El Porís’ is a modern, light, rigorous chandelier, yet one that is also truly spectacular and sculptural.
It is a large elementary, geometric structure that features light bulbs housed in traditional E27
socket, leaving complete freedom of choice as to what sources to use.
Three calendared steel tubes of decreasing diameter are united by four vertical mounts.
The simplicity is immediately apparent, revealing design and production know-how that can solve
the complexity in elements and details that disappear into the main structure.
'This light was created in 2007, on the spur of the moment on a construction site for a house on
the coast of Tenerife. Based on a sketch, it was then implemented in different variations by the
construction workers on site. At first it was meant to be temporary, but it has become a fixture,
well-received by the owners and unthinkable to take away today. Until 2020 it had only existed
as a singular one of a kind piece.
Its light is pleasant, bright enough, and still intimate, casting a shadow – as if it were a line drawing
- on the wall.’ Herzog & de Meuron
EL PORIS
Herzog & de Meuron