R1 Silicon Foam Chair by Aranda\Lasch

About This Piece

Contemporary Design

Aranda\Lasch is a New York and Tucson-based architectural studio dedicated to experimental research and innovative building. Established in 2003 by Benjamin Aranda and Chris Lasch, the studio designs buildings, installations and objects through a deep investigation of materials and structure. Their early architectural projects are the subject of the book, Pamphlet Architecture #27: Tooling. Aranda\Lasch has exhibited their work internationally in galleries and institutions dealing with design and architecture. In 2008, they were commissioned by the MoMA in New York to produce a large-scale installation in the museum. They collaborated with Matthew Ritchie on The Morning Line on a work commissioned by TBA-21 that has travelled to Venice, Seville, Istanbul and Vienna. In addition to commercial and residential projects in New York, they completed a 42,000 square foot temporary structure for Design Miami in 2008 & 2009. Aranda\Lasch were featured in both recent 2008 and 2010 Venice Architecture Biennials.

“Their work—from the 2003 Brooklyn Pigeon Project to their recent Pamphlet Architecture publication Tooling—is characterized by both rigor and whimsy. Like scientists, they are committed to an exhaustive investigation of structures and systems that will enable them to discover new variations in form and surface that they can transform into architecture.” - 2007 United States Artists Fellows description of Aranda\Lasch. Recognition includes the United States Artists Award, Young Architects Award, Design Vanguard Award, AD Innovators, and the Architectural League Emerging Voices Award. Their work is part of the permanent collection of the MoMA in New York. Aranda\Lasch continually develops experimental furniture products that explore new concepts in fabrication and assembly.

Railing Series is a new collection of furniture pieces designed by Aranda\Lasch. The first three elements of the collection includes R1, R2 & R3: two chairs and a stool.

Railing is an exploration of structural modular loops that are upholstered like handle-grips to become furniture. Each piece of furniture is a single loop made up of many circles. Here, the circle does not display the qualities it is most known for, but it is what a circle can be. It is not whole or complete but is instead growing into itself. It is a circle that refuses its own dimension and finitude, that struggles to be endless.

The Railing collection continues Aranda\Lasch’s research into modularity through a novel language of arcs. Though the pieces in the collection vary in size, shape, function and complexity, each one carries the same logic of a single line that curves through a lattice of fractal circles and comes back to itself to form a continuous loop.

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Creator	Aranda\Lasch
Design Period	From 2000
Production Period	2010 to Present
Style	Contemporary
Detailed Condition	New — This is a new (unused) item of contemporary design.
Edition Number	8
SKU	LCB-664714
Artist's Proof	2
Limited Edition	Yes
Additional Information	Made to Order Made by Hand
Materials	Stainless steel, Plastic Foam
Color	Black
Width	189 inch 189 cm
Depth	89 inch 88.9 cm
Height	78 inch 78 cm
Duties Notice	Import duty is not included in the prices you see online. You may have to pay import duties upon receipt of your order.

Shipping & Delivery

Manufacturing Time	4-6 weeks
Ships from	United States
Duties Notice	Import duty is not included in the prices you see online. You may have to pay import duties upon receipt of your order.
Returns	Returns accepted within fourteen days of delivery, except for Made-to-order items

Sustainability

Carbon Neutral	For every purchase made, Pamono offsets 100% of estimated carbon emissions from global shipping.

Delivery Options

Front Door Delivery: (Included in Every Order)	A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building’s doorstep. You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand; alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below). The delivery partner will email and/or call you at least one day in advance to arrange a delivery time. A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection. Item will be left in its packaging after delivery. A signature will be required upon delivery.
In-Home Delivery: (For in-home delivery service, additional fees apply. Please get in touch)	A skilled driver or a team of two will bring your item(s) inside your home and place it in the immediate entryway. For unusually large or heavy items, we recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand, as we cannot send more than 2 drivers. The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time. A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection. Item will be left in its packaging after delivery. A signature will be required upon delivery.

Front Door Delivery:
(Included in Every Order)

A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building’s doorstep. You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand; alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below).
The delivery partner will email and/or call you at least one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

In-Home Delivery:
(For in-home delivery service, additional fees apply. Please get in touch)

A skilled driver or a team of two will bring your item(s) inside your home and place it in the immediate entryway. For unusually large or heavy items, we recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand, as we cannot send more than 2 drivers.
The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

*Important Note

Please examine every order upon delivery. In the event that there are visible signs of damage or missing or incorrect pieces, please indicate the problem on the Delivery Note and contact us within 48 hours of delivery. A signed delivery receipt without notations of missing, damaged, or incorrect item(s) represents your acceptance of the complete order in perfect condition.

About the Creator

Aranda\Lasch

Benjamin Aranda (born in Houston, Texas in 1973) and Chris Lasch (born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1972) cofounded their namesake architectural firm in New York in 2003. The studio is dedicated to experimental, interdisciplinary research and building. They design installations, objects, furniture, and buildings rooted in investigations into materials, geometry, and structures. In 2010, Lasch moved to Tucson, Arizona, and set up a second office. Aranda has led the New York location since that time.

The pair met while studying in Columbia University’s architecture program in New York, both earning Master’s degrees in 1999. Their shared interest in systems and modularity inspired their professional partnership.

Aranda\Lasch’s designs embrace simple logic and modularity in order to organize the relationships between various systems. At the same time, according to the designers, “within this process, whimsy is as important as rigor.” Standout projects include Quasi Cabinet and Quasi Table (2007); the Rules of Six installation for the exhibition Design and the Elastic Mind at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010); Reconfigurable, a public furniture installation for the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture (2013); and This Garden At This Hour, a permanent public art and furniture installation created with artist Matthew Ritchie for the US Food and Drug Administration’s Central Commons in Maryland (2014).

The studio’s work has been exhibited in numerous institutions around the globe, and it is the recipient of honors, including finalist for the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program (2005); the Prize for Young Architects from the New York Architectural League (2007); the United States Artists Target Fellows Grant in Architecture and Design (2008); winner of the Banquet Hall and Spectacle Hall International Competition in Libreville, Gabon, organized by Agence Nationale des Grands Travaux, Gabon (2013); and the Architectural Record Design Vanguard (2014).