The project transforms the existing industrial space of and old body shop into a modern factory, with red varnished steel structures, black rubber and aluminium surfaces. The large wooden table in the middle allows visitors to engage in the construction of an authentically personal space, through the composition of different volumes realized in various shapes and materials and stocked into movable metal carts. Perimeter walls and existing niches are integrate into the project in order to show and catalogue on long metal shelves all the material usable for the construction. All the units, once ready, are collected into the Wall of fame, an aluminium bookshelf that resemble an empty building structure, place on one side of the room. By doing so every composition contributes to the overall enrichment of the project, creating a sort of lively and heterogeneous “condominium”. Great attention is also given to the outdoor space, arrange with a small cocktail bar and a rest area with soft rubber seats. Above, colored backlit shapes permit a great variation of light layouts that follows different courtyard use, ranging from a bright atmosphere, suitable for parties, to a more intimate one. At the entrance a backlit portal, which black and withe shapes recalls volumes used in the factory, welcomes visitors from via Tortona.

Date: Design Week 2018
Location: Milano, Italy
Size: 240 sqm
Contract value: 180.000
Program: Exhibition Design
Photography: Louis De Belle

Client: MINI LIVING, ewt agency
Architects: casatibuonsante architects, Giulia Ruzzenenti
Team: Antonio Buonsante, Federico Casati, Giulia Ruzzenenti
Collaborator: –
Contractor: Xilografia