U-Bench

Benches from Escofet 1886, Designed by Albert Viaplana, Helío Pinón

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Product description

U-Bench and U-Seat, manufactured in reinforced cast stone, and a characteristic dynamic shape and a surprising profile. The slender, curved backrest, ergonomically designed to be wrapped around by the user’s arms, contrasts with the thick base that provides stability and allows the user´s feet and bags to alight in perfect comfort. Both the seat and the bench are self-stabilising and the convening placed directly on the lawn or on any natural ground without prior installation work. The straight section of the benches allows them to be aligned to form long terraces, while the seats can act as a counterpoint, either individually or in groups. The neutral grey colour further highlights the profile of the use items, which emerged conjugate weight and levity, like a bird that has just alighted on the ground. Architects Albert Viaplana and Helio Piñón designed this urban furniture in conjunction with Escofet. It is part of the A-E-I-O-U VOCABULARY Collection. A-E-I-O-U VOCABULARY Collection Starting with the vowel A, which symbolises the users who enjoy these items, architects Helio Piñón and Albert Viaplana have articulated the VOCABULARY collection, composed of TEST-E, LLUM-I, GAT-O and BANC-U. The hint embedded in the compound names implicitly contains the idea of creating a new vocabulary of components for the modern city. The authors explain that they are an expression of the individual response by each one to the same issue: the confrontation between the neutral gravity of fluid concrete and the potential tension when adapting to different purposes. Through its section,BANC-U expresses the way it contrasts the gravity of the base against the levity of the bench; the LLUM-I sits on the ground and grows with the flow of the artificial light until it definitively falls to the ground; GAT-O is perhaps the best expression of the struggle between these two opposite forces: a mass of stone emerges from the ground, curving like a cat’s back in a defensive posture; and TEST-E narrows on the plan until it loses the sense of a dimension, marking the space like a small boat full of plants or flowers.

Reinforced cast Stone / Standard color chart / Finished etched and waterproofed. / Free-standing / 140x150x85cm: 815 Kg.