Architecture connects with the Salone del Mobile.Milano

This major event focuses the attention of architects, designers and Italian/international buyers on the latest trends in finishings for architecture, along with an exhibition – the New Components Code – that brings together a select group of the most significant products from each company. In a nutshell, space&interiors is a brand-new event conceived by MADE expo to run during Design Week in Milan, showcasing the finest architectural finishes as part of a concept designed to offer visitors a unique, multisensory and immersive experience.

Curated by Migliore+Servetto Architects, the design of space&interiors leverages a New Map of Living, a “manifesto of architecture” within which materials and ideas combine to offer an opportunity to read and interpret the latest trends in interior design. Ico Migliore explains: “The system of relationships between components within the architectural space not only determines the overall quality of a design, it helps create an ideal abacus of contemporary construction that visitors to space&interiors get to discover in advance.”

space&interiors explores the narrative interface between a variety of materials offered by a selection of companies specialized in the manufacture of groundbreaking, leading-edge components: surfaces, floors, cladding, paint and decoration, doors, handles, finishes, wall fittings, stairs, architectural glass, cladding for facades, windows and facades, arbours, gazebos, curtains, architectural lighting, home automation and home entertainment, in a completely unique event under the auspices of the wide-ranging programme of the Milan Design Week.

The first participating companies: 3A Composites, Abet Laminati, Agostini Group, Barausse, Bauxt, Bianchi Lecco, Carminati Serramenti, Dierre, Effeitalia, Erco, Fantoni, Gardesa, Garofoli, Granorte, Gypsum, Italserramenti, Jacaranda Carpets, Jannelli & Volpi, Knauf, Legnoform, Manital, New Design Porte, Oikos, Oikos Venezia, Okey, Oli, Opera 3B, Ponzio, Salice Paolo, Secco Sistemi, Tabu, Torterolo & Re, Turati Boiseries, Valli, Valsir, Velux, Virag

The space&interiors factory competition, conceived in partnership with the Migliore+Servetto practice, is open to students of architecture and design enrolled on Italian university courses and aged between eighteen and thirty. Students are being asked to sum up their interpretation of the topic “The Codes of Contemporary Living” in a brief video and manifesto, developing the relationship between finishes and the elements that define the living environment, including a variety of materials, in the search for a specific identity. An eminent panel will give the award to the winning project during space&interiors. A selection of the best projects will also be on show. The project starts on 16 February 2016. For more information, visit the www.space-interiors.it website.

A Cocktail for Architects
space&interiors also offers a chance to put questions to three top architects – Ferruccio Laviani, Tiziano Vudafieri and Cino Zucchi – who will be discussing the latest hot-button issues in contemporary design. The event takes place on 13, 14 and 15 April at 6:30 pm.

Where and When
space&interiors is on in Milan between 12 and 16 April at The Mall Porta Nuova, an exclusive and innovative location that is part of the Brera Design District. Above all, it is the only event in town that is closely connected with the Salone del Mobile.Milano.

Free shuttle bus service between the Salone del Mobile.Milano and The Mall
From 3:30 p.m. every 15 minutes from Porta Sud
Last departure from Fiera Milano at 7:30 pm.
Stops: Piazza Cadorna, The Mall

The Mall, Piazza Lina Bo Bardi, 1
Public opening/closing times: Tuesday 12 (4 pm/9:30 pm), Wednesday 13 (12pm/9:30 pm), Thursday 14 (12pm/9:30 pm), Friday 15 (12pm/9:30 pm), Saturday 16 (12pm/8:30 pm)

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