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WOHNEN • LIVING TECHNISCHER AUSBAU • TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

Alle Möbelstücke, vom Tisch bis zum Sofa-Modul ... • All pieces of furniture, from table to sofa module ...

... sind mittels handgebogener Quadratrohre gefertigt. • ... are made of hand-bent square pipes. Im Detail wird die Technologie Cutworks sichtbar. • Details reveal the Cutworks technology.

F latmates is the coliving project of Station F, the world’s largest startup campus, a space for collaboration, extroversion, and knowledge-sharing. MA 間 is space for
the spontaneous and unexpected – the collision of people and ideas.” These con-
and will host over 600 entrepreneurs in 100 shared apartments with a café, ba-
kery, bar, gym, laundry services, and outdoor public areas. It also is the First large- cepts are highlighted the most in an emblematic modular sofa. Breaking away from
scale co-living space in Paris. Each apartment is shared by four to six residents who traditional sofa designs, which are oriented in one direction to watch TV, this custom
have their own compact personal living space with a shared bathroom, kitchen, li- sofa has no distinct orientation, adapted to the ubiquity and modern use of laptops.
ving room, and outdoor balcony. Common social spaces are shared by all residents, It is a modular design and can be broken out into individual “island” seats or as-
and a spacious outdoor area on the ground floor will host events, concerts, etc. Cut- sembled together as a single sofa. These lightweight modules make the space incre-
work designed the interior of nine different apartment typologies and delivered over dibly flexible and easy to arrange for different communal usages.
5000 pieces of furniture specifically tailored to the emerging needs of shared urban
living. 15 unique furniture designs utilize Cutwork’s patented industrial technologies Digital Craft and sustainable Design
that allow metallic tubes to be bent by hand. Everything is produced using Industry
4.0 digital manufacturing processes and 3D laser tube cutting techniques. Cutwork is founded on patented industrial technologies that enable new flexibility
in design, manufacturing, and shipping. Built around advancements in laser cutting
Space Concept – Interaction between people and digital design files, Cutwork can produce custom furniture easily and cost-effec-
tively, carrying out interior concepts with full-control over the design and manufac-
“In Japanese culture, space is not only defined by the relationships between objects turing process. This signature technology was the basis for the furniture designed for
and walls, but also by the interactions and relationships between people. Rather Station F and again for Flatmates. “Using our ‘bend’ technology, we designed 15 cus-
than having a single word for ‘space,’ there are many words for space, each with its tom furniture products to help fulfill the full interior concept,” says Cutwork Cofoun-
own social intention,” says Antonin Yuji Maeno, Cutwork Cofounder, and Lead Archi- der and CEO, Kelsea Crawford. “The products are minimal, multi-functional, and
tect. “For Flatmates, we developed a community-centered design concept interpre- built tough for heavy everyday use, which is vital for coworking and coliving spaces.”
ting three Japanese words for space: WA - BA - MA 間. WA is space for deep Cutwork believes in sustainable design. All of the studio’s products are produced on-
focus, introspection, and understanding of one’s self in relation to others. BA is demand on a project-basis – no warehousing, no overproduction.

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