Twist 水平把手

由 MAD Architects 設計，靈感來自加拿大 Absolute Towers 的曲線形態。
握把曲線柔美，具有人體工學設計感，手握時順勢貼合，帶來流暢自然觸感。

Twist , 2014

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.

Twist is a simple object with complex geometry that unites and consolidatestwo 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.

The ergonomic contour created by this gradualtransformation follows a dynamic movement that is frozen,

so to speak, into a solid material. Its appearance is abalance of modernness and classicality.

The volume thatcurves and then flattens on the underside of the levercomfortably fits the grip of thumb and index finger,

whilethe flat upper surface reacts to the pressure generated bythe palm of the hand.

A three-degree inclination towardthe door has the function of facilitating the hand’s grip.

Ben van Berkel/UNStudio

Ben van Berkel studied architecture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and at the Architectural Association in London,

receiving the AA Diploma with Honours in 1987.

In 1988 he and Caroline Bos set up an architectural practice in Amsterdam,

extending their theoretical and writing projects to the practice of architecture.

The Van Berkel & Bos Architectuurbureau has realized, amongst others projects,

the Karbouw office building, the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen,

the Moebius House and the NMR facilities for the University of Utrecht.

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