Hector Esrawe's design studio has developed furniture for an experimental housing project in Hidalgo, Mexico, but the designs will later be used to furnish social housing all over the country.
The two furniture ranges will be used in 32 prototype low-cost homes
Esrawe Studio has designed two sets of furniture for the Infonavit Housing Research and Practical Experimentation Laboratory ? a project where 32 leading architects, including Tatiana Bilbao, Fernanda Canales and DCCP, have built prototype low-cost homes.
The long-term aim is for the designs to be rolled out nationwide, to improve living conditions for Mexico's low-income workers.
Collection One combines chunky wood frames and natural textiles
"The lab has been tasked with testing, evaluating, and validating these prototype houses in order to improve quality of life for people living in them and promote best practices with their developers, demonstrating by example that it is indeed possible to build quality housing at similar costs to what we have nowadays," said Esrawe Studio. The collection is debuting in three houses, including one by Dellekamp Arquitectos
The two collections will be used to furnish all 32 homes, which have been built on a plot in the city of Apan.
Esrawe's team developed simple, versatile designs using wood and tubular metal. The designs are cheap to make and easy to assemble, so could be manufactured in any standard workshop.
Collection One also features in a house by Taller Mauricio...