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[서울신문 나우뉴스]차체가 천으로 만들어진 자동차가 등장해 화제다.
지난 10일 독일 뮌헨의 BMW 박물관에 전시된 ‘지나’(GINA: Geometry and functions In’N’Adaption)가 바로 그것.
BMW의 수석 디자이너 크리스 뱅글은 “기존의 상식에 대한 도전” 이라며 “철강, 알루미늄 등의 기존 자동차 부품을 대신해 ‘천’으로 차체를 만들었다.”고 밝혔다.
차체를 만드는 데 쓰인 천은 폴리우레탄으로 코팅한 라이크라로 탄력 있고 내구성이 강하며 방수가 된다. 또 자유자재로 움직이는 신축성 덕분에 운전자가 원하는 대로 차 모양을 바꿀 수도 있다.
6년 전부터 BMW가 비밀리에 준비해온 이 차는 컨셉트 카(Concept car)로 만들어져 판매할 수는 없지만 주행이 가능한 ‘진짜’ 자동차다. BMW 측은 “‘지나’가 미래의 BMW 차 디자인에 큰 영향을 끼칠 것”이라고 전했다.
한편 미국 IT 매체 와이어드는 “컨셉트 카는 자동차 디자이너들의 상상을 현실화 할 수 있는 기회를 제공하는데 이번에 만들어진 컨셉트 카는 거의 ‘혁신적인 수준’”이라고 평가했다.
The BMW GINA Light Visionary Model that was seen via video being installed in the BMW Museum in Munich last week has finally been revealed, and the futuristic design study shows how BMW designers are thinking outside of the box when it comes to the materials that make up a car and also how the car relates to the driver.
GINA stands for "Geometry and Functions in 'N' Adaptations", which basically means that designers from both BMW and BMW Group DesignworksUSA were allowed to throw out the rulebook. This is most evident in the GINA Light Visionary Model's outer skin, which is made entirely out of textile fabric that's pulled taut around a frame of metal and carbon fiber wires.
The skeleton of the car is controlled by electro-hydraulic devices and can actually move and change shape beneath the fabric skin. For instance, the headlights of the concept can be exposed or hidden by the car's skin just like blinking eyes, and the hood opens from the center as the fabric parts to expose the engine. This idea extends to the interior, where BMW designers have made visible only those instruments that are required at a certain time, while the rest of the time the same fabric interior "blinks" them out of view.
The car itself looks somewhat like a Z4 Roadster, though after viewing the extensive gallery of high-res images below, you'll be amazed how much the outer skin looks like normal sheetmetal. Until, that is, you see how the doors open. They lift up in a semi-scissor fashion and since there are no exposed hinges, the fabric artfully binds up as the door swings open.
While the design of the GINA Light Visionary Model is very Bangle-esque with concave and convex surfaces intermingling everywhere you look, it looks appropriate and natural here. The car is very much a concept, meant more to inspire BMW's own designers and engineers rather than excite the public, but now we're excited about shape-changin, fabric-covered cars, anyway.
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[서울신문 나우뉴스]차체가 천으로 만들어진 자동차가 등장해 화제다.
지난 10일 독일 뮌헨의 BMW 박물관에 전시된 ‘지나’(GINA: Geometry and functions In’N’Adaption)가 바로 그것.
BMW의 수석 디자이너 크리스 뱅글은 “기존의 상식에 대한 도전” 이라며 “철강, 알루미늄 등의 기존 자동차 부품을 대신해 ‘천’으로 차체를 만들었다.”고 밝혔다.
차체를 만드는 데 쓰인 천은 폴리우레탄으로 코팅한 라이크라로 탄력 있고 내구성이 강하며 방수가 된다. 또 자유자재로 움직이는 신축성 덕분에 운전자가 원하는 대로 차 모양을 바꿀 수도 있다.
6년 전부터 BMW가 비밀리에 준비해온 이 차는 컨셉트 카(Concept car)로 만들어져 판매할 수는 없지만 주행이 가능한 ‘진짜’ 자동차다. BMW 측은 “‘지나’가 미래의 BMW 차 디자인에 큰 영향을 끼칠 것”이라고 전했다.
한편 미국 IT 매체 와이어드는 “컨셉트 카는 자동차 디자이너들의 상상을 현실화 할 수 있는 기회를 제공하는데 이번에 만들어진 컨셉트 카는 거의 ‘혁신적인 수준’”이라고 평가했다.
The BMW GINA Light Visionary Model that was seen via video being installed in the BMW Museum in Munich last week has finally been revealed, and the futuristic design study shows how BMW designers are thinking outside of the box when it comes to the materials that make up a car and also how the car relates to the driver.
GINA stands for "Geometry and Functions in 'N' Adaptations", which basically means that designers from both BMW and BMW Group DesignworksUSA were allowed to throw out the rulebook. This is most evident in the GINA Light Visionary Model's outer skin, which is made entirely out of textile fabric that's pulled taut around a frame of metal and carbon fiber wires.
The skeleton of the car is controlled by electro-hydraulic devices and can actually move and change shape beneath the fabric skin. For instance, the headlights of the concept can be exposed or hidden by the car's skin just like blinking eyes, and the hood opens from the center as the fabric parts to expose the engine. This idea extends to the interior, where BMW designers have made visible only those instruments that are required at a certain time, while the rest of the time the same fabric interior "blinks" them out of view.
The car itself looks somewhat like a Z4 Roadster, though after viewing the extensive gallery of high-res images below, you'll be amazed how much the outer skin looks like normal sheetmetal. Until, that is, you see how the doors open. They lift up in a semi-scissor fashion and since there are no exposed hinges, the fabric artfully binds up as the door swings open.
While the design of the GINA Light Visionary Model is very Bangle-esque with concave and convex surfaces intermingling everywhere you look, it looks appropriate and natural here. The car is very much a concept, meant more to inspire BMW's own designers and engineers rather than excite the public, but now we're excited about shape-changin, fabric-covered cars, anyway.
