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- Architects: MAIO
- Location: Foro Buonaparte, 65, 20121 Milano MI, Italia
- Area: 1080.0 m2
- Project Year: 2017
- Photographs: Jose Hevia
- Author Architects: Maria Charneco, Alfredo Lérida, Guillermo López, Anna Puigjaner
- Creative Direction: Studio Altherr
- Styling: Studio Bakker
- Lighting Design: Cook & Associates
- Colaboradores: Miguel Bernat, Núria Ortigosa, Mariona Mayol
- Ing Estructural: Oriol Palou
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From the architect. MAIO’s spatial concept for Arper is defined by a set of geometric elements that can be freely assembled and recombined. A set of simple geometric frames allows an infinity of possibilities and spatial reconfigurations as well as using different finishings, textures and colors. The system, consisting of 5 basic elements, allows to create reusable, self-supporting and simple-to-build structures.
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Concept
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TWO APPLICATIONS AT MILANO SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL MOBILE 2017
ARPER’S MAIN BOOTH
In the first application of the system, a series of spaces enclosing a piazza have been created. The central space is surrounded by a set of interconnected rooms where furniture is shown.
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Each room has been designed as a space related to its specific content and styling. The walls and the ceiling of each room change in order to provide a unique character to each one. The spaces become domestic while adapted to the big scale of the fair, forming a sort of a city-within-a-city while the promenade among them shows a changing environment. In this particular application, the frames have been covered with wood and painted in the interior of the rooms.
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Diagram
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Diagram
EIMU BOOTH
In the second application of the system, the booth is conceived as a continuous space containing the furniture. The basic elements are covered with a double fabric finishing forming a translucent box material that allows to play with shadows and transparency. The continuity of the box is only interrupted by some openings resulting of the circular and triangular basic frames.
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Diagram
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