not to be outdone, a good friend of ours who worked on the
huf retail space in los angeles had a few words to say about
form3 designed benches. his favorite pick was no surprise. the
mammoth slab sitting center when you enter 410 n. fairfax
measures 32"w x 16"h x 144"l and weighs an undisclosed,
yet ridiculous, number of pounds. (so much so we had to ship
it in two halves and assemble it in place.)
the parts were cut from fsc-certified birch plywood using CNC
milling technology in order to maintain structural integrity
over the twelve foot span. this resulted in enough drop-off
shapes from the panel stock to build a second bench that was
commissioned for a private residence in sonoma county.
the second bench is one of our personal favorites for a number
of reasons, but especially since the construction of it allowed
us to create less than 2% waste from the original panel stock.
that level of efficiency and reduction in waste is a benchmark
we hold ourselves to on a daily basis. it's these types of
considerations in planning that help us to NEVER have had
garbage pick-up at our fabrication studio going on six years
now.
did i say NEVER?
ah, yeah. NEVER.
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Impressive. I'll take twelve for my sitting room. Where I like to sit alone and read all the works by Edward R. Tufte (there are only four). Seriously, the third sketch seems to reveal an asymmetry of the spacing of the slots from one side to the other. Is this intentional or just an artifact of the sketch?
ReplyDeletenic is one in a million that would notice that asymmetry. it is dictated by the structural aspects of the piece itself. nice eye. too nice, i might add.
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