Anna Bakhlina

Bio

Anna Bakhlina is a Paris-based architect and designer working across architecture, interiors and object design. Her practice AHHA investigates how objects can operate as micro-architectures, systems of elements that introduce tension, orientation, and spatial relations at the scale of the table. She works with universal architectural forms, domes, shells, vessels, and pots, not tied to a specific culture but belonging to all simultaneously.

Statement

I reinterpret banal, everyday objects such as the pot. Rather than reproducing these familiar typologies, the pieces introduce controlled distortions in proportion, alignment, and material perception, challenging the expected relationship between weight and form.

Objects that traditionally imply mass and stability are translated into lightweight, visually unstable structures. The collection consists of three groups: Field, Balance, and Gravity. The pieces generate spatial interactions, tension, orientation, and void, forming a micro-architectural landscape at the scale of the table.

Produced through 3D printing and subsequently reworked by hand, each piece combines geometric precision with surface irregularity. This process allows the objects to shift from mechanical output towards the object with a sense of presence.
 

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