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The PK6 and PK7 chair and sofa designed by Brazilian architect Paulo Kobylka are made from industrial metal screens (+ slideshow).

Kobylka created the chairs to expose a material that would usually only be used as a supporting element. Both sofa and armchair feature high backs of diamond-patterned metal mesh, topped with a straight bar.

Sloping armrests are made from loops of tubular steel, and the furniture also rests on steel rods that form legs.

“The design intention transforms industrial profiles and a wired mesh, usually applied as supporting elements, into protagonists of the main stage,” said the architect.

Kobylka‘s PK1 and PK2 sofas similarly questioned the appeal of industrial materials, by featuring long cantilevered cushions designed to resemble large slabs of concrete.

His PK6 and PK7 pieces are handmade, with each trim, weld and fold manually created by a team of artisans. The braided pattern of the mesh has been created using an industrial loom. Foam cushions help alleviate the hardness of the material, with soft tubes also placed over the armrests.

Each piece has been finished in glossy polyurethane paint – often used for cars – in a range of colours, from bright green to red, blue and pink.

Tubular steel also featured in a set of benches designed by Afteroom for Danish brand Menu, with connected tables that branched from the frames on powder-coated steel rods. The studio previously created a set of bar stools, also made from tubular steel frameworks.

The material has also found its way into shelving, been paired with pine and been used to create sculpted backs for a set of chairs.

Photography by Renan Klippel.

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Architecture studio Archohm has completed a campus for promoting crafts in the Indian city of Lucknow, featuring a cluster of grass-roofed workshops and a spiralling shopping arcade (+ slideshow).

Awadh Shilpgram was designed by Archohm to accommodate almost 200 shops dedicated to crafts from around the region and beyond, alongside craft courts for hosting workshops, an amphitheatre, an exhibition hall and a food court.

The aim is to provide local craftspeople with a place where they can share ideas, teach, learn and sell their work directly to customers.

The buildings developed for the complex are intended to form a collage of shapes and materials that references the chaotic composition of the urban bazaars found throughout the region.

From an entrance courtyard, a spiralling structure lined with craft shops leads visitors gradually towards an open plaza at the centre of the curving building.

“An elliptical form enables a smooth corner-free circulation,” explained the architects.

“It narrows down while spiralling inward, and emulates the density and vibrancy of traditional Lucknowi bazaars, which have streets that get progressively narrower.”

The eight-hectare site is located close to a major highway in a rapidly developing area of the Uttar Pradesh region’s capital city.

The area’s historic structures also influenced the design of the campus. In particular, the arches of Agra’s Buland Darwaza – also known as the Gate of Magnificence – informed an arch-lined colonnade flanking the spiralling passage.

“The arch, being an important architectural element of the architecture of the city of Lucknow, is introduced as a skin to the inner face of the buildings,” the architects added, “but is given a make-over in a contemporary style with continuous access beneath it.”

Perforated stone jali screens traditionally used to channel cool air into the rooms of Indian buildings are incorporated into the steel frames of the double-height arches, which allow entry to the circulation space at ground-floor level.

The intricate patterns carved into the jalis are based on traditional Chikan embroidery.

The open area at the centre of the complex contains a stepped amphitheatre that incorporates planted beds. A paved ramp provides access to the upper level, which looks down towards the circular stage.

Outside of the main spiral building, a cluster of stone-walled structures with rounded turf-covered roofs provide demonstration areas where artisans can conduct workshops observed by groups seated on benches incorporated into the inner walls.

Elsewhere on the campus is an arc-shaped exhibition hall and a food court that look onto a circular lawn with a fountain at its centre. The main buildings are clad with red Agra sandstone that helps to unify their diverse forms and functions.

Photography is by Andre Fanthome.

Project credits:

Architects: Archohm
Project team:S ourabh Gupta,Suboor Ahmad, Jeevan das and Dhanbeer Rawat

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