Comments on: Cantilevered bench by StokkeAustad

By: olivier

olivier — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:36:57 +0000

beautiful
so can designer(s) do that too?
I am just so moved by the “exthetic” added values of the engineering.

By: HC Bauer

HC Bauer — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:32:56 +0000

I think this could be an interesting design for a rough environment, and has an iconic character. The concrete part should be of some size in an urban context, I think this one is OK.
Looking forward to seeing more pieces from these guys in the future!

Prof Z:
The text you posted doesn’t apply to the word “cantilevered” but to “cantilevered chair” which is a typology within chairs (also known as “Freischwinger”), that do not apply to this bench. According to Wikipedia, (and common sense) “cantilevered” means simply ” supported only on one side.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:27:33 +0000

You need to weight benches to keep them from walking away in the first place, why not enjoy working with that limitation? Delightful.

By: ste

ste — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:13:35 +0000

that would have been a big thing in 1978… sorry but a really cant see any need for this today! modularity is still an interesting concept but…

By: gray

gray — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:44:05 +0000

show someone sitting please !

By: peebee

peebee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:29:01 +0000

This is just plain lovely!

By: Prof. Z.

Prof. Z. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:12:57 +0000

cantilever: see wikimedia…
“A cantilever chair has no back legs, relying for support on the properties of the material from which it is made. This famous form was designed by Mart Stam in 1926, and remains an important example of 20th century design.
Another designer of cantilever chairs was Hungarian designer Marcel Breuer who was experimenting with steel tubing.
Alvar Aalto designed several wooden cantilever chairs, made from laminated birch.”

By: R

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:04:07 +0000

There are many aspects of this project I don’t understand at all:
1. A bench designed for timber producers that is made mostly out of concrete? 2. A sustainable bench that features a big block of unnecessary concrete? How sustainable could that be? 3. A huge block of concrete to support a bench where 2 or 3 people can sit on seems not very economical. 4. The concrete part – used as a counter weight to keep it stable – will according to the exploded view still be fastened to the ground surface; so why use the concrete at all? If fastened with four big plugs, could steel then not do the same trick?

By: Jann

Jann — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:32 +0000

Nice one! Bogaloo!

By: toodles

toodles — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:42:04 +0000

this is great! top view is heaven to my eyes. approved.

toodles