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Furniture for a Human and a Parrot

Furniture for a Human and a Parrot Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy. 2021 First Prize Meubel Awards (NL, 2020)

 
 

In the past year of lockdown, Alessandra and I found ourselves working from our studio in Rotterdam, without our team, with the only company of our parrot Coco, a two years old Amazona Oratrix from Rijswijk. We had more time than ever to spend with him, and he enjoyed flying freely in the studio during work hours, perching on our chairs, mischievously playing with project models - probably picturing himself as a feathered dinosaur, attacking miniature buildings while we were distracted. Using profiles of Douglas Fir and left over plywood boards, we built hybrids between perches and benches, chairs and bird feeders. All are variations on traditional Windsor furniture, playing on the style’s adaptability and simple detailing, rethought in order to accommodate a Parrot, along with his Human companion.

 
 
 

TEAM Giovanni Bellotti PHOTOS Riccardo de Vecchi