Friday 15 October 2010

Immovable furniture

Thomas Heatherwick's interior for Longchamp, New York.


The installation of the staircase makes fluid transitions between wall, staircase and floor. Currently the seating in the waiting room is bolted to the floor, for reasons of safety, preventing the throwing of furniture. The concept behind Heatherwick's stair as a more sensitive solution to immovable seating as usage and configuration also becomes more verstatile, giving clients the option to make decisions about where they sit or how they occupy the space instead of this being dictated.

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