Ora Ito Designs Half-snake Staircase for LVMH Media Section in Paris
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Ora Ito has designed a new workplace for the media section of LVMH in Paris. The building is 4-storeys high and is adorned by a magnificent staircase that acts as the centerpiece of the venue.
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“The (staircase) creature undulates in the space, shaping and pervading”Â, commented Ora Ito, the French designer. The staircase was created as a structure of a biomorphic nature that contrasts with the pale interior.
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Ito adds, “I wanted the staircase to be the centerpiece of the building. This creature undulates in the space, shaping and pervading it. This huge half-whale and half-snake chimera, snatches you, swallows you up and spits you out at the right floor”. Â
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The wooden structure resembles a tornado which invades the peaceful ambiance of the workplace.
Courtesy of Ora Ito, photography: WeAreContents
KOZAC, the company which produced the stairway, installed a source of lighting beneath each stair to illuminate it at night.
Courtesy of Ora Ito, photography: WeAreContents
The eye is attracted to the wooden monumental centerpiece because of the minimalist finish the offices have
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