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Atrium Chair
2024

    The Atrium Chair was developed as part of a photography project that captures the essence of Casa del Atrio, a private residence designed by architect Antonio Attolini. Presented through the lens of Alejandro Ramírez Orozco, this editorial series highlights the interplay between the house and a selection of new works by fourteen designers and artists working in Mexico. Each piece was created to align with the aesthetic and spatial language of the house, fostering a cohesive dialogue between design and architecture.

    Inspired by cantilever construction systems, the Atrium Chair reflects Attolini’s pursuit of essentiality. Designed to function with only the most indispensable structural elements, it engages a balance between humility and generosity, establishing a direct conversation with the formal nature of the space. Crafted from ash wood stained in a violet hue, the chair represents a primitive iteration of my previous cantilever design from 2021—simplified and refined into a more direct, rational language. The absence of front legs grants it a secondary function: it can be suspended over surfaces, such as a table, further emphasizing its structural logic.
     This project not only celebrates materiality, form, and narrative but also reintroduces the human scale as an essential element. The resulting series of photographs, showcased during Mexico City Art Week 2025, documents the relationship between objects, architecture, and the people inhabiting the space—offering a layered perspective on design as both an artistic and functional gesture.

    Photography and Creative Direction: Alejandro Ramirez Orozco
    Production: Sofia de la Macorra
    Digitech: Fera Maldonado
    Retouching - Alejandro Ramirez Orozco & Fera Maldonado
    Location: Casa del Atrio, Mexico City
    Clothing: Revés by Sofia Rodriguez
    Project Text: Suleman Anaya 
    Talent/agency: Marcela Velmur & Guerxs Agency




    Eduardo Altamirano (MX, 1992) is an independent designer who graduated from Écal Master in Product Design. Since 2017 he has been actively working in the three-dimensional world under the pseudonym of en la superficie. 

    For press, inquiries and commissions, please get in touch with me at: hola@enlasuperficie.com

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    His practice constantly strives to combine hyper-local landscapes with the use of advanced manufacturing techniques to produce various material experiments, which often lead to industrial design pieces, limited editions, and self-initiated projects.

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    Currently based in Lausanne, Switzerland