Mop House, the three-storey house comprises two curling blocks

Published March 29, 2012 at 12:04 am - No Comments

The curved wings of this house in Kuwait converge around an outdoor swimming pool. Mop House is the three-storey house comprises two curling blocks, each with cantilevering upper storeys. An access corridor creates a spine through the centre of the building, providing entrances at both the front and back. The Mop House also features a series of mono-pitched roofs that angle in different directions.

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The site can be accessed from either side of the surrounding streets to allow for both a private and a public entrance. After moving along a curved wall that guides the visitor from the exterior of the plot into the center, one reaches the main entrance into the Mop House. Upon entering through the main door frame, the space opens up to reveal the swimming pool and the public living areas of the Mop House.

The form of the residence is reminiscent of the movement patterns of a mop, from which flexible volumes are organized diagonally around a central axis. This axis twists upwards to generate spaces that are channeling the vision in different directions: the front side of the house, side gardens and angles of the back street. The circulation surrounding the patio on the first floor contrives of a succession of living spaces, which not only communicate to one another, but also relate visually the interior of the patio to the exterior.

ARMS Chair and 7-day-closet, for your furniture colletion

Published March 29, 2012 at 12:02 am - No Comments

ARMS Chair and 7-day-closet is a chair with a double back for different sitting positions, a wardrobe designed for picking out and displaying seven outfits for the week and a set of vases that won’t stand up straight.

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Observing specific details in the simplest everyday actions resulted in this collaborative project that explores specific gestures unmet by conventional furniture: “ARMS Chair”, a multi-armrest chair for various sitting gestures, and “7-day-closet” for personalising outfit selections for the week. This collaboration also features works with hidden twists such as “Merging Top”: stackable tilted vase set that puts the fun back into flower arranging, and “Crane Lamp”: simple at first glance, but its flexible joints can transform it into many different shapes and positions.

ARMS Chair

Nowadays, many chair designs are focused on creating unique forms and materials, but very few of them consider the functions that we often overlook. Having carefully observed the way people sit on chairs, we found that the armrest is in fact, an interesting object; it can be used in so many ways, positions and at so many different heights, representing formal or informal expressions. “ARMS Chair” offers additional armrests to answer to different sitting gestures, making it unique to each user despite its simple form.