Thai architects [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and product designers [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] have collaborated on a project where spare bits of cladding have been made into furniture.

Called Furniture from Buildings, the building features a perforated
white aluminum-composite facade, with the circular off-cuts used as
seats for stools.

The furniture also makes use of scrap wood from Bangkok construction sites.

Here’s some more information from Architectkidd:
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Furniture from Buildings
Architectkidd have been searching for simple approaches to
recirculate waste materials from building construction into other uses.

For the facade of a recent building for the lighting company
Lightmos in Bangkok, Thailand, the design objective was to create a new
exterior layer to prevent the direct transmission of heat and outside
light, while maintaining permeable qualities.

After experimenting with different materials and techniques, the
selected facade material was white aluminum composite, an inexpensive
but workable material.

Circular holes was used as a kind of an optimization technique
because it was an efficient way to create a closed shape, and it
minimized the machine cutting time for the facade panels.

To redirect the material offcuts from the building site, a
cross-disclipinary approach was needed. Architectkidd collaborated with
product designers Osisu to create a series that could integrate the
aluminum “holes” into furniture design.

Along with the aluminum offcuts, scrap wood collected from other
construction sites in Bangkok was utilized to form the support base of
the seating.

The result is not only a building, but a new series of furniture
available in a range of functions and scales – coffee tables, lounge
seating and individual benches.


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Posted by Natasha Lyons from dezee.com