SLO GEN communal table, an interesting piece of design is always bound to create a center point for the room it occupies. The SLO Gen communal table does exactly this for the Gensler’s Los Angeles office lobby. It is a collaboration between Gensler and the Department of Architecture at the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (California).
© Gensler Los Angeles
Due to its thermoforming properties, Hi MACS was the material chosen to create a smooth, fluid, seamless surface, which was what the architects and engineers aimed towards from the first meeting.
© Gensler Los Angeles
In 2011, professors Jim Doerfler and Mark Cabrinha, co-directors of Cal Poly’s Digital Fabrication Lab, began a collaboration with Gensler L.A. design director Shawn Gehle in order to create a fully virtualized studio. They started a 10-week seminar, focusing on form-finding and digital fabrication tools, with the final result of creating a furniture piece. The result is a semi waffle structure, semi smooth surface, that beautifully combines digital and physical fabrication techniques – a collective effort with a unitary result.
Project info:
Architects: Gensler
Country: USA, California
Year: 2011
Photographs: Gensler
