Ronchamp Dining Table

Ronchamp Dining Table interprets the architectural language of Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame du Haut through furniture. The wide, sheltering tabletop reflects the chapel's roof gesture, while the curved base echoes its fluid, organic forms. Preliminary sketches explore the dialogue between curved forms and linear supports. Lines are drawn to understand rhythm, weight, and gesture, reflecting the chapel's organic vocabulary in miniature. Iterations focus on the relationship between grounded solidity and the lightness of slender supports, translating architectural essence into tangible, human-scale proportions.

The Ronchamp Dining Table is resolved through a careful balance of mass, rhythm, and tactility. Its base consists of two symmetrical semicircular volumes, finished in TABU 01.059 veneer to maintain continuous grain flow and emphasize the fluid geometry of the chapel's walls. Vertical tambour texture softens the base, while a 12-point array of brushed brass cylindrical supports per base introduces subtle interstitial gaps, creating a sense of lightness beneath the heavy tabletop.

Roncham Dining Table accommodates 6–8 guests. Every junction, from timber to brass, is intentionally considered, harmonizing tactile warmth with precision detailing. The result is a piece that is structurally rigorous yet quietly expressive, where architectural intent and human-scale functionality coexist.

The material palette of the Ronchamp Dining Table is a deliberate dialogue between organic warmth and architectural precision. The primary body is crafted from Noce Canaletto, an American Walnut chosen for its deep, resonant grain and velvet-like finish. Contrasting this natural mass, an array of Brushed Brass Gold cylindrical supports introduces a refined metallic luster. These spacers lift the tabletop, creating a subtle shadow gap that allows light to pass through the structure—a nod to the ethereal lighting of modern architecture.