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Trea - Urban Outdoor Stove
Project type
Industrial Design ยท Product Concept
Date
2013
Location
Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), Israel
Student Project - 2013
TREA is a compact, foldable alcohol stove designed for the urban outdoors, from city coastlines and rooftops to traditional camping. The project won First Place in the Yanko Design Appliance Design Award (2013) and was developed as a student project at Holon Institute of Technology.
The project began with a simple goal: to design an outdoor stove that is elegant, simple, and functional, addressing emerging use cases such as informal urban escapes and intimate outdoor settings, while remaining fully suitable for conventional camping.
The design is based on the familiar geometry of a three-log fire. When opened, the structure forms a stable three-point contact with the ground and a corresponding three-point support for cookware. This geometry provides inherent stability, strength, and balance with minimal material and structural complexity.
TREA is constructed from machined stainless steel poles combined with a stainless steel wire mesh. The stove folds into a compact form and opens with a single, intuitive movement, avoiding loose parts or unnecessary mechanical complexity.
Rather than focusing on utility alone, TREA treats outdoor equipment as a designed object, one that balances performance, tactility, and atmosphere, while remaining practical, durable, and easy to use.
