Triflow Tap By Zaha Hadid

Architect Zaha Hadid has designed a tap for British manufacturer Triflow. 

 

The collaboration with Zaha Hadid marks the company’s return to its founding principles: innovation and technological excellence.

Inspired by the movement of water, the designs are a formal expression of the continuous flow of liquid – merging tap spout, body and handle in a seamless trajectory of curvilinear geometries.

“Our starting point was a series of formal studies on the conceptual terms of ‘fluidity’ and ‘seamlessness’ as we wanted to generate the fluid geometries of water in motion,” says Hadid.

“By applying advanced 3D software to our experiments into the viscosity of liquids, we were able to explore complex forms and their productivity for domestic environments,” she continues.

 

“A major benefit of this design language is that you can create something that not only appears continuous, but also blends seamlessly with the ergonomic needs of a tap.”

Featuring Triflow’s exclusive, patented three-way technology, the filtered drinking water is delivered through a dedicated waterway thereby isolating it from the hot and cold water streams – controlled by the tap’s discreet handle. 

 

Whilst a touch-sensitive electronic button activates the filtered water.

While hot and cold water is controlled by the tap’s discrete handle, the drinking water element is activated by a touch sensitive electronic button indicated by the subtle triflow logo. 

 

A green halo light ignites when operational, turning red when the water treatment cartridge needs replacing and flashing red when the battery is running low. The battery provides back-up in case of mains electricity failure

 

Concealed behind the fluid Zaha Hadid design is a highly sophisticated manufacturing process that is unique to the UK and has never before been used in the creation of a tap. 

 

The result is a tap that is as much a bespoke work of art as it is a kitchen or bathroom appliance.

Zaha Hadid - High Model

This kitchen tap is instantly recognisable as the most recent evolution of hadid’s design language. 

 

Organic and surprising, the sculptural sensibility of the tap’s fluid form makes the bold and elegant gesture of a signature piece.

 

Zaha Hadid - Low Model

Product shown is a prototype and is subject to change. Triflow Concepts limited reserves the right to adjust the design without notice.

This bathroom tap cuts a softer form than zaha hadid’s design for its kitchen counterpart, yet retains the coherent formal language of the set. 

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