yung ho chang of atelier FCJZ: steel grille seating

the simple intervention looks to harness the potential of our current street infrastructure as a platform in which to give our mobiles and other portable devices a quick recharge.

the selection of altered benches invite the seaside passersby to enter into a once-average interaction which questions the nature of utilitarian public objects with playful reinterpretations. 

each equipped with a coin-operated lock, the chairs provide an efficient solution to the needs for flexible public seating, nesting together when not in use.

(UN)forbidden city is alessi's first exploration into chinese design: eight trays and containers conceived by eight of the most interesting components of contemporary chinese architecture.

on a recent trip to beijing, designboom visited the architectural office of yung ho chang which includes a garden to store materials and build full scale mockups of buildings with experimental construction methods.

this residence's structure is comprised solely of fiber reinforced polymer members, a material which is stronger than steel, while reintroducing methods of construction found in china's traditional architecture.