Ohtake Organic Character

“The design is like the sea horizon, recalls the movement of water, of waves, the ocean, elements of Nature.” Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazi

The organic shapes found in Nature were a constant source of inspiration for the late, legendary Brazilian architect Ruy Ohtake. Curving surfaces and round, voluptuous shapes were essential to his design vocabulary. He often remarked how his goal with his designs was to awaken the senses and to establish a connection with the end user that would go beyond the basic utilitarian function being fulfilled. Ohtake’s ambition was to create something that would enrich the user’s everyday life, even if for just a brief moment. Those daring curves and the organic character of his work made him an ideal...

Now the Ohtake collection is being expanded with the addition of fresh new designs by Ohtake’s son, architect and designer Rodrigo Ohtake, continuing in this way the fruitful collaborative history between the Ohtake’s and Roca. Leading the Ohtake office since his father’s passing, Rodrigo is following in his footsteps while also expanding the practice and infusing it with a contemporary sensibility. For him too, the natural exuberance of the Brazilian landscape, present even in a major urban megalopolis like São Paulo, is a constant source of inspiration and an essential element of his design...

For his debut contribution to the Ohtake Collection, Rodrigo wanted to create designs that were inviting for the user to engage with. Thus, he took Ruy’s celebrated curves and opened them up, softening the forms and extending the basins shape, as if a hand outreached in to collect water. The refined, lighter design owes its poetic inspiration to the delicate forms of the calla lily flower), and was developed quite literally with a hands-on approach. To find the ideal shapes he wanted, Rodrigo worked ( you can even say played) with mini dough maquettes, in a creative tour de force not unlike his...

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Born in Brazil, the son of Japanese-Brazilian Tomie Ohtake, one of Brazil’s leading artists, Ohtake grew up in a highly cultured environment, exposed to the world of art and design. He studied Architecture in São Paulo, under João Vilanova Artigas, worked with Oscar Niemeyer, and then went on to establish his own practice, designing over 400 buildings throughout his long career, many of them in his hometown, the city of São Paulo. Among his career highlights are the house/studio designed for his mother, in the early days of his office, and the half-circle shaped Hotel Unique, considered by many...

RODRIGO OHTAKE Born in São Paulo, Brazil, and the son of legendary Brazilian architect Ruy Ohtake, Rodrigo graduated from the Architecture program of the University of São Paulo and complimented his studies at the renown Politecnico di Milano. He collaborated with several international architects before starting his own design firm. Since the beginning of his career product and furniture design has been a staple of Rodrigo’s output and seen by the designer as an intrinsic extension to his projects and has exhibited his designs in high profile events all over the world. Since Ruy Ohtake’s passing,...