Ogiva
A family of tables poised between mass and transparency, light and gravity.
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Ogiva is a family oftables poised between mass and transparency, light and gravity. Its name refersto the pointed arch, an ancient architectural form capable of transformingweight into upward thrust. Scaled down to the domestic realm, this structural principlebecomes a way to imagine the table as both presence and passage, at once solidand light.
At the centre of theproject is FIAM’s glass, shaped through fusion into a surface that is far fromneutral. Rather than simply revealing what lies beneath, it filters andmodulates light, holding luminosity within its body and allowing the metalstructure to emerge or recede depending on the viewpoint and the changingconditions of the space. Perception shifts as one moves around it.
The compositionchanges with scale: the number of legs varies according to the format,concentrating or expanding the structure as needed. What remains constant isthe internal tension generated by their inclination and by the way each elementmeets the top, turning necessity into a precise formal language rather than apurely functional response.
Volumetric andalmost sculptural, the legs intensify the luminosity of the glass throughcontrast rather than opposition. Ogiva is built through relationships; solid and void, filtered light and compactmatter, stability and thrust, sustaining thesetensions without resolving them, and allowing the project’s coherence to emergefrom their balance.
