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Sometimes, when an architectural firm is just starting out, the completion of actual architecture relies on the kindness of friends: friends who are willing to take a risk on unproven designers, but who are, unfortunately, unwilling to pay.
Freecell, a young firm that is based in Brooklyn, New York, found a way to get through this start-up period, and even earned some early press coverage in the process. Their tractor chair, a desk chair fashioned from a seat intended for use on industrial machinery, has been featured in several publications and is available for sale on the firm's Web site (www.frcll.com).
Freecell now produces
a range
of furniture, including the "Seat Storage" system, which functions
as seating and shelves; and the Rolling Office Partition.
The four members of the firm fabricate the furniture in their studio, where they also build some of their architectural work, such as an apartment with a Murphy bed that they have been designing and building, off and on, for several years. The client is one of the firm's pro bono cases, so this project gets attention between those of paying clients.
Freecell's architectural work, including this apartment, will be featured in archrecord2 in the March issue of architectural record.
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