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Product • By Edoardo Milesi & Archos • Iroko bench
Iroko bench
The bench, inspired by sailboat decks, is crafted entirely from iroko wood, chosen for its exceptional resistance to weather and salt. The supporting structure consists of a rigid frame with solid wood crossbars, ensuring stability and strength, while the seat is composed of iroko slats aligned longitudinally.
The slats, with a thickness of around 20 mm, are spaced evenly, with joints filled with black elastomeric rubber. This material, commonly used on naval decks, is chosen for its elastic and waterproof properties, which allow it to absorb the wood’s thermal expansions, preventing cracks and deformations. The rubber layer is about 5 mm thick, designed to maintain optimal flexibility without compromising the overall rigidity of the... More
Project • By Gariselli Associati • Showrooms
Building make-up
Make-up of a building of the 60s used as a business for the sale and exhibition of furniture and furnishings. Simple vertical and horizontal lines become the main theme of this restructuring, alternating in a game of verticality and linearity that brings the building back to life with a non-invasive restyling. The wide front wall with facing bricks remains almost unaltered from the intervention, on which large white sun bricks rise up, accentuating the verticality concealing the existing openings without eliminating the light. The upper part binds to the underlying one thanks to vertical elements in painted aluminum that follow the lines, and then develop horizontally in the gray base, highlighting the large showroom windows, joined t... More