Dezeen Showroom: Foster + Partners Industrial Design aimed to create relaxed outdoor areas with Gather, its ultra-thin concrete seating solution for Spanish street furniture brand Escofet.
Gather outdoor seating is a modular system made from Escofet's own ultra-high-performance concrete, called Slimconcrete, which is finished by hand.
Using Slimconcrete enabled Foster + Partners Industrial Design to achieve a refined and slender profile with the furniture, which tapers to a 40-millimetre thickness at the edge of its backrest and cantilevered seat.
The Gather system includes linear, concave, convex and end modules, which can be combined to create configurations ranging from enclosed pocket spaces to long lines of curving or straight seating.
Along with another new Foster + Partners Industrial Design collection, titled Tiers, Gather was developed in tandem with the architecture practice's landscape and urban design teams, intended to encourage the active use of public space.
"With their understated elegance and refined profiles, Tiers and Gather provide an array of creative options for architects, urban planners and landscape designers," said Foster + Partners head of industrial design Mike Holland.
The images are by HISM.
Product details:
Product: Gather
Designer: Foster + Partners Industrial Design
Brand: Escofet
Contact: info@escofet.com
Material: Slimconcrete
Colours/finishes: grey, black, white, beige
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