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Bench Between Pillars by Ryuji Nakamura Architects
Japanese firm Ryuji Nakamura Architects installed these vinyl hammocks in a department store in Tokyo.
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The hammocks are suspended from the structural ceiling of an empty space.
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Here's some more from the architects:
Concept
This chair has shape that the ceiling has hung down, and exists like the middle of furniture and construction.
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Please sit decisively though it might not be seen the one to sit seemingly.
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I think that this chair begins to appear sitting, stands by the space, appears, and invents various experiences and scenes.
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Data
Title : Bench Between Pillars
Function : sheeting space
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Site : Ikebukuro Seibu Department Stores 7F, 1-28-1, Minamiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 171-8569, Japan
Area : 10.53m2
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Material : vinyl sheet t2.0mm(Tajima permaleum plane4060)
Completion : 24th June 2010
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Client: Sogo & Seibu.,Ltd.
Total direction: Sogo & Seibu.,Ltd. Construction Management Room
Director: Masaaki Hiromura
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Design : Ryuji Nakamura Architects, charge/Ryuji Nakamura, Makiko Wakaki
Photo : Ryuji Nakamura Architects
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