Vitra Alejandro Aravena Chairless Seating
About the Designer Alejandro Aravena Chile Alejandro Aravena (1967), architect from Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), established Alejandro Aravena Architects in 1994. He was a visiting Professor at Harvard GSD (2000-05) and is currently ...the Elemental-Copec Professor at UC. He is a member of the Pritzker Prize Jury and has been named an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Professional work includes educational facilities, institutional, corporate and public buildings, museums, houses and housing. Awards include the 2006 Erich Schelling Architecture Medal (Germany), the Silver Lion at the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale, the 2009 Avonni Innovation Award, and the 2010 Marcus Prize for Architecture, among other prizes. His Books include Los Hechos de la Arquitectura, El Lugar de la Arquitectura and Material de Arquitectura, as well as a monograph on Elemental published by Actar that will be published in 2010. Publications on his work include the monograph Alejandro Aravena, progettare e costruire published by Electa; Kenneth Frampton's fourth edition of Modern Architecture; a Critical History; Thames and Hudson's 60 Innovators Shaping Our Creative Future; and books by Phaidon and Taschen. Magazines include GA (Japan); Icon, Monocle and Architectural Review (UK); Casabella, Lotus, Abitare, The Plan and Domus (Italy); Arquitectura Viva and Verb (Spain); Detail and Arch+ (Germany); Mark and Volume (Netherlands); Architectural Record, Dwell, Praxis and Perspecta (United States); and others in more than thirty other countries. Exhibitions on his work have been held at Harvard GSD (2004), Sao Paulo Biennale (2007), Venice Architecture Biennale and Milan Triennale (2008), among other places. Since 2006 he has been Executive Director of ELEMENTAL S.A. a for profit company with social interests that works on projects of infrastructure, transportation, public space and housing, and is partnered by the Universidad Católica de Chile and COPEC (Chilean Oil Company). Charles is a seating device for the modern nomad. It is thus a solution par excellence for times when chairs are in short supply: lunch in the park, while waiting in a crowded airport, a picnic on the lawn, sitting down at a concert, reading on the beach and on countless other occasions. Charles is so light and compact that you can carry it with you wherever you go. Features: Sturdy strap of fabric allows its user to sit down in a relaxed manner - but with neither seat nor backrest Relieves the spine and legs, so that hugging your knees or using a support is no longer necessary Your hands are free to operate your laptop, for reading or eating Light and compact, you can carry with you anywhere read more
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