CONTRAFUERTE chair, studio photograph on paper

CONTRAFUERTE

A dining chair braced like a cathedral wall.

The rear leg is a buttress: one bent plate of blackened steel that widens where the load arrives. Seat and back are solid tzalam boards, screwed from below, never glued.

PriceUSD 1,350
Finish
1
Edition
Series — made to order
Lead time
8–10 weeks

Illustrative price. Concept project — nothing is ordered or charged.

Commission this pieceTechnical sheet · PDF

Custom sizes, finishes or quantities? Commission it: we answer with a drawing and a quote. Typical lead time 8–10 weeks.

Dimensions

48 × 54 × 80 cm

Seat height

45 cm

Weight

14 kg

Materials

Blackened steel · Tzalam

Operation

Sweep — a profile carried along a path

Edition

Series — made to order

S—S′ · The Cut

Cut it open. See what it is made of.

Cut it open. See what it is made of.

Drag to turn the master model. Move the red plane through it: every layer it crosses is hatched in its material and listed on the sheet.

The section

10 mm hot-rolled steel side plates; 30 mm tzalam seat; 24 mm tzalam back board on a 12° rake.

Blackened steel · Tzalam

Made to order in Mexico City in this concept. Illustrative specification: no load testing or certification is claimed.

CONTRAFUERTE, material detail

In place

Kitchen-dining room with four CONTRAFUERTE chairs and a CIMBRA stool

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CORTE

Visit

Studio by appointment

Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City

Concept address — not a real showroom

Concept project

CORTE is a fictional brand created by Creative Studio as a portfolio case. Products, prices, editions and workshops are illustrative. Nothing on this site can be bought.

© 2026 Creative Studio — CORTE concept case

Type: Big Shoulders & Hanken Grotesk (OFL) · Photography generated from CORTE master models

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