Roda Piper dining armchair

Description

PIPER by Rodolfo Dordoni offers a variety of outdoor chairs, with or without armrests, and dining armchairs characterised by a clever combination of materials. A tubular aluminium structure supports seats in either teak, offering softer warmth, or polyurethane resin in the more technical HiREK formulation. This material duality ensures the collection adapts to diverse aesthetic preferences whilst maintaining consistent outdoor performance.

Design Inspiration & Philosophy

Rodolfo Dordoni approaches PIPER with an understanding that outdoor furniture must balance visual refinement with practical considerations. The chairs feature clean lines that work equally well with wooden or metal garden tables, creating versatile seating solutions that transcend specific style categories. Stackability and easy maintenance make the collection suitable for restaurants and hotels outdoor furniture, whilst the careful proportioning ensures residential settings benefit from the same quality and comfort. This duality between contract robustness and residential elegance defines Dordoni’s design philosophy for the collection.

Construction & Materials

The powder coated aluminium structure provides strength without excessive weight, finished in smoke, milk, or rust colours that complement the seat materials. Seats are available in teak, bringing natural wood character and tactile warmth, or polyurethane resin HiREK in grey or mole tones, offering technical performance with consistent colour and reduced maintenance. The backrest treatment varies across the collection, with options including Batyline mesh, polyester or acrylic belts, and padded belts, each providing different visual and comfort characteristics.

Backrest Options

The PIPER collection offers three distinct backrest treatments. Batyline mesh provides breathable support available in grey, sand, brown, olive, navy, ginger, and sky colours. Polyester or acrylic belts in 25mm width deliver structured support across grey, sand, brown, tobacco, olive, blue, orange, and sky options, with recycled belt alternatives in clay, mint, rose, stone, and teal. Padded belts create enhanced comfort in grey sand and grey blue combinations, whilst recycled padded belts extend sustainable choices with clay and stone finishes.

Cushions & Colour Accents

The hydro draining cushions are available in many different fabrics, each equipped with a fastening plug that fits into the drain hole of the seat. This practical detail ensures cushions remain secure whilst allowing water to escape. The cushions create additional colour accents for fancy and unpredictable combinations, transforming the chairs through textile choices across RODA’s extensive fabric collection including Allegro, Bouquet, Dew, Eco, Fine, King, Loom, Medley, Oxford, Park, Point, Queen, Scala, Soft, Shore, and Missoni fabrics.

Collection Variants

PIPER encompasses chairs without armrests, armchairs with armrests, and comfort chairs with wider proportions. Most variants offer stackability for efficient storage, essential for commercial applications. The consistent 45cm seat height, rising to 48cm with cushions, ensures compatibility across dining tables, whilst the 84cm total height provides generous back support.

Perfect For

– Restaurant terraces requiring stackable outdoor seating with diverse finish options

– Hotel outdoor areas seeking chairs that combine easy maintenance with refined aesthetics

– Residential gardens valuing material choice between natural teak and technical resin

– Contemporary outdoor dining spaces requiring versatile seating with colour customisation

– Contract environments where stackability and durability are essential

– Outdoor settings seeking furniture that interfaces transversally with diverse design styles

PIPER by Rodolfo Dordoni demonstrates RODA’s ability to create outdoor chairs that combine clever material pairings with practical features, offering stackability and easy maintenance alongside extensive finish variants that suit both traditional and sophisticated outdoor furniture requirements.