Modular sofa SOFTCRETE

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To transform concrète in a soft and comfortable material, so comfortable as to become a couch. From Auguste Perret’s pioneering approach, moving through Le Corbusier’s Copernican révolution, to Tadao Aando’s purity, the use of concrète in architecture has been a permanent feature of the modem language. Through the use of Guflac - the spécial paint made by Gufram that makes it possible to make polyuréthane look like leather, making it résistant while maintaining its softness - Gufram was able to satisfy Ross Lovegrove's creativity, by creating a soft couch that could be an homage to brutalist architectures. And so concrète becomes a warm material, synonym of comfortable, cozy and soft, playing on the oxymoron that has always been Gufram's project signature. The name Softcrete (a crasis between soft and concrète) highlights the Visual and tactile short-circuit of this interior design item. Infinitely modular, the project is made up of three different modules made of polyuréthane foam - a corner one, one with backrest and a chaise-longue - and by a pouf/footrest that can meet any composition need. With Softcrete Ross Lovegrove defines a new tautology: soft as concrète. Please make yourselves at home. ABSTRACT Ross Lovegrove pay homage to the concrète of brutalist architectures and transforms it into a soft and welcoming material. Softcrete is a modular couch made up of 3 different modules made of polyuréthane foam and covered in Guflac, the spécial paint that makes polyuréthane foam résistant while maintaining its softness, as well as reproducing unique autistic effects like that of concrète.