mona counter

The MONA Counter was designed at SUBdV Architecture to match other existing fiberglass furniture built in 2016 by Jeff Chicarelli.

This project aimed to restore an existing MDF counter, keeping it as the structure and creating a fiberglass skin to fit onto it. To achieve the organic shape, we fabricated styrofoam molds over which fiberglass was applied. A CNC milling machine manufactured the styrofoam modules.

1. Designing an organic skin using SUBD from Rhino
2. Converting to polysurface and merging it with the external parts of the MDF counter
3. Split into four separate modules to facilitate transportation. Transforming each module in a closed polysurface
4. Split each modules to fit in a styrofoam sheet
5. Split modules: Styrofoam digital assembled
6. Nesting: Each gray area refers to a styrofoam sheet form 1.0m x 0.50m x 0.07m
fabrication
Existing MDF counter
CNC cutting
Styrofoam assembled
Styrofoam assembled
Styrofoam covering the existing MDF counter
Fiberglass assembled
final
Existing fiberglass furniture built in 2016 by Jeff Chicarelli and the new counter