London Design Festival 2013: these round stools by Stockholm designer Kyuhyung Cho can be stacked thanks to a ring of holes around the edge of each seat.
Kyuhyung Cho designed the Poke Stool for British brand Innermost. It features four round legs and has eight holes in the seat. When not in use, the legs can be poked through the holes of another stool.
“The twist of each stool added creates a rhythm as the stack grows higher,” said Cho.
“The composition of different colours and variations to the rhythm lead us create our own structure, like a geometric sculpture,” he added.
The stools are available from Innermost in black, white, natural wood, red, yellow, green and blue. They are made from laquered timber and are 44 centimetres in height.
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This 20-storey-high lift transports residents and visitors in the Maltese capital Valletta from the recently restored harbour to the top of the city’s fortified walls (+ slideshow).
International practice Architecture Project designed the lift as part of the regeneration of Valletta’s former port into a cruise ship terminal.
Photograph is by Sean Mallia
A lift was originally built on the site in 1905 to connect the port with the city, but became redundant and was dismantled in the 1980s.
Photograph is by Sean Mallia
The new lift has a larger footprint to cater for the increased number of people arriving at the converted Baroque warehouses that form the new harbour area.
The design of the lift tower references the massive sixteenth-century walls, which are subject to a conservation order and therefore could not be touched by the structure.
“The geometric qualities of the plan echo the angular forms of the bastion walls and the corrugated edges of the aluminium skin help modulate light as it hits the structure, emphasising its verticality,” said the architects.
Glazed lift carriages that offer views of the city and the Mediterranean Sea are shielded from the sun by the aluminium mesh skin, which also alludes to the industrial aesthetic of the original elevator.
Here’s a project description from Architecture Project:
Barrakka Lift Project
This recently completed twenty storey high panoramic lift is located on the edge of Malta’s historic fortified capital city of Valletta. The sixteenth century fortified walls of the town that once served to keep enemy ships at bay are now subject to a conservation order and provide a stunning new access into the town for the large number of residents and visitors travelling from the water’s edge over the powerful landward enceinte of fortifications and into the heart of the city.
Photograph is by Sean Mallia
The recent restoration of Baroque waterside warehouses into a thriving cruise ship terminal prompted the re-activation of a lift that had been built to connect the harbour with the town in 1905 during Valletta’s heyday as a trading port. This old lift, that contained two lift cabins each with a capacity of 12 passengers, was abandoned and eventually dismantled in the 1980s.
Today, the heavy demands of accessibility to the town require a much larger footprint than previously, and therefore the renewed connection has a larger visual impact, whereas, on the engineering level, rigour was needed as attachment to the historic walls was not possible.
The geometric qualities of the plan echo the angular forms of the bastion walls and the corrugated edges of the aluminium skin help modulate light as it hits the structure, emphasising its verticality. The mesh masks the glazed lift carriages, recalling the forms of the original cage lifts, whilst providing shade to passengers as they travel between the city and the Mediterranean Sea.
Architecture: Architecture Project (AP) Date: 2009-2013 Client: Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation plc Value: €2 million Location: Lascaris Ditch, Valletta, Malta Lighting design: Frank Franjou
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