The Ankara Star Furniture Collection by Constance Guisset

The project for the French Institute of Turkey in Ankara was initiated in 2008 with the competition won in collaboration with Turkish architect Gül Gulven. My task was to conceive the whole ground floor area, including the welcoming desk, the café-bar and a bookshop, with the challenge of designing furniture that would be realized by Turkish craftsmen in Turkey. Making a great point in proposing a harmonious area while simplifying exchanged with a limited number of interlocutors, I decided to design a whole collection with a single material combination: lower parts in plied metal and wooden tops. Moreover, the people’s circulation complexity in a space that is mainly a passing area towards class rooms led me to consider the project with circular shapes that would be set like changing constellations. They are painted in grey nuances except for the main elements (bar-desk and cashier) which are recognizable from their black colour.

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