#Omer arbel house series#

The house makes use of a technique of pouring concrete into fabric formwork. More innovation here: The cedar that was used to form the concrete walls of the house was dismantled and re-used as long cedar shingles for the roof. 75.9 is a house constructed on a hay farm in the Canadian Pacific Northwest. The project makes use of a technique of pouring concrete into fabric formwork. the lighting object is composed of globes of blown glass whereby air is pushed in and out of the shapes. 75.9 is a house constructed on a hay farm in the Canadian Pacific Northwest.

#Omer arbel house series#

The Bocci pendant lights are now available in colour – even the video about their making is a small work of art. the ’38’ series is a new chandelier concept by omer arbel of canadian design firm bocci. The gallery opened with a show of Omer Arbels work. Which, naturally, inspires many, many soundtracks, such as… Bon Iver through the morning Skrillex dub step at night. OMER ARBEL Based in Vancouver, Omer Arbel cultivates a fluid position between the fields of architecture, sculpture, invention and design. This is a family home but it also clearly doubles as a fantastic party lounge. Omer Arbel Office is the creative hub of a constellation of companies structured to realize ideas of varying scale and across a wide spectrum of contexts and environments. Then to the outside: an angled wall of glass to allow for an immersive experience of the rural surroundings.įor those accustomed to sleek, minimal lines and contemporary near nothingness, you’ll need to readjust your eyes. A triangulated structure of irregular timber lengths allowed the client and Arbel to retain the wood lengths exactly as they were found in demolished Vancouver warehouses. Walnut wooden shelving and tables are hefty enough to anchor the space underneath the heritage lumber roof. Check the “hockey-stick” white columns.Ī chandelier of blown-glass pendants (the 28.3 series created by Arbel for the Canadian design house, Bocci) illuminates the space, giving it an extra dose of whimsy. Here’s Canadian residential design that rocks innovation and flaunts an avaricious appetite for the outdoors. He is known for his work in materials research, ambient lighting design, house design. The company launched with one lighting design, ’14’, which became an instant classic and remains a design staple and bestseller. The hay field is treated as if it were a carpet, draped over the volumes of the residence in a series of berms, allowing the entire building roof to be traversed from the exterior and contributing to the archeological reading.The 23.2 House by Vancouver designer Omer Arbel sits between a couple stands of old growth forest while opening far and wide to a hayfield in White Rock, B.C. Omer Arbel is a designer and sculptor based in Vancouver and Berlin. Founded in 2005 under the creative directorship of Omer Arbel, Bocci is committed to fostering a lateral and open-ended relationship between creative direction and craft.

This compressed zone offers a material contrast to the concrete vaulted spaces and operates as a circulation conduit.

The trumpet shape of each column is hollow, allowing planting of mature trees on the inhabited roofscape.Ī low-ceilinged zone, rendered in wood, wraps the perimeter of the concrete column elements, offering relief from monumentality and emphasizing the horizontal expanse of the hay field beyond. Omer Arbel: As Long as I Can See the Light IndesignLive.sg Bocci’s Creative Director, Omer Arbel, talks to IIiyas Ong about materials, his unique methodology, and shares why his bad eyesight allows for good design. Differing height and position for each column creates a cinematographic narrative of domestic habitation. The technique acknowledges the material’s plastic nature and prescribes its own unique geometry.The fabric formed concrete elements are treated as if they were found archeological ruins in the hay field landscape, with the house considered a contemporary construction built around and among them. detail of installation at Surrey Art Gallery showing 75.10, fabric-cast concrete and 8.0, 2018-19, polymer-fibre filled concrete chair, 26 x 34 x 28 (courtesy of Omer Arbel Office, photo by Site Photography) But even as he was starting out, Arbel followed a path that surpassed design alone. Micro perforations in the weave of the fabric release air from the surface of the concrete as it cures, making it easy to remove and creating a richly textured woven finish. The intention is for the concrete to continuously cure throughout the duration of the pour, thus reducing hydro-static pressure at the stem and avoiding horizontal cold joints. A deliberately slow, continuous pour and special concrete mix are employed to fabricate each element, in some cases approaching 10 meters tall. The project makes use of a technique of pouring concrete into fabric formwork deployed within plywood rib structures, yielding walls and columnar roof forms. 75.9 is a house constructed on a hay farm in the Canadian Pacific Northwest.