Materials

Powder-coated aluminium

9016 White

7038 Agate grey

1019 Sand

Gold

7006 Bronze

3005 Wine red

7031 Blue grey

5008 Grey blue

Night blue

7033 Cement grey

6007 Bottle green

7043 Anthracite

7039 Quartz grey

9011 Black

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Blau High stool with high backrest

What did you think of the idea of designing a collection of outdoor furniture for GANDIABLASCO?
“A positive experience, we believe it was very similar to creating an architectural project, only working on another scale.”
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

 

The BLAU high stool with high backrest is characterized by its architectural and essential lines. The structure of the seat and the backrest act as a lattice through which sunlight passes, a feature typical of the Mediterranean lifestyle, thanks to its good climate. It is an outdoor stool made with aluminium profiles welded by manual processes and micro-perforated sheet metal available in different powder-coated colours: agate grey, bronze, sand, grey-blue, anthracite, and white, among others.

 

The BLAU high stool with high backrest is a unique design by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos for GANDIABLASCO.


Awards

NYCxDESIGN in the Outdoor category

2016

XIII Spanish Architecture and Urban Planning Biennale

2016

Gallery

Sizes (HxhxL)

39x41x89 cm

15x16x35 inch

Materials

Powder-coated aluminium

Micro-perforated sheet

About Fran Silvestre

Fran Silvestre graduated as an architect specializing in building (First Class Honours) at the ETSA in Valencia. He also holds a First Class Honours degree, specialised in Urban Planning, from the TU/e (Eindhoven Technical University) in Holland, as well as a PhD from the Polytechnic University of Valencia as part of the programme “Proyectar desde el territorio una mirada moderna 2012-2016”(Projecting from the territory: a modern look 2012-2016. He is professor in the Architectural Plans Department at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and was deputy director of the School of Architecture between 2010-2012. He is currently director of Degree Final Projects at the European University of Valencia and director of the MArch postgraduate Architecture Expert course at the European University of Valencia.

His studio has the continuous assistance and support of other studios, such as Alfaro Hofmann in Interior Design and David Gallardo Llopis in Design and Structural Analysis.
Fran Silvestre has worked with Alvaro Siza Vieira, the Portuguese architect, winner of the Pritzker award and Doctor Honoris Causa at various universities.

He won the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2013, the Buil dArchitecture Award 2015, the WIN Architecture Award and other first prizes in the peninsular contest to remodel the crypt of the Colonia Güell_Antoni Gaudí -Barcelona, the Fundacion Caja de Architectos Barcelona National Competition, a competition for the remodeling of the Prado Recoletos axis in Madrid (working with Alvaro Siza Vieira), the Granada Collegiate of Architects - Zaida Building, exhibited at MOMA-On Site - New York (working with Alvaro Siza Vieira), the Edgar Neville National Auditorium and Contemporary Art Gallery Competition in Valencia, and the restricted competition for the mall, public garden and apartment building in Bétera - Valencia.

He won the MHK first prize for his work "Casa del Atrio" (Atrium House) in Berlin, and his work “Casa en la Ladera del castillo” (House overlooked by Castle) was selected by the Fundación Caja de Arquitectos to feature in the catalogue that brought together the best works of Spanish architecture from 2008 to 2009.

He has taken part in numerous seminars and conferences in European and US universities and institutions to talk about his work. His studio projects have been exhibited at various contemporary art museums and galleries and have been published in international architecture and design journals, such as Architectural Record, Wallpaper, TC Cuadernos, Pencil, GG, GA Houses, On-Site , AV, Igloo, Interni, Architecture and Design, amongst others.

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