Turia Packaging: bottle carrier with an integrated opener
Training and knowledge sharing
Mobility, transport and marine
Tableware and tabletop accessories
Product and structural design, Assembly
Wood
The project
Carrying beers and opening them with the same object was the response to a packaging exercise undertaken with students at the Universitat Politècnica de València. The project grew out of the hybrid technologies module on the IFAB master’s programme, where Archicercle taught classes and set a brief for designs with more than one primary function.
The teaching brief asked students to look beyond packaging as a container. The result combines a bottle carrier with an opener integrated into its upper section: two functions brought together in one structure, connecting the transport of the bottles with their subsequent use.
The material used is birch wood. The construction consists of pieces designed to fit together with press-fit joints, without adhesives. These joints are part of the object’s structural design, rather than simply its finished appearance.
The carrier has a rectangular base, openings for the bottles and an upper section with an ornamental outline. The light-coloured wood is combined with the Turia name and architectural graphic motifs, linking the product’s presentation to the form of the carrier.
Archicercle’s documented contribution lies in teaching, setting the multifunctional design brief and undertaking the packaging project with the students. The result brings function, material and joint design together in a tangible object within an educational setting.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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