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Architonic ID: 20085959
SKU: KK-G01
Year of Launch: 2010
W442×D513×H829×SH457
Concept
The GC chair was designed by the architect Kengo Kuma for the project from his lab. The spatial structure and basic design of this lab’s architecture are based on chidori-goshi, a Japanese traditional wooden grid structure. Chidori-goshi is a very complicated traditional jointing and is a continuation of joints that combine rectangular timber materials at the intersection of three directions using a technique of wood jointing. The lab’s space is sterically surrounded with grids.
This simple chair is completed by woodworking with the seat made with wood and the backrest created only with one crest rail. Although the composition is extremely simple, we were required to give it a function of stacking.
Simple composition is difficult. A simple design is difficult.
GC chairs standing in the chidori-goshi space fit very well into the space due to the good harmony of their wood texture. They also look beautiful when stacked.
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Kengo Kuma
Japan
1993 Second Prize, Niigata City Performing Arts Center Competition / Niigata, Niigata, Japan Second Prize, Abashiri Urban Planning Competition / Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan 1996 Third Prize, Proposal for the Nagaoka Culture Forum Design Competition / Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan 2002 First Prize, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Exhibition Center Competition / Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan First Prize, Mori Building Corporation Odaiba Museum Competition / Minato, Tokyo, Japan 2007 First Prize, Besancon City of Arts and Culture Architecture Competition / Besancon, France First Prize, Architectural Competition for the Complex of Government Buildings related to the area of the “Eiffel Hall”－Western Railway Station of Budapest / Budapest, Hungary First Prize, Contemporary Art Center (FRAC) / Marseille, France 2008 First Prize, Granada Performing Arts Center Competition / Granada, Spain First Prize, International Invited Competition for iconic park and mixed development in Iskandar Malaysia / Johor-Bahru, Malaysia First Prize, Commercial and environmental design proposal for the Central Post Office Competition / Tokyo, Japan First Price, Granada Performing Arts Center / Granada, Spain First Prize, Asakusa Culture and Tourist Center Competition / Tokyo, Japan