Ora Ito Designs Half-snake Staircase for LVMH Media Section in Paris

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Ora Ito has designed a new workplace for the media section of LVMH in Paris. The building is 4-storeys high and is adorned by a magnificent staircase that acts as the centerpiece of the venue.

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“The (staircase) creature undulates in the space, shaping and pervading”, commented Ora Ito, the French designer. The staircase was created as a structure of a biomorphic nature that contrasts with the pale interior.

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Ito adds, “I wanted the staircase to be the centerpiece of the building.  This creature undulates in the space, shaping and pervading it. This huge half-whale and half-snake chimera, snatches you, swallows you up and spits you out at the right floor”.

 

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The wooden structure resembles a tornado which invades the peaceful ambiance of the workplace.

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KOZAC, the company which produced the stairway, installed a source of lighting beneath each stair to illuminate it at night.

Courtesy of Ora Ito, photography: WeAreContents

The eye is attracted to the wooden monumental centerpiece because of the minimalist finish the offices have

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