los angeles CALIFORNIA

Synthesis Design + Architecture - www.synthesis-dna.com
Team: Alvin Huang (Principal), David O. Wolthers, Thomas T. Jensen, Jurgen Strohmeyer.

sP: Describe your project.

Synthesis Design + Architecture: This home office for a private personal investment advisor responds to the clients brief of a discrete yet sculptural design solution for a home office by conceptually draping a dynamic surface over an orthogonal arrangement of the required home office elements including a work desk, storage units, printer, paper shredder, etc.

The fluid geometric form is articulated as a series of alternating CNC milled birch plywood ribs which are pre-fabricated into modular units which are hung on a series of z clips bolted to the interior wall. Horizontal spacers are arranged in a pixelized graphic pattern representing the world map, where the owner (a seasoned world traveller) can map out his travels.

sP: What or who influenced this project?
Synthesis Design + Architecture: Alexandre Forte aka VHILS.

sP: What were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project?
Synthesis Design + Architecture: BlackStar, The Black Keys, J Dilla, KCRW.

sP: Whose work is currently on your radar?
Synthesis Design + Architecture: TheVeryMany, Volkan Alkanoglu Design, LASSA, IK Studio, FreelandBuck, WROAD, Platform for Architecture + Research.

Additional credits and links:
Fabrication and installation: Cutting Edge
Photography: Peter Guenzel