Dzastins Zavadskis
Kitchenette Raised Table
2024
I lived in this living room before it was a living room
Building is a very lengthy method of placing materials in a coherent whole. It is a play of sorts which follows structural rules of a particular physical situation. By partaking in a physicality of the construction process, a state of unlimited potentiality of form is revealed. Built object is open for interpretation at any stage of its construction long before coming into full effect of its designated program, in other words, goal of its erection, before becoming a machine for living. Yet what precedes the becoming of architecture, is a process of negotiation. During which the potentiality of material undergoes a struggle between its desire and designation. While opportunity for materialization at times is exhausted, geometry of the form, not its idea, is nonetheless accidentally animated through its temporary use and appropriation by the naïve, the simple working hand, through sharing a good banter, having a cup of coffee or a lunch break, revealing the subtle sublimity in disguise. One’s lingering in an unbuilt space becomes an act of habitation, a use which in fact precedes its date of coming in effect. It begs to ask a simple question, what if there is no deadline to begin with?
2024
Building is a very lengthy method of placing materials in a coherent whole. It is a play of sorts which follows structural rules of a particular physical situation. By partaking in a physicality of the construction process, a state of unlimited potentiality of form is revealed. Built object is open for interpretation at any stage of its construction long before coming into full effect of its designated program, in other words, goal of its erection, before becoming a machine for living. Yet what precedes the becoming of architecture, is a process of negotiation. During which the potentiality of material undergoes a struggle between its desire and designation. While opportunity for materialization at times is exhausted, geometry of the form, not its idea, is nonetheless accidentally animated through its temporary use and appropriation by the naïve, the simple working hand, through sharing a good banter, having a cup of coffee or a lunch break, revealing the subtle sublimity in disguise. One’s lingering in an unbuilt space becomes an act of habitation, a use which in fact precedes its date of coming in effect. It begs to ask a simple question, what if there is no deadline to begin with?
Single bolt ashtray
2023
Rivetted scaffolding table
2022
From early on it was known that curation of the exhibition
would be similar to that of theatrical scenography. With that in mind, we wanted for the table
to relate to stage design. Just like in sets: where a structure made out of trusses acts
as architecture supporting props, actors and play itself. For the table to function as a spine, connecting all pieces of design together,
without disturbing them with its own presence. Perhaps, just slightly order them.
Designed in collaboration with Miro Lino for an exhibition of collectible design.
Mistletoe add-on
2021
Expanding on the original function of the
dutch serre (sun room), add-on situates itself in the liminal space of a window frame. It is
accesible through a large window that can be opened as a door. Translucent fabric which is made out of cotton saturated in a mixture
of beeswax and paraffin, allows for the sunlight to seep through and evenly light up
the new space; creating distinctive difference
in ambience from the existing space. Lampshade-like structure of the addition referencing Dre Wapenaar allows
for it the tent to be adapted in the future for different programs.
