Konstfack outdoor café with the furniture concept FRAME.
Bachelorwork (2009) Collaboration with Marcus Abrahamsson.
Text from spring exibition catalouge:
How can Konstfack communicate its inner soul in its external space?
On the basis of our new professional role as interior architects and furniture designers, in our degree project we have taken on Konstfacks outdoor café. The project has been an opportunity to work on this location as a whole and to design a series of site specific items of outdoor furniture.
The current concrete floor, which is part of the main entrance to Konstfack, has been converted from a windy no mans land to a well kept and pleasant outdoor café. Through clear choices of materials and generous design we have made it into a place for relaxation and spending time together in the sun. No pretentions, just a nice lunch in pleasant company.
With the aim of creating an interdisciplinary space, we have created a framework that lets the space react to influences and allows it to change over time. In the future when the wood content of this framework is worn out it is up to the current students to decide the content. By this we hope that the space will develop into a collage of materials. We are leaving something behind us that not only represents us and Konstfack at present but can also represent Konstfack in the future…
The galvanized FRAMES filled with untreated Swedish pine.
The perforation separates the heavy duty FRAMES from the concrete floor through the use of light and reflections.
The FRAME bench filled with Multicolored Swedish pine.
The FRAME parasolls allows the students to easily change the fabric.
The Outdoor Cafe at Konstfack was recently awarded with I.D:s Design Destinction Award at I.D Annual Design Review 2010.
“It shows that with a very simple set of materials—and without changing them much—you can create this playful, optimistic situation.” –Judge Manuel Miranda
Designer: FAGERSTRÖM & ABRAHAMSSON, Kristoffer Fagerström & Marcus Abrahamsson
Thanks to: Felix, Jimmy, our photographer LillyMay, and our sponsors: Södra Timber, Tibnor SALS and Ferex
