Shin Egashira is an artist, architect and educator based in London.
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twisting concrete workshop
The workshop looks at experimenting with materials and design techniques. The work had two stages: first research on the potentials of the technique of casting double curvature surfaces in concrete. Second stage was to design and produce a piece using the…
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urban toys for AAFAB
Urban Toys are furniture pieces made out of fibrocement. The form and function of each piece is customized in response to specific situations. They can exist as single units or combined together. Every individual piece is unique and they all…
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twisting concrete (furniture) #2
A family of furniture was created at Hooke Park over two sessions in spring/summer 2009, exploring various forms of furniture with the applied notion of minimal surface. Design research includes alternative uses fiberglass -reinforced concrete (GRC), plaster-fabric open cast formworks using steel tubing to be integrated to the product.