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KOJA
KOJA – If as humans we were entirely unaffected by our environment, our surroundings
and the spaces we live and work in, we would never have needed to observe or study
changes in architecture, nor to examine users of architecture and how their behaviour
evolves. We love to try to understand how and why an environment affects us and in
what ways it is then possible to make an impact upon and modify this environment.
Major change is frightening and challenging – while more self-evident changes are
scarcely noticed; simply adopted and used, exactly as they were intended to be.
Our journey with the design process for Koja took root in just such a re-examination
and exploration of modern architecture. We discussed how architecture forms new
spaces which are often both beautiful and magnifcent while simultaneously creating
new problems and challenges. Perhaps, we wondered, these problems, such as sound
absorption, spatiality, separation and security, could be solved through the development
of new furniture? Design can be used to change and improve our environment.
Koja literally grew organically, solving problems of both spatiality and noise with its
hard, protective outer shell and soft, cosy inner core. Koja’s high sides and back have
been carefully designed to be high enough, yet not to confict with the architecture of
the wider space beyond. Several Kojas used together can create space, separation
and calm in a large, busy room.
Koja is available as high and low armchairs and 2- and 3-seater sofas, all of which can
be equipped with work tables.
Design: Fredrik Mattson
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