Office dA with Daniel Gallagher The Laszlo Files
T he design of the Laszlo Files are based on new possibilities afforded by the use of computer numerically controlled (CNC) technology. There are two cabinetry types.They are both conceived as mono- lithic objects --like butcher blocks -- that are carved out of massive pieces of stacked plywood. Accordingly, traditional distinctions between functional and symbolic elements – tops, fronts, hardware, structure, surface -- are eliminated in lieu of a smoothed and singular strategy; all aspects of the design are accounted for through the act of routing into the depth of the wood. Both pieces of cabinetry are designed to accommodate both repetition as well as variation, an option easily afforded through digital modeling processes. So too, each piece capitalizes on three-axis milling techniques to produce artificial and invented graining as a result of the striations latent within laminated plywood constructions. Th e first cabinet is composed of a stacked laminate counter top whose lines run parallel to the cabinetry front. Consistent with the top, the cabinetry front laminates appear as extensions of the end-grain.The front is routed out in a fashion to create a smooth transition from the counter top extending the end-grain down the cabinetry front -- turning the corner, as it were. The routed front is subjected to various undulations that perform in a variety of ways.Their depth is maximized in the center so that two pulls are created for the opening of the drawers fronts.They are recessed and compressed at the edges to create a reveal when two cabinetry fronts are put side by side.The profile of the bottom is also left to undulate as if draped like a piece of fabric, countering the static and monolithic image of the stacked wood piece. The second cabinetry type is composed of stacked plywood that run perpendicular to the cabinetry fronts.The end-grain turns the corner and descends the fronts in a continuous fashion so as to enhance the monolithic nature of the piece. Similar to the other cabinet type, the front acquires undulations that enable the design of cabinetry pulls at the seam between the top and bottom drawers.The undulations are flattened at the edges to enable flush connections between two adjoining cabinet fronts.The resulting appearance acquires a paradoxical reading as the solid nature of the wood block confronts the taut and fluid nature of the fabric-like surface.
The Laszlo Line: Filing storage units Office dA with Daniel Gallagher Project Design
Monica Ponce de Leon, Nader Tehrani, R. Shane Williamson
Project Team Fabrication
Jeffrey Asanza, Richard Lee
R. Shane Williamson
Fichiers Laszlo L a conception des fichiers Laszlo est axée sur les possibil- ités qui s’offrent à nous par le biais de la technologie de la commande numérique par ordinateur (CNC). Il existe deux types de meubles. Tous les deux sont conçus en tant qu’objets monolithiques, comme
à une stratégie plus lisse et singu- lière; tous les aspects de la con- ception sont désignés par le biais du toupillage dans les profondeurs du bois. Les pièces de meubles sont conçues pour s’adapter tant à la répétition qu’à la variation, une option qui est facilitée par les processus de modelage numérisé.
De même, chaque pièce vient exploiter trois techniques de frais- age à trois axes pour produire un grainage artificiel et inventé qui résulte des striures latentes se trouvant dans les constructions de contreplaqué laminé.
des blocs de boucher, qui sont sculptés à même de pièces mas- sives de contreplaqué empilé. En conséquence, les distinctions tra- ditionnelles entre les éléments fonctionnels et symboliques, soit les dessus, les devants, les ferru- res, la structure et la surface, sont éliminées pour laisser place
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