PLANKAN
Plankan explores what is possible within extreme material limitations, a functional chair constructed from a single piece of pine measuring 90 x 12 x 5 cm, without screws or mechanical fasteners, built to support a person weighing up to 220 lbs. The project became a question of how to maximize presence despite restriction, creating something solid and generous in proportion from almost nothing. The seat is constructed from vertically oriented strips of wood, a structural decision rooted in the mechanical properties of timber, orienting the grain vertically increases resistance to compression, lending the chair a dense, tactile quality. As much as the object itself, the design investigates the voids and intervals between elements: the space in between becomes a defining formal gesture.