsto que continue a crescer até 2025, e sendo uma preocupação cada vez maior a sustentabilidade e conservação do nosso planeta, é necessário repensar a forma como produzimos, consumimos e descartamos estas peças, para que possa existir o mínimo de impacto possível. Atualmente, no ciclo de vida da maioria das peças de mobiliário pode-se observar diversos tipos de transportes, desde aquele que ocorre durante a fase de produção ao que se faz até chegar ao consumidor e ainda mesmo para o posterior descarte. Todos estes transportes somados resultam numa grande pegada ecológica, então, porque não tirar proveito do digital e das tecnologias cada vez mais acessíveis para não só reduzir esta pegada, mas também valorizar a economia local e os produtores locais?
Tendo esta questão em mente o objetivo principal desta investigação é a criação de mobiliário mais sustentável a partir de ferramentas digitais, recorrendo maioritariamente a apenas um material (contraplacado), que é trabalhado e recortado através da fresagem CNC, um método de produção subtrativo de fabricação rápida, e utilizar somente encaixes das peças entre si.
O trabalho é composto por três partes, primeiramente a fase exploratória, esta é de carácter mais teórico e serve para a apresentação de conceitos fundamentais e de análise de outros produtos existentes no mercado, a segunda fase é a generativa onde se encontra o desenvolvimento projectual para a fabricação de ideias, e por fim a fase avaliativa para a apresentação de um protótipo final, bem como a análise e validação do mesmo, concluindo assim esta investigação.
No final desta investigação conseguimos apresentar o desenvolvimento de uma linha de mobiliário doméstico que demonstra que esta indústria tem todo o potencial para se tornar mais sustentável recorrendo apenas a ferramentas digitais, contribuindo assim com uma nova perspetiva para o consumo deste mobiliário.
This dissertation aims to demonstrate how design can make the home furniture industry more sustainable, and how it can improve this segment of the market. As the furniture market generates trillions of euros, it is expected that it will continue to grow until 2025, and with the sustainability and conservation of our planet being an increasing concern, it is necessary to rethink the way we produce, consume and dispose of these pieces, so that there may be as little impact as possible. Currently, in the life cycle of most pieces of furniture, different types of transport can be observed, from that which occurs during the production phase to that which takes place until it reaches the consumer and even for subsequente disposal. All this transport combined results in a large ecological footprint, so why not take advantage of digital and increasingly accessible technologies to not only reduce this footprint, but also value the local economy and local producers? With this issue in mind, the main objective of this research is the creation of more sustainable furniture using digital tools, using mostly just one material (plywood), which is worked and cut using CNC milling, a rapid manufacturing subtractive production method, and only use fittings of the pieces together. The work is composed of three parts, firstly the exploratory phase, this is of a more theoretical nature and serves to present fundamental concepts and analysis of other products on the market, the second phase is the generative phase where the project development for the creation of ideas, and finally the evaluation phase for the presentation of a final prototype, as well as its analysis and validation, thus concluding this investigation. At the end of this investigation we were able to present the development of a line of home furniture which demonstrates that this industry has all the potential to become more sustainable using only digital tools, thus contributing a new perspective to the consumption of this furniture.
This dissertation aims to demonstrate how design can make the home furniture industry more sustainable, and how it can improve this segment of the market. As the furniture market generates trillions of euros, it is expected that it will continue to grow until 2025, and with the sustainability and conservation of our planet being an increasing concern, it is necessary to rethink the way we produce, consume and dispose of these pieces, so that there may be as little impact as possible. Currently, in the life cycle of most pieces of furniture, different types of transport can be observed, from that which occurs during the production phase to that which takes place until it reaches the consumer and even for subsequente disposal. All this transport combined results in a large ecological footprint, so why not take advantage of digital and increasingly accessible technologies to not only reduce this footprint, but also value the local economy and local producers? With this issue in mind, the main objective of this research is the creation of more sustainable furniture using digital tools, using mostly just one material (plywood), which is worked and cut using CNC milling, a rapid manufacturing subtractive production method, and only use fittings of the pieces together. The work is composed of three parts, firstly the exploratory phase, this is of a more theoretical nature and serves to present fundamental concepts and analysis of other products on the market, the second phase is the generative phase where the project development for the creation of ideas, and finally the evaluation phase for the presentation of a final prototype, as well as its analysis and validation, thus concluding this investigation. At the end of this investigation we were able to present the development of a line of home furniture which demonstrates that this industry has all the potential to become more sustainable using only digital tools, thus contributing a new perspective to the consumption of this furniture.
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design de produto sustentabilidade produção local fabricação digital fresagem CNC product design sustainability local production digital fabrication CNC milling
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Faculdade Arquitetura, Universidade Lisboa