In 2001, Antonio Citterio conceived the Groundpiece couch for Flexform as a platform for dwelling. Its beneficiant proportions, conceived for lounging in addition to consuming, working and entertaining, was a radical departure from the extra inflexible seating choices that had been common on the time.
Its design carefully adopted Citterio’s statement of the altering habits inside the house. For the primary time, the couch was imagined to be within the centre of a room, and its inhabitants’ lives. Its proportions, low and deep, make it an excellent snug and casual seating area, whereas the modular parts of its design enable for a mess of compositions. In addition to the seating part, Citterio additionally conceived a sequence of equipment that increase the couch’s performance, with storage cabinets and armrest tops that double as espresso tables.
To mark its twenty fifth anniversary, we take a world tour to discover Groundpiece within the wild: via 25 tasks, we take a look at how this floor breaking design can each remodel an area and itself via innumerable compositions.
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The versatile nature of Groundpiece turns into evident all through this portfolio of 25 interiors. Metropolis abodes, countryside villas, mountain chalets, seaside houses and accommodations (in addition to a yacht) present how the modularity and beneficiant proportions of the couch can adapt to just about any area and change into each a centrepiece and an object for dwelling.
From St Moritz to Hawaii, Groundpiece anchors radically completely different interiors with the identical significance, turning into the centrepiece of a room and expressing its modularity whereas, on the identical time, exuding a way of consolation virtually match for day by day life.
All through these 25 interiors, the couch usually turns into a viewing station, positioned in entrance of expansive glass home windows wanting over lakes, skylines, snowy forests and seas, and it is easy to think about it as a quiet resting spot for taking within the views.
‘Groundpiece helped remodel the couch from taking part in a comparatively minor position within the repertoire of latest furnishings to a dominant one,’ wrote Deyan Sudjic on the event of the couch’s twentieth anniversary. Seeing it in motion, it’s evident that it is extremely a lot the principle character of many tales.
Groundpiece at 25: one couch, 25 interiors the world over
Dwelling in Belgium by Really feel at house
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Residence in NY by Nebihe Cihan Studio
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Cixi residential complicated by by Greentown Tinglan Mingui within the Ningbo prefecture
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Jaspers-Eyers Architects’ redevelopment venture for the historic Jacqmotte constructing in Brussels
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Chesa Murezzan, St Moritz, a renovation venture by Foster + Companions of an early twentieth century resort complicated
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Redhill Barn, a personal house in Devon, UK, by TYPE structure studio
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A personal villa in Ascona, Switzerland, by Küchel Architects
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Barachois Home, a household house in Flanders by AABE – Atelier d’Structure Bruno Erpicum & Companions
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Waverley Residence, Palo Alto, California, by EYRC Architects
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Dwelling in Kua Bay, Hawaii, by Walker Warner Architects
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A house within the Sierra Nevada mountains by Faulkner Architects
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Gilbert Whistler residence, Canada, by Evoke Worldwide Design
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Da Mata Home, Brasilia, by Valéria Gontijo + Arquitetos
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Miami penthouse by Andrea Chicharo Arquitetura
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Personal residence in Maastricht by Nicemakers
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Madrid Penthouse by Cano y Escario / Iconno
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Dwelling in Mallorca, Spain, by Terraza Balear
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A Japandi-inspired villa overlooking San Francisco Bay by Swatt Miers with interiors by Momo Wong Design
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A house in Little Osaka, Los Angeles, by Dan Brunn Structure
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El Molí de l’Estany, a villa in Llangostera, Spain, by RCR Arquitectes, winners of the 2017 Pritzker Prize
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Sanlorenzo Yacht SD126 Takara version
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Bulgari Resorts & Resorts Tokyo, by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel
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Le Germain Mercer resort Toronto
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Barr, 5 Terres Hôtel & Spa, by Latitudes et Meridien
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Paris, Hôtel La Réserve
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