Quadrado

Overview

Quadrado is an outdoor modular system by the Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan of Studio MK27. It consists of suspended square platforms that furnish outdoor spaces with exceptional lightness and flexibility.

Construction

• Base: solid teak 40 mm thick in a natural finish, kiln-dried, with 45° joints made as finger joints and pinned with dowels, over a metal underframe painted for outdoor use
• Seating elements: metal backrest and armrests in a polished Pewter powder coat, covered in a wicker-effect braided fibre of 5 mm Ø
• Cushions: high-resilience polyurethane foam with a waterproof fibre, in water-repellent polyester covers

Specifications

• Double daybed: Overall size: 242 x 180 x 82 cm.
• 2 cord colours

From the yacht deck

Kogan took the classic teak duckboard of the yachting world, which lets water flow out, and developed Quadrado from it as a modular system of suspended square platforms. The modules can be used singly or joined into organic compositions, with surfaces carrying trays or candle holders set between the seats.

Metabolist volumes

For the concept Kogan looked to the Japanese Metabolist architecture of the Fifties and Sixties, defined by modular volumes. The double daybed is shaped as a niche, with an alcove marked out by a teak duckboard backrest and armrests, and it is completed by a large mattress and soft, enveloping cushions.