A History of Modular Design
February 1st 2021
Casaliving, Corea
Casa Living Corea on page 57, Joon Mann
알프레도 하베를리는 어린 시절 아르헨티나에서의 기 억을 바탕으로 일상에 즐거움을 주는 디자인을 선보인 다. 최근에 내놓은 ‘지로 소파’는 건축적 구조의 모듈러 소파 시스템으로 부드럽고 날렵한 형태를 지녔다. 지로 는 이탈리아어로 ‘둥글게 곡진’이란 뜻. 여러 각도의 커 브, 각기 다른 모서리 요소를 택해 다양한 형태를 만들 수 있다. 다리의 소재는 목재와 알루미늄 프레임 중 선 택이 가능하고, 공항, 호텔 라운지 등 공공장소에서 사 용될 경우를 대비해 기기를 충전할 수 있는 콘센트도 내장했다. 앤드루 월드.
Wohnen in der Vision
January 6th 2021
Stylepark AG, Germany
Stylepark, Andrea Eschbach
His standards for good architecture are high: «I want to give a newly built house a soul that can be noticed immediately when you move in,» explains Alfredo Häberli. With his exhibition concepts, architectural projects and design drafts, he is one of the most demanded designers worldwide. His design relies on lightness and charm, while always being precise. Observation is the best form of thinking, that is his design philosophy. This attentive observation also benefited the Zurich designer's latest project: a family friend had asked him to design a house for them. It was immediately evident to Häberli that this should be built by the prefabricated house manufacturer Baufritz. Four years ago, he had already realised the concept house Haussicht as a vision together with the German company, which specialises in the production of eco-system houses. A sensational timber construction that focused on openness, flexibility and sustainability. With the Waldsicht house in Köniz, the idea became a true prototype. The building combines modern aesthetics and building biology with a location close to nature, as the name already suggests. Right on the edge of the forest, on a narrow and steep plot of land. «I understood the picturesque forest not only as a green backdrop, but as part of the architecture,» explains Häberli.
Vision wird Wirklichkeit
December 21th 2020
BL Verlag AG, Switzerland
Spectrooms on page 32, Christina Horisberger
With the «Waldsicht» single-family house near Bern, Baufritz and Alfredo Häberli realised the prototype of the visionary concept house «Haussicht» (2016) with the client, and with many exciting design solutions based on ecological construction.
Sofa Giro gets Award
December 18th 2020
Dezeen, Great Britain
Sofa Giro gets a «Best of Year Award» from the magazine Interior Design in the category «Contract Sofas». To accompany this exciting announcement, here is an exclusive interview produced by Dezeen, in which Alfredo Häberli tells the story of this system with modular seats that enable infinite uses.