Local architect Florencia Rissotti has converted a warehouse into a textile shop in Buenos Aires, using fabric dividers to organise the space.
To house a retail location for fabric shop Tienda Mayor, Rissotti integrated textiles in several ways, lining the store with samples, draping colourful patches over a staircase and using curtains to conceal and create space.
Architect Florencia Rissotti has converted a warehouse into a fabric store in Buenos Aires
The interior is divided into two floors, with a mezzanine above used for storage and office space, and the store’s retail space and lounge areas below.
Cream-coloured curtains hang underneath the mezzanine and above to hide storage areas and create meeting spaces.
A catalogue of fabric hanging from hooks lines the space
“The space was assembled using the raw material of the place: fabric,” said the studio. “A series of curtains divide, set up a meeting room, hide shelves with orders and cover the storage area.”
Along the length of a wall, large material samples are draped from hooks, which will “mutate” over time as the catalogue changes.
The space was organized and divided using creme coloured curtains
Similarly, fabric samples of various sizes were draped over the railings of a staircase that leads to the mezzanine, in part as a permanent installation and to display the shop’s selections.
“The ladder device was intended as an exhibition element, from which velvet falls and sews the two levels (the totem) together,” said the studio. “This ladder hanger is designed as an internal display window, where the selection/palette can be changed according to the season.”
Various creme tones dominate the space, with colour integrated from fabric samples and bright seating running in a straight line parallel to the fabric samples.
Alamo wood desks and large coffee tables were crafted for the space.
A staircase installation displays a rotating selection of textiles
Outside, a garden area contains a semi-circle metal bench and simple plantings.
Florencia Rissotti is a Buenos Aires-based architect who focuses on interiors and residential architecture.
Elsewhere in Buenos Aires, La Base Studio recently created a delicate wooden privacy screen for a 1970s home renovation and architects Julio Oropel and Jose Luis Zacarias Otiñano created a bio-art installation focused on fungi.
From mattresses on concrete bases to beds encased within timber surrounds, this lookbook rounds up ten single, double and day beds that have been built into interiors.
Some designers choose to integrate beds into the building’s wider structure to create cohesion throughout interiors, eliminating the need to add matching furniture.
Built-in beds are often seen in buildings situated in warmer climates, such as Central America and the Mediterranean, where stone or concrete is used to keep spaces cool and to create bespoke, unmovable furniture.
Incorporated beds are also a popular choice when designing wooden cabins, due to their space-saving nature and the way they lend themselves to creating a cosy atmosphere.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring lime plaster walls, red interior schemes and interiors informed by retro design.
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Wooden Cave, Greece, by Tenon Architecture
A double and a single bed were sunk into this striking cave-like hotel suite in Greece designed by Tenon Architecture, which is made from over 1,000 pieces of spruce wood.
The tiered wooden stricture has a smooth, biomorphic appearance that recalls the grotto dwellings used by early humans.
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Photo by Rory Gardiner
Casa Alférez, Mexico, by Ludwig Godefroy
Two stark bedrooms are found in architect Ludwig Godefroy’s brutalism-informed home, situated in a pine forest in Mexico.
Concrete was used for the walls, ceilings, floors, storage and furniture of the house – the harshness of which is offset in the plush day bed in its office area.
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Photo is courtesy of Caspar Schols
Cabin Anna, The Netherlands, by Caspar Schols
A double bed – including headboard and bedding – was integrated into the floor of this modular cabin created by architectural designer Caspar Schols.
The structure and some of the furniture within it are flat-packed, allowing the space to be reconfigured depending on the needs of the user.
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Photo by César Béja
Villa Petrico, Mexico, by CO-LAB Design Office
A glazed arch-shaped door dictates the shape of the rest of this tunnel-like bedroom in a concrete holiday home in Tulum.
Platforms are present throughout the bedroom, one of which acts as a broad base for an understated mattress bed.
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Photo by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen
Swedish forest retreat, Sweden, by Norm Architects
A sunken day bed takes advantage of the dramatic views of a pine forest in this cabin by Norm Architects.
Linen upholstery and pillows compliment the natural wood texture of the bed’s base and the rest of the floor – a combination that extends throughout the rest of the interior.
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Photo by Edmund Sumner
Cometa House, Mexico, by Mauricio Rocha and Gabriela Carrillo
A rustic wall made up of irregularly shaped stones provides the backdrop for the pared-back built-in bed in this coastal home in Oaxaca.
A jute mat separates the mattress from its wide stone base, which has built-in steps separating it from the rest of the space.
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Photo by Taiyo Watanabe
4/Way House, USA, by Deegan-Day Design & Architecture
A birch plywood platform bed blends into the interior of a house in California by Deegan-Day Design & Architecture.
The bed is surrounded by integrated panelling with a shelf for books and has an angular footprint to accommodate a built-in bedside table.
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Photo by José Campos
Chestnut House, Portugal, by João Mendes Ribeiro
A double bed saves space in this small-scale rural cabin by sitting flush with the surrounding structure that makes up the floor.
The mezzanine bed is flanked by a bedside table area on one side and a ladder platform on the other that allows access to the level above.
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Photo by Yiorgis Yerolympos
NCaved house, Greece, by Mold Architects
Pale bedsheets blend in with light-coloured cast concrete platform and steps in this split-level bedroom.
The built-in bed allows for other design features to take centre stage in the double-height space, including the stone wall, lancet windows and exposed structural beam.
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Photo by Ondřej Bouška
Cabin Above the Town, Czech Republic, by Byró Architekti
A curtain separates a sleeping nook from the rest of this hilltop cabin’s open-plan interior.
A single plywood volume snakes around the edge of the space and provides storage, seating and a bathroom as well as a built-in bed, with a further guest bed atop the structure accessible by a ladder.
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This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring lime plaster walls, red interior schemes and interiors informed by retro design.
Spotted: As innovators create new sustainable fibres, the options available to those working in the fashion industry are expanding, making it easier to design and produce products with lower carbon footprints. The new fabrics are exciting, bringing with them increased options and challenges for designers. Additionally, many of the companies behind the latest offerings have broader social goals embedded into their working philosophy.
Uganda’s Mawejje Creations, for instance, is a socially minded company that produces textiles made from waste banana plants, fabric offcuts, secondhand clothes, and organic cotton. The business’s Commune Fabric is made for use in fashion and consists entirely of banana crop biowaste. Much like hemp, when grown as part of a sustainable, mixed agricultural crop, the banana plant requires little to no maintenance, making it an excellent replacement for water-heavy cotton crops.
Easily grown in Uganda, the banana plant requires no fertiliser or pesticides, and the production process of the fibres ensures that the final fabric is chemical-free. Mawejje Creations also trains young people in the fabric production process and encourages local farmers to use sustainable methods for the highest quality plants. Importantly, part of the training process includes learning certain styles of weaving as a means of preserving and passing along some of the area’s heritage skills.
The banana plant is proving to be extremely useful, with Springwise spotting innovations that include leather made from banana fibre and a banana-based growth enhancer being used to reduce chemical use in industrial production processes.
