Through the structures of the R24 low coffee table + low stool, Paula Valentini investigates textile architecture on a small scale for GANDIABLASCO's outdoor collection.

Argentinian architect Paula Valentini reaches for her training and experiences in art and urban planning when designing. Nowhere is it more apparent than in the sculptural R24, a two-piece collection created for GANDIABLASCO. Through the structures of a low coffee table and a low stool, Valentini investigates textile architecture on a small scale. ?The image of the weightlessness of bodies held in space and the intention to explore structural fabrics became the guiding light of the project. Through R24 I evoke sensations and images like the evanescence of a bailiff?s wing. It is a useful object and it is also a work in space,? she explains.
Now part of GANDIABLASCO’s outdoor furniture catalogue, R24 was created in exchange with the Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires and its collection of abstracción geométrica. The challenge was creating furniture pieces that are as light as they are resistant. The innovation lies in its ethereal support, which Valentini achieved by dematerializing edges and substructures and avoiding bracing rings for the appearance of continuity. The results create degrees of opacity, and in the case of the stools, mimic a kaleidoscopic and sculpture when stacked. Added Valentini, ?The pieces of the R24 series stand out for their open and slender weave and are s...