UC23

In 1750, construction began on what would become the British Embassy on Calle Sagasta 1, Cádiz — a building that witnessed the Peninsular War firsthand, its first ambassador the brother of the Duke of Wellington. Two and a half centuries later, when the building was converted into a boutique hotel, dozens of its original structural beams were pulled out for rubble.

We were there.

From that timber we developed VARRO — a series of four pieces named after the clay we used to prototype them. The beams were massive, and we resisted the temptation to make megalithic or overtly structural pieces. Instead we modelled forms in clay first, letting shape lead rather than construction logic. What emerged were rounder, more sculptural silhouettes than anything we had made before — and a formal language that still runs through much of what we make today.

UC23 is the dining table of the series, 230 cm long. UC24 is its rounder companion. UC66 and UC67 are the high and low side tables that complete VARRO.