The manipulation of a single curve is used in this project to create a piece of multi-functional furniture occupying a space somewhere between a coffee table and bench. The curves allow for varying surface heights that can accommodate a variety of uses, as well a pocketed storage area. The design's ambition is to balance a sense of grounded sturdiness with an elegant lightness.

Design Team

Steven Mikel Scharrer
Designer
M.Arch Candidate 2016
University of Michigan

The table is a digital woodworking project. A series of profile pieces are nested together and milled from a single sheet of furniture-grade plywood using a 3-axis CNC router. The pieces are then arranged and laminated together in a way that produces solid surfaces about the ends, like a beam, and delaminate into joists through the middle section.