Porto, Portugal
Portuguese architect Joaquim Portela — in charge of the Portuguese Language Museum building project in Porto, which transforms a group of cereal silos into a community cultural place — takes inspiration from the building and its cylindrical shapes to design the Silo faucet.
The Silo tap’s design has been awarded a 2021 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The shape of the tap needed to be somehow connected to the form of the Museum’s Silos. The aim was for simple and robust construction.
The composition of two interlocking cylinders is based on the deconstruction of the original shape of the silos.
The connecting part of these cylinders is cast, with two cylindrical negatives, through which the hot and cold water passes.
The user will be able to automatically activate this tap with the help of a movement sensor and will only require a temperature adjustment twice a year, once in the summer and once in the winter.
Project: Silo Faucet
Designers: Joaquim Portela Arquitetos
Manufacturer: Joaquim Portela Arquitetos
