Vits? completes "intentionally unfinished" cross-laminated timber headquarters
British furniture brand Vits? has opened a new headquarters and production facility in the English town of Royal Leamington Spa, featuring a saw-toothed roof and modular construction that means it can be easily updated.
Vits? is best known as the manufacturer of furniture and storage systems by German designer Dieter Rams, including the modular 606 Universal Shelving System and the recently relaunched 620 Chair Programme, both from 1962.
In 2012 it was granted the exclusive licence to produce Rams' furniture.
The firm developed the new building as an extension of its "system-thinking" approach, which focuses on products that are flexible, modular, and can combine to form larger systems.
Vits?'s in-house team collaborated with yacht designer, Martin Francis, as well as various engineers, academics, architects and timber fabricators to realise the structure as a kit of parts that can adapt in response to the needs of its users over the coming decades.
"As a business immersed in the value of true system-thinking since 1959, we have conceived and realised a universal building system for our new home," said the company's managing director, Mark Adams.
"Intentionally the building will be unfinished ? and it is unlikely that it will ever be finished ? because it is alive and learning as it responds to an ever-changing world."
Located on the former site of car manufacturer Ford's foundry, the facility is within walking distance of the Warwickshi...
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