Spring Arch by Mitsuhiro Gotoh Architects
Name of Company or Individual: Mitsuhiro Gotoh Architects
Country: Japan
Website: http://www.mthrgt.jp/
Project Name: Spring Arch
Project Completion Date: 3/31/2019
Project Completed City: Miyagi
Industrial Design Division: Office Furniture Design
Spring Arch
This is wooden furniture placed at the entrance of the university to brochures. The size of the furniture is W3.7m x H1.3m, and It is so soft that it swings when you touch. When you pick up a brochure and notice that it 'swings', You will recognize it as a little special artwork. Relaxed appearance is designed to match the atrium. The 4-story atrium has a staircase and it's like an intersection where students and teachers come and. This furniture is the material dimensions and details for "swaying" by structural simulation. It is light enough to be moved by two people.
The arch part connects 12mm plywood to change the angle and draw a parabola. The booklet can be put on the catch formed by the joints of the plates. The surface is lacquered and has a different feel to the rough elements of stone and concrete, making it easier to touch and gradually change to furniture that fits in hand. Beyond the function of display we pursued furniture as 'small architecture' that gave new discoveries in the process of looking from a distance and approaching and touching.
