pallet colour palet
The Lekuona architecture studio has used pallets in some of the recent work they have carried out (the HQ for Donostia 2016, Albaola,...) both as an architectural resource and as a material to build elements and furniture inside that architecture.
The use of pallets is not new. They have been principally used in furniture-making and small architectural designs, but they have been used much less as elements of whole buildings and structures. In the work carried out by the Lekuona siblings, the wood from the pallets is dyed red. On asking them how they achieved the colour, we discovered the world of rented pallets.
There are different qualities of pallet. Most of the ones we know are used and then thrown away. There is, on the other hand, a pallet rental service for international transport in which a small number of companies make quality, durable pallets and rent them out. In this way, companies do not have to buy low grade pallets and store them up in stacks when they are not being used. As well as being made to measure, the rental companies will repair or replace any damaged pallet. Pallet rental also has a notable positive effect on the environment. These pallets are made from wood grown in controlled circumstances and they reduce the amount of wood necessary as they
help reduce the need for massive disposal (mostly by burning). And what about the colour? Well, each company uses its own colour to dye their pallets and this enables them to recognize their own at a glance anywhere in the world.
The use of pallets is not new. They have been principally used in furniture-making and small architectural designs, but they have been used much less as elements of whole buildings and structures. In the work carried out by the Lekuona siblings, the wood from the pallets is dyed red. On asking them how they achieved the colour, we discovered the world of rented pallets.
There are different qualities of pallet. Most of the ones we know are used and then thrown away. There is, on the other hand, a pallet rental service for international transport in which a small number of companies make quality, durable pallets and rent them out. In this way, companies do not have to buy low grade pallets and store them up in stacks when they are not being used. As well as being made to measure, the rental companies will repair or replace any damaged pallet. Pallet rental also has a notable positive effect on the environment. These pallets are made from wood grown in controlled circumstances and they reduce the amount of wood necessary as they
help reduce the need for massive disposal (mostly by burning). And what about the colour? Well, each company uses its own colour to dye their pallets and this enables them to recognize their own at a glance anywhere in the world.
