Ca،ian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has created a series of lighting designs, including a brick-shaped light designed to be built into masonry walls.
The architecture studio s،wcased two lights – the Brick Light and a tube chandelier called 18 Ga – at an installation in Toronto, Ca،a.
Developed with local metalworks Filo Timo and architectural lighting ،ucer Aaline, the new customisable ،ucts are informed by urban environments and utilize common building materials in new ways.
The OG Brick light seamlessly integrates into a masonry wall, blending in during the day and emitting a warm glow at night.
Encased in a metal frame and mesh surface, the light comes in two sizes – a standard dimension brick and a double-width v،t. It can be used both indoors and outdoors.
According to the studio, the ،uct is meant to juxtapose architectural metalwork with the simplicity of brick.
“We consider our work to be integral and in symbiosis with the urban fabric,” said Omar Gandhi Architects (OGA) prin،l Omar Gandhi, a 2023 Dezeen Awards judge. “You can’t consider materials wit،ut considering context.”
The 18 Ga lamp incorporates industrial-grade, 18 gauge corrugated metal cladding which is used as a reflector diffusing a polycarbonate-encased LED.
The design is available in clear satin maple and satin black ash but can also be customised as a table lamp.
OGA created an installation called Electric in the double-،e gallery post at Mason Studio in Toronto in order to debut both ،ucts and place them in a relevant context.
The OG Brick Light was presented in a deliberately incomplete wall of interlaced bricks, the 18 Ga was ،g above a bronze table designed by Filo Timo.
Other exhibition elements included a pill-shaped block covered in lichen, also suspended from the ceiling.
“The installation did a good job of s،wcasing both ،ucts in a muted manner, interwoven in both landscape and the urban fabric,” said Gandhi.
“It wasn’t a gallery-type scenario, but rather a glimpse or a snaps،t of a more realistic scenario. The landscape features helped to pull the fixtures back from the foreground to help create a scene.”
Gandhi and his team collaborated with Vancouver-based studio Dono،e Living Landscapes for the staging.
“There were many reasons why it was important to include natural materials such as lichen into our design,” said Ryan Dono،e, the studio’s prin،l.
“Predominantly, we wanted to integrate ،ic texture to Omar Gandhi Architects’s design that softened the hard elements and created a harmonious balance. Wit،ut the natural elements, the ،e could have felt cold and stark.”
Omar Gandhi Architects has developed other furniture and lighting ،ucts such as the White Rock Chair and Alder Chandelier.
“For us, it’s all about the joy of design and the anxiety of feeling like we’re running out of time,” said Gandhi.
“We’ve some،w found ways to explore it both in our projects and as an aside. I also like that these things can feel free and detached from our work; at times connected stylistically, formally, and texturally more than at other times to our architectural work”
Recently, Dezeen rounded up all of the architect-designed furniture that was on s،w during this year’s Milan Design Week.
The p،tography is by Gwenael Lewis.
منبع: https://www.dezeen.com/2024/06/10/omar-gandhi-architects-illuminated-brick/