Sancal GRADAS Corner armchair with wooden frame

GRADAS is a corner armchair with a wooden frame, designed by UNS.‎ Who has never sat on the steps of a grandstand? That familiar image of people gathering spontaneously around a simple architectural structure is the starting point for Gradas, the Spanish word for grandstand.‎ UNS, the Dutch architecture studio founded by Ben van Berkel, reinterprets this urban typology and brings it indoors through a new seating family for Sancal.‎ Gradas draws on the idea of collective seating as a social space, where form does not dictate a single way of use but instead encourages multiple ways of inhabiting it.‎ UNS’s design philosophy embraces the notion that objects can embody spatial and social qualities that extend beyond their function.‎ In its XL version, Gradas expresses this idea through a stepped, multi-level configuration that promotes relaxed, intuitive, and informal interaction.‎ As a result, this version of Gradas takes on an almost architectural presence, capable of structuring a space while activating new forms of social exchange in open, high-traffic environments.‎ The collection also translates this same vitality into more compact settings.‎ The three-seater sofa, or L version, is particularly suited to waiting areas, while the armchair, or S version, fits naturally into both residential and contract interiors, always retaining its sculptural character.‎ With its architectural identity and inherently social nature, Gradas blurs the boundaries between furniture and space, proposing a more open, flexible, and collective way of inhabiting contemporary interiors.‎ Further info from manufacturer on GRADAS Sancal