Polymath plumber makes unique furniture artifacts from waste

Selftaught designer Fernando Abellanas considers the city his playground. One day he drove under a highway overpass in his hometown of Valencia, Spain, and inspired by the concrete columns and overgrown vegetation, he returned later to install a prefabricated microstudio on the underside of the bridge. Using the existing concrete beams of the bridge as roof and walls, he built a twopart urban cabin that only takes shape when he cranks one part a horizontal elevator to connect with the furniture portion which hangs anchored to the opposing wall. Abellanas designed, built and installed the structure singlehandedly, and nearly everything in his life he has crafted himself. He rebuilt his home on his own, including the roof, floors, plumbing, and nearly all the furniture. A selftaught plumber by trade, he didnt have a formal design education so he used his home as a showroom for his work. Today, he sells his furniture under the label Lebrel and continues to work as a plumber to ensure fund