Alessandro Stabile has designed Hopy, a candleholder made from four concrete pieces that can be stacked in 48 different configurations. Each has a different shape, size and colour, with no fixed connection between them. Instead, the candle itself holds the composition together.
Four pieces with no fixed order
Hopy’s four concrete components can be placed on top of one another in any order. Their differing shapes, sizes and colours allow the user to change the composition each time it is assembled.
None of the 48 possible configurations is final. The candleholder can be taken apart and rebuilt repeatedly as the user explores combinations of form and colour. The project description compares Hopy to both a toy and a sculpture.
The candle becomes part of the structure
Each component has a central hole through which the candle passes, holding all four pieces on a single axis. There are no permanent connections between the concrete forms, which stack into a small totem.
Stabile draws a comparison between the candleholder and the candle itself: as a candle changes over time, Hopy can be repeatedly recomposed. Making the candle a structural element is the decision that allows those four separate forms to function as one object.
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