May 182012
Fort Mason
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Life in a Small Place by Paul Zengyu Discoe“Life in a Small Place is a concrete box with trees growing out of its top. These trees will grow and change as the chair ages and blends with its legs.”
Founded in 1988, Joinery Structures is a design-build studio and mill specializing in custom projects that integrate sustainable wood practices, innovative design, and precision craftsmanship.
Founder and principal, Paul Discoe, is a renowned Japanese master builder and Zen Buddhist teacher. Paul studied architecture as a Buddhist temple builder in Kyoto, Japan for five years during the 1970s. Upon returning to the United States, Paul founded Joinery Structures to continue pursuing his passion for Asian architecture. By personally training his team in Japanese techniques and representing the architectural process as an embodiment of Zen practice, Paul has helped introduce Asian architecture to the Western world.
Please visit their website, their work is absolutely breathtaking.
So cool!
it will be interesting to see if the trees survive since the wood seems to really puncture a lot of the trunks.
Seems like an unusual place to sit, but there is shade.
I almost never drop responses, however I read a bunch of comments on Fort Mason – SEATS