TS_AI2O3/0005
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UNIQUE PIECE
HEAT EXCHANGER
Aluminium, Gel Climsel PCM (Water, Salt hydrates)
Discarded Ingots is a series of aluminum art pieces transforming the identity of an industrial machining waste into functional ornaments.
By focusing on the collection of a repetitive discarded aluminum elements, “Discarded Ingots” questions the value of a mass produced waste and introduce an analog solution to an industrial problem.
Baptiste Comte uses the systemic waste to mimic and scale up the geometry of a computer component, the heat sink and highlights its properties to regulate heat in a room. By creating covers for architectural products , the excess of heat is absorbed, stored, and released when the temperature cools by incorporating a phase change material that melts above 21ºC, and solidifies below it, releasing heat back into the room.
With a focus on aluminum’s conductivity and its reflectivity, this work is an attempt to revise our perception for industrial resources by redefining its identity; transforming those items being only mechanical to a more evocative level as architecture jewelries.
Each element is polished by hand and the back support is anodized with a natural color of aluminum.
120 x 37 x 20 cm
25 kg
Silver
Eindhoven
INSTRUCTIONS
The Art piece is part of a research project and will not be as effective as all the artworks together.
Heavy pieces, handle them with care. Try to carry them by holding the support board to avoid finger prints.