Twist

Ben Van Berkel
 2014
M242B

Architectural torsion is a key element in the design of a number of UNStudio projects on different scales, from buildings to pavilions. For Twist, torsion was adapted to the shape of a handle. Reducing the scale, the twisting movement was reproportioned to be of human size, in order to connect it directly to the body, the gesture of the hand, and its tactile perception.

FINISHES

  • CR - Bright chrome CR - Bright chrome CR - Bright chrome
  • CO - Satin chrome CO - Satin chrome CO - Satin chrome
  • NL - SuperNickel bright NL - SuperNickel bright NL - SuperNickel bright
  • IS - SuperStainlesssteel satin IS - SuperStainlesssteel satin IS - SuperStainlesssteel satin
  • RS - SuperCopper satin RS - SuperCopper satin RS - SuperCopper satin
  • US - SuperAnthracite satin US - SuperAnthracite satin US - SuperAnthracite satin
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MATERIAL

Brass

TYPOLOGY

Door handles - Round

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION

Technical sheets

door handle, window handle, DK
door handle, window handle, DK

COMPLETE COLLECTION

Twist

COLLEZIONE COMPLETA

Twist

DOCUMENTAZIONE TECNICA

Technical sheets

door handle, window handle, DK
door handle, window handle, DK

Twist

Twist,
 2014

Twist is a simple object with complex geometry that unites and consolidates two sets of characteristics. For the anatomy of the lever, the shaft containing the cylinder fluidly turns into the flat plane of the lever, smoothly converting from tubular to flat surface.

— Running Magnet Installation, Flos, Salone del Mobile, Milano 2015
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The ergonomic contour created by this gradual transformation follows a dynamic movement that is frozen, so to speak, into a solid material. Its appearance is a balance of modernness and classicality.

VEDI BIO Ben Van Berkel

SEE BIO Ben Van Berkel

— Centre For Virtual Engineering (Zve), Stuttgart (D), 2012
— Arnhem Central, Platform Roofs, Arnhem (NL), 2012
— Mirai House, Leiden (NL), 2012
— Kutaisi International Airport, Georgia, 2011-2013