Kamanar
Year: 2018, for Foundawtion.
Foundawtion is a non-profit organization that carries out vernacular projects to address architectural needs in economically disadvantaged areas. CEM Kamanar, led by the Daw Office architecture studio, is the first project of this foundation: a school for more than 500 high school students in Thionck Essyl, a village in the Casamance area, south of Senegal.
This manual is a project in collaboration with Bendita Gloria for the foundation. More than the result of the work done, these pages contain everything that was necessary for the manufacture of the furniture collection designed for the CEM Kamanar school.
A collection that has sought the most optimal relationship between efficiency and comfort, prioritizing making things as easy as possible for each stage of the process: from design, material selection, construction, and/or maintenance.
Chaise S and L prototypes
The school in operation in 2020.
Throughout the design and manufacturing period of all the furniture, workshops and related projects were carried out to raise funds and promote the project.
A good example is L'Art de Construir, a workshop organized by Ester Rovira and in collaboration with Claudia Valsells. During a week and with a group of more than 20 children, more than 30 chairs from the collection were manufactured and painted.
Installation during the Dakar Art Bienal 2022
Chaise S painted by Antonio Ballester Moreno
Chaise S painted by Leticia Feduchi
Chaise S painted by Guim Tió
Chaise S painted by Klas Ernflo
Chaise S painted by Claudia Valsells
Chaise S painted by Xavier Mariscal
Chaise S painted by Marria Pratts
Árboles at Marta Gallery in Los Angeles.
Solid Chaise S de especialidad.
Solid Echelle de especialidad.
Six-pack
Peana Colores
Six-pack is an exercise where six domestic typologies are resolved within the same volume (25x25x25 cm), combining different materials for each case.
Contenedor Isamu
Mesa Lack
Librero Cuña
The result includes a pedestal with six different color finishes, a magical container that is red on the outside and black on the inside, a version of the Ikea Lack table but made of solid oak, a wedge-shaped bookshelf in solid iroko, a version of the Manolito stool in solid cherry, and a disproportionate die.
Taburete Manolito Cuadrado
Juego Dado XL
More Work
And here is a random and condensed selection of various other works completed in recent years:
L Table, 2021.
Narrow shop, 2020.
Firma Black, 2017.
Ping Pong Ping, 2018.
Martín, 2020.
Mana Mana Lima, 2022.
Shelving System II, 2021.
Shelving System I, 2019.
Mesas de Choque, 2021.
Muri, 2015.
Shelving System IV Groc, 2022.
Blau, 2022.
Marta, 2020.
Carabí, 2022.
Brown, 2021.
Mari, 2022.
Yellow, 2017.
Mesa Elefante, 2018.
Frontón, 2017.
Sabadell, 2019.
AOO bag, 2015.
Superligera, 2022.
Atico Kitchen, 2019.
Save tables, 2018.
Bendita Mesa, 2015.
Pepa, 2021.
Pre 8, 2018.
Mesa Port, 2018.
Colgador Bolas, 2023.
Lucas, 2018.
Taco, 2022.
Green Kitchen, 2019.
Mesa Camión, 2025.
Cama Martín, 2020.
Bluejey, 2015.
Ikea Vitra Vitra Ikea, 2021.
Peana Ricard, 2021.
Silla Arco, 2022.
Mountain, 2016.
Otrolibro I de Otrascosas de Villar-Rosàs (2009-2012).
Mesa Gala, 2019.
Sofa Port, 2018.
Grada Groga, 2022.
Jabalí, 2016.
Estantería Atico, 2019.
Ari's, 2017.
Shelving System IV, 2022.
Mel Gibson, 2015.
Window Panels, 2018.
El Hombre de Sal, 2019.
Ibon Kitchen, 2018.
Boisbuchet workshop, 2023.
Trineu FCB, 2018.
Gordito, 2021.
Botijo Baldosa, 2024.
Rosca (Light attempt), 2016.
Armario Alba, 2018.
Mesarraca, 2019.
Mesón, 2014.
Pis O, 2017.
Mesa DAC, 2022.
Coeurs, 2020.
Ari, 2021.
Shelving System III, 2021.
Mesa Forat, 2018.
My Body Office, 2021.
Mesas Baraja, 2022.
Telmo, 2018.
Red & Green, 2022.
Mesas Atico, 2019.
Inca, 2021.
Bonay Hello, 2015.
Bar en una botella, 2023.
Leon, 2022.
HTH, 2020.
Pieza 1 HP, 2005.
Biografia Antoni Arola, 2015.
Aloha Freewall workshop, 2022.
Red Balls, 2021.
Valsells, 2022.