ATLAS

The commission

Atlas began with a request for an exceptional dining table with real presence. The starting point was a single continuous walnut slab sourced from a sawmill near Grenoble, France, originally measuring approximately four metres in length and around one metre in width. The natural form of the slab was preserved and framed in deep black resin, which also filled selected cracks in the timber. The finished top measures approximately 3.2 metres long, 1.1 metres wide and 6 centimetres thick, with the walnut finished in Rubio Monocoat. To match the scale of the piece, a custom raw-steel base was fabricated with a deliberately industrial character. The finished table weighed roughly 250–300 kilograms, with each steel leg weighing around 30–40 kilograms. Its installation became part of the project itself. Because of the size and weight of the piece, Atlas had to be lifted by crane into the client’s penthouse in Kirchberg, Luxembourg City.