Cobogó: mil maneiras de montar, só um jeito de falar

Abstract

This research project relates what was developed as Work Degree of the Course Bachelor in Design, Federal University of Technological-Paraná. The motivating object of this research was the Cobogó, leaked element created in Brazil in the late 1920s. The project was based on the design process methodology proposed by Lobach (2000) which consists of four phases: preparation, generation, evaluation and implementation. In every step of the process was possible to detect the design possibilities compared to the existing products in the national market, which assisted in the conceptualization and definition of project requirements. From then there was the generation from which they were selected and produced the best alternative. The steps carried out for the development of alternatives have the manufacture of polystyrene models by the CNC machine, the manufacture of plaster molds, the production of parts by the casting process by gluing, burning and glazing of ceramic tiles. All steps were carried out in the Model laboratories of the Federal Technological University of Paraná and resulted in four modular ceramic pieces, to be used in construction of walls, among other possible adaptations.