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Meda Gate Factsheet

Meda Gate Factsheet
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Meda Gate Factsheet

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Overview: The Meda Gate, designed by Alberto Meda in 2010, is a seating system that combines high comfort with easy maintenance, suitable for public waiting areas. Its elegant design conceals technical sophistication, allowing for easy assembly and adaptability to various environments.
Specifications: The Meda Gate features a robust seat shell with a cushioning effect, available in polyurethane integral foam (PU) or coach hide leather. The frame is a cantilever design made of steel, with polished or powder-coated aluminium armrests and feet. The T-form supporting bar is made of anodised aluminium, and the table element is crafted from black solid core material.
Configurations: The Meda Gate can be configured in various setups, including 2-piece to 5-piece benches with options for PU or leather seats, armrests, and integrated tables. Configurations can be adjusted to fit different room layouts and requirements.
Features: The cantilever frame provides high sitting comfort and flexibility, with ergonomic shaping that supports the spine. The seat shell is durable, easy to clean, UV-resistant, and offers dynamic sitting for increased long-term comfort. The design allows for easy assembly and maintenance, with a transparent structure that facilitates cleaning.
Elements: Key components include the T-form supporting bar, seat shell, divan bed, armrests, and tables. These elements are designed for easy interchangeability and adaptability.
Certificates and Sustainability: Meda Gate meets high safety and fire protection standards, including DIN EN 1021 and BS 7176. Vitra emphasizes sustainability by focusing on product durability, aesthetic longevity, and environmental impact as integral design considerations.
Dimensions and Colours: The Meda Gate is available in various lengths and configurations, with options for different surface finishes and colours, including chocolate, nero, and silver powder-coated aluminium.
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Meda Gate Alberto Meda, 2010 Meda Gate combines high comfort (cantilever frame) with easy maintenance. Meda Gate’s elegant design hides the technical sophistication that makes it easy to assemble. The system is suitable for demanding use in public waiting areas. Materials: ƒ Seat shell: Robust seat shell with ƒ T-form supporting bar: T-form supporting cushioning effect, cantilever on a steel bar made of extruded natural finish frame in polyurethane integral foam (PU) or anodised aluminium (to match the powder coach hide leather. coating) or polished anodised aluminium (Brill). ƒ Armrests: Ring armrests made of polished die-cast or powder-coated aluminium (RAL 9006). ƒ Table element: Made of black solid core material. ƒ Foot: Feet made of polished die-cast or powder-coated aluminium (RAL 9006). Alberto Meda Alberto Meda lives and works in Milan. He teaches at the IUAV University of Venice and lectures at leading design colleges and institutions. He has been working with Vitra since 1994. During this time he has created a series of office chairs and a variety of office and conference desks. 1 Meda Gate 2-3 Configurations 8-9 Certificates, Sustainability 10-12 Dimensions, surfaces, colours

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Meda Gate configurations Meda Gate 3-piece bench with PU seats, with two small tables on the outside Meda Gate 5-piece bench with PU seats, with armrests Meda Gate 4-piece bench with leather seats, with armrests on the outside and a large table in the centre [email protected] | EN 2012

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Meda Gate 2-piece bench with PU seats in “kissing position”, with armrests and a large table in the centre Meda Gate 4-piece bench with PU seats in back-to-back configuration, with armrests Meda Gate 2-piece bench with PU divan beds, with armrests and a large table in the centre [email protected] | EN 2012

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Meda Gate features Meda Gate’s seat shell is ergonomically shaped and, by following the double S curve of the human spine, comfortably supports the back. At the same time, the cantilever frame offers greater freedom of movement than other waiting area systems. This dynamic sitting considerably increases long-term sitting comfort. The waterfall edge on the front end of the seat shell also provides good circulation to the legs. Thanks to its cantilever frame, the Meda Gate seat shell offers very high sitting comfort – in both PU and coach hide leather. The cantilever zones in the seat and back...

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v The Meda Gate design is both simple and elegant. Its few components enable a diversity of variations, as well as simple and efficient maintenance. Due to the grid-free assembly of the elements, Meda Gate can adjust to a wide range of room situations and guarantees the best possible use of the space. Thanks to its simple assembly and dismantling, Meda Gate can also easily adapt to changing conditions. A PU or coach hide leather divan bed can also be attached to Meda Gate’s T-form supporting bar. It offers incredible comfort and entices you to stay and take a rest during longer waiting times....

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Meda Gate elements 2 T-section leg for seat shell Seat unit in PU (polyurethane integral foam) Seat unit in coach hide leather

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Seat shell: polyurethane integral foam Seat shell: coach hide leather powder-coated aluminium polished aluminium natural finish anodised aluminium polished anodised aluminium (Brill)

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Certificates and fire protection Meda Gate fulfils the highest standards of safety and fire protection in public spaces. The flammability of Vitra products is rigorously assessed by independent testing institutes, which utilise internationally recognised test methods and standards. Meda Gate conforms to the most widely established European fire protection specifications: DIN EN 1021 - Part 1 and 2 European standard for assessing the ignitability of upholstered furniture. Along with these two important standards, Meda Gate also fulfils various regional fire protection requirements. In addition,...

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Vitra views the environmental consequences of a consumer good's production as a design issue: The environmental connection is a part of the product and its use; it is a part of the design. Quality encompasses the products' durability and the exchangeability of individual pieces. Refraining from the use of fashionable styles means that rapidly changing aesthetics are circumvented. Design does not mean styling. Rather, it is a method employed to solve complex problems. Whether pieces of furniture prove themselves in day-to-day life often only becomes clear after they have been in use for quite...

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Length T175 mm /46V4" Length 1405 mm /5sW Length 1730 mm /68" |B^W| ^Bi^iPi| ^BiHBp Length i860 mm /73V4" Length 2060 mm/81" Length 2330 mm /oi%" Length i860 mm /73V4" Length 2095 mm /82V2" Length 2330 mm 791%" JjjBiHiUjPb JMM—MMa j^HEiHjPL Length 3060 mm /120V2" Length 3295 mm /VK^/A" Length 3530 mm A139"

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Seat shell, divan bed and shelves Meda Gate bench Meda Gate double bench Meda Gate divan bed 1860 73¼” 30 1¼” shells without armrests Seat shells and armrests Dimensions between centre lines Seat shells and shelves Dimensions 91¾” 2330 between centre lines Divan bed, armrests and tables basik dark polished (Brill) powder-coated silver Seat shell, polyurethane Coach seat shell, Armrests, legs, integral foam hide leather Art. No. 09149602 Vitra is represented worldwide. Your local Vitra partner can be found at: www.vitra.com.

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