Press_release: "Modulo 3 concept", New interior architecture concept of truck-cab.

CASE HISTORY: Truck design "Modulo3 Concept & Modulo 03 evolution: Nasce Il camion del futuro!"

ARCHICAB é un progetto di ricerca iniziato nel 1994 su nuovi concetti di cabine per Autoveicoli merci e passeggeri. Nel 1996 nasce "Modulo3 concept" veicolo per il trasporto merci su lunghe distanze, oggetto della tesi di laurea di Donato Nappo, dal titolo "Nuova concezione degli interni della cabina di un autocarro", discussa al Politecnico di Milano, facoltà di Architettura, relatore Prof. Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis. http://www.biblio.polimi.it/opac/

Nel 2004 è la volta di "Modulo 03 evolution" l'evoluzione del concetto frutto delle esperienze di Donato Nappo, del team di Designmotion C.A. con l'ing. Aldo Storti ed Erredue Prototipi, che ha seguito tutte le fasi costruttive del prototipo fino alla realizzazione finale del modello. Il progetto "Modulo3 concept" è stato selezionato dalla Biennale internazionale del design di Saint-Etienne (Francia) per l'originalità del design ed è stato esposto alla manifestazione francese dal 5 al 14 novembre 2004.

Press_Release: "Modulo 3 evolution"

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Magazine Auto& Design_Italy_ Issue number 109: "The discreet appeal of the HGV. This was the spring-board for Donato Nappo, an architecture graduate of Milan Polytechnic with specialisation in Industrial Design (tutor prof.Arturo dell'acqua Bellavitis,assisted by prof.giancarlo Quartieri) when He chose the design of an articulated truck cabin, developped on the mechanical platform of the Renault Magnum, as the subject of his thesis.
Donato Nappo's research essentially deals with the more current than ever theme of the interior of truck cabins. His material aims at multiple objectives, of which the fundamental one is redefining the interior architecture of the cabin, addressing the quality of the working environment and, more generally, the quality of life on board.
The outcome of this methodological approach was the definition of modulo 3, a high-level driver's cab that offers a flat-floored all-round-vision cabin characterised by a protected interior area and a fully-featured bathroom. The vehicle's name was a deliberate choice, in that it is made from three basic structural modules. The first is the overall chassis, engine and mechanical group. The second, the two separate cabin support-a pair of towers that enclose, respectively, the passenger cell and the bathroom. The third module is the cabin itself, finished to ergonomic criteria with the most modern and advanced comforts, including variable-intensity interior lights, couchette with real-bed dimentions, fridge and microwave oven".

Magazine Tuttotrasporti_Italy_Issue number 195: "Una ricerca condotta dal Politecnico di Milano sulla base di una Tesi di laurea del designer-progettista Donato Nappo, afferma al proposito:"l'uomo deve esser al centro dell'attenzione; inteso non piu' come il camionista, ma come un operatore capace di elevare il proprio grado di professionalità, perchè coadiuvato da un veicolo-strumento, in grado di garantirgli un ottimo supporto fisico ambientale".................

Biennale internationale design 2004_Saint-Etienne_France.

Modulo 3. A model sustainable heavy truck based on new and clean technologies - 1996
My project essentially deals with the theme of the "travelling living and working".
I thought to a working category that is always on the road: the truckers. So I studied for an idea to get more comfortable their travel. I concentrated myself to the interior of truck cabins for very long interstate truck transport services. His material aims at multiple objectives, of which the fundamental one is redefining the interior architecture of the cabin, addressing the quality of the working environment and, more generally, the quality of life on board. The outcome of this methodological approach was the definition of modulo 3, a high-level driver's cab that offers a flat-floored all-round-vision cabin characterised by a protected interior area and a fully-featured bathroom. The vehicle's name was a deliberate choice, in that it is made from three basic structural modules. The first is the overall chassis, engine and mechanical group. The second, the two separate cabin support-a pair of towers that enclose, respectively, the passenger cell and the bathroom. The third module is the cabin itself, finished to ergonomic criteria with the most modern and advanced comforts, including variable-intensity interior lights, couchette with real-bed dimensions, multimedia devices and fridge and microwave oven. To respect environment "Modulo 3" is equipped with propulsion ibrid system of diesel engine and fuel cell. For interior cab the energy of devices is made by the solar panels put on the roof of cab.

Press_release: "Modulo 3 evolution" is a concept of safe heavy truck. The particular shape of the cab -over with the back rear place of drive and the windshield tilted towards the inside let to the driver the greater possibility of survival in case of frontal impact against a heavy vehicle, in how much has a greater given vital space from the structural conformation of the same one. In order to reduce the consequences in case of incidents of the heavy vehicle with automobiles or pedestrians it is chosen to equip the vehicle of lateral fairings both of the tractor and the trailer, therefore not only for function of aerodynamic type, but above all in order to prevent that in the impact the joint of the car or pedestrian under truck happens

Lo sviluppo del progetto è avvenuto con tecnologie digitali e software di Progettazione CAD, fino alla realizzazione finale del modello. I modelli sono stati realizzati in Prototipazione Rapida.

"Modulo 03 evolution" è stato realizzato combinando piu' tecnologie. Il corpo ed il cassone posteriore sono stati fresati, le ruote sono in nylon nero, per rendere la matericità della gomma, tutte le parti trasparenti ed i cerchioni sono stati realizzati in stereolitografia e successivamente le prime sono state verniciate con colori trasparenti, mentre i secondi sono stati cromati... (PLAST DESIGN - Dicembre 2004) Leggi l'articolo>>

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