Archinect - News2024-12-24T13:42:29-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150195162/architecture-students-from-the-royal-danish-academy-create-a-guide-book-of-diy-chairs
Architecture students from the Royal Danish Academy create a "Guide Book Of DIY Chairs" A-A Collective2020-04-27T21:38:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/9931a58a55072bedeff1bad1d3f16e31.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>“We decided to treat the situation as an opportunity to reflect, unite and create together with a group of young talented architecture students, who were all crawling the walls due to lock-down and home isolation.” A-A Collective</p></em><br /><br /><p>At a time where the world is closing down and consumerism is on hold, A-A Collective completes a digital based workshop for 80 architecture students at the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/392/the-royal-danish-academy-of-fine-arts" target="_blank">Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts</a>, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation - Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ff/ffbe73796457c8d9c8d53dc85b959356.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ff/ffbe73796457c8d9c8d53dc85b959356.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Chair by Helene Engehagen</figcaption></figure><p>Students and teachers in home isolation around Europe, from a total of 5 different countries, completed the virtual workshop in one week. Students could only build with household work tools and materials available from their local builders merchant.
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<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ec/ec6170beba20af9bf531fd0a78ca43b5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ec/ec6170beba20af9bf531fd0a78ca43b5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Chair by Elen Finstad</figcaption></figure><p>Due to current restrictions the workshop draws inspiration from the principles of Enzo Mari’s classical <em>Autoprogettazione</em> collection. The students were challenged not only to design a chair, but also to do a manual of their design, allowing other people to “copy” it.</p>
<p>The guidebook, containing a total of 63 different chair designs, can be downloaded for free <a href="https://www.a-a-collective.com/writing" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>