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

Fabrics

Agora Liso by Tuvatextil

Brote

Trebol

Grafito

Agora Panama by Tuvatextil

Blanco

Garnet

Bora Bora by Crevin

Bora bora 99

Bora bora 08

Bora bora 05

Bora bora 54

Bora bora 50

Bora bora 59

Bora bora 53

Dolce by Crevin

Crudo 07

Gris 51

Piedra 75

Azul grisáceo 45

Naranja 24

Mandarin 29

Azul oscuro 42

Marrón 18

Marrón 09

Gris oscuro 53

Duo by Crevin

Crudo 07

Plata 80

Beige 04

Piedra 54

Gris claro 51

Naranja 24

Gris oscuro 53

Gemini by Benecke Kaliko

Blanco

Ashgrey

Oil

Antracita

Patio by Kvadrat

Patio 200

Patio 110

Patio 410

Patio 730

Patio 230

Patio150

Patio 170

Patio 780

Silvertex by Spradling®

Ice

Aluminium

Plata

Sage

Sterling

Sandstone

Lotus

Cobre

Umber

Meteor

Bottle

Jet

Carbon

Natté by Sunbrella®

Heather beige

Grey chiné

Carbon beige

Sling by Sunbrella®

Snowy

Sand

Taupe

Silver

Solids by Sunbrella®

Shingles

Blush

Carbon

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Blau Dining armchair

Are architecture and sculpture united?
“I like to take a geometric approach to my work, and sculpture offers the liberty to investigate, to progress. Many years may go by until you can use all this work in architecture, because of its intrinsic, ordinary and pragmatic nature.”
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

 

BLAU is a collection of outdoor furniture designed as small-scale architectural projects.

 

The dining armchair complements all the pieces in the collection. It has a structure made of powder coated aluminium profiles and powder coated aluminium micro-perforated sheet in a choice of colours. It is an elegant, functional outdoor chair, whose design uses the language of architecture on an essential, everyday level.

 

The BLAU dining armchair is an original 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)

56x56x83 cm

22x22x33 inch

Materials

Powder-coated aluminium

Micro-perforated sheet

Polyurethane foam rubber covered with water-repellent fabric

Outdoor fabric cover

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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Fran Silvestre

Architect & Designer

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