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Have you ever gotten excited about a fenestration pattern? If you’re unfamiliar with the word, fenestration is really just a fancy way to say window*. But when you find yourself talking about the fenestration pattern, you’re inadvertently talking about more.
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Herzog de Meuron - Dominus Winery, Yountville CA 1998. Three tiers of gabions hold rocks in varying sizes, creating a somewhat abstract classical hierarchy of scale while providing a thermal skin that combats the region’s extreme temperatures. Photos (C) Margherita Spiluttini.
Police Center Operative Headquarters, 1979-1983
Belgrade, Serbia
Architect: Spasoje Krunic
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Bruno Fioretti Marquez Architekten - Schweinfur Library, Sinsheim 2007. Via, photos (C) Annette Kisling.
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Thalie Stainless Steel Bowl (2012) by Julie Richoz
Edited by Artecnica
Material: spring steel, small wire
Exhibition: Design Parade 7, 2012
Context: ECAL, 2012
The collection Thalie is based on a dialogue between an industrial process and an artisanal finalization. It is composed of a plate, a fruit bowl and a bread basket.
Inspired by handcrafts like crochet or knitting, I approximated the characteristic of the metal sheet close to a textile quality. The chemical etching allowed to cut a sheet of spring steel in a very precise and fine manner in order to produce my patterns. These two dimensional elements are afterwards manually transformed into volumes with the help of a metal wire. Thus irregular and sensual forms result from a first very mechanic drawing.