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Color stories
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Color trends are increasingly human-centered
Interviews 34
WONDER
PEOPLE Micky Rosen & Alex Urseanu
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Crossing paths
PEOPLE Sara Duffy
PEOPLE Yu Ting
80 An immersive narrative of design
14 Ramat-Gan, Israel | Amot Atrium Tower Ilan Shacham Art of Photography
138 Power to the uncertainty
16 Brno | Church of Beatified Restituta Atelier Štěpán
18 Beijing | EasyHome Mobao Smart
Audio-Visual Store | AYZ Studio
74 London | Hiden, Japanese Curry Lab
Takagicaperan
76 Jingdezhen Shi, China | Imperial Kiln Museum Studio Zhu-Pei
78 Shenzhen | OneJee Hotel Panorama Design Group
132 Helfštýn by Týn nad Bečvou, Czech Republic
Helfštýn Castle Palace Reconstruction | Atelier-r
134 Colorado Springs | U.S. Olympic and
Paralympic Museum | Diller Scofidio + Renfro
136 The Netherlands | Grow | Daan Roosegaarde 178 La Spezia, Italy | Baglietto 52m TLine Francesco Paszkowski
180 Shenzhen | Uniwalk Shopping Mall
The Meland Club Family’s Park | X+ Living
182 Turin, Italy | Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini F:L architetti, END architetti
Projects review Denizen Bushwick New York
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A city in the city
American University of Sharjah UAE
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“A campus where the magic happens”
Hotel Milla Montis Maranza, Italy
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Vernacular architecture 2.0
The Student Hotel Bologna, Italy
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A hybrid hub
Zhima Health Concept Store Beijing
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One-stop experience store
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Gagarin Airport Saratov, Russia Relaxing in the cosmos
Hotel June Los Angeles
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California vibes, from top to bottom
Felix Meritis Society Amsterdam
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Enlightened soul
Shanthi Boutique Hotel
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Songyang, China Nature and space: the timing of design
Mayfair Park Residences London
100 Living a dream in Mayfair
Bourse de Commerce Paris
A head-spinning museum
106 From a circle to a cylinder.
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112 A collector’s home 118 Conjugating the verb ‘to unite’ 122 True to food 128 Authentic luxury 144 As in a theater
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150 Flower power 154 Anti-stress forest 158 Industrial revival 162 Office psychology 166 Looks matter 170 Glitz & glam 174 Luxury, calmness and (urban) zen
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EDITORIAL
Designing a new social dynamic PAOLO BLEVE | Editor-in-chief
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or the first time since its debut in 2016, the .Wonder Book reveals a new approach to architecture and interior design, a departure from the usual hospitality projects. This is not a choice dictated by the abrupt slowdown of the hotel sector caused by the pandemic. It is the result of a concrete editorial orientation formulated several years ago, which urged the search for “concrete and useful beauty” through other types of architecture. In normal times, the hospitality sector has its own natural inertia, due to its intrinsic characteristic: constant and often excessively spontaneous demand. To some extent, this has anaesthetized creative all over the world, with some rare exceptions – as we have emphasized – arriving from the Asia Pacific region and China. The hotels you will see in this .Wonder Book stand out for their hybrid spaces, not just places for F&B services, open to all, but also and above all situations combined with co-working spaces, or guestrooms that can be transformed into offices, even for just one day. Right around the corner, a look at the world of residential, office, mixed-use or retail facilities and common areas enables us to discover how the concept of space with its interpretations becomes the focus of interesting and appealing projects, increasingly impacted by new rules of social demeaner.
The Color Stories of this new Spring Summer collection tackle two hot topics of the last year and the new future: the relationship with national healthcare systems and smart working, each with its own Story and its own chromatic interpretation. Not to be missed, given the timeliness of the themes addressed. The Special Guests of this new .Wonder Book reflect some profound differences, which is precisely why they can make a profound contribution in cultural and design terms. The conversations with Micky Rosen and Alex Urseanu of Gekko Group, Sara Duffy of Stonehill Taylor and Yu Ting of Wutopia Lab reveal stories that have led each of them to formulate an unmistakable style, parallel to styles of living and involving a very interesting and personal concept of space. Every so often, a pause to peruse these “Wonders” can offer a great variety of fertile inspirations. Happy reading!
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WONDER. RAMAT-GAN, ISRAEL | AMOT ATRIUM TOWER | ILAN SHACHAM ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY The elevator shaft of the Amot Atrium building in Ramat-Gan, Israel. The open space, with windows letting light in from the outside, and five elevator shafts side by side, create a sci-fi looking image.
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Awarded as Remarkable Artwork at the Siena Awards 2020. The 40 stories tower was completed by Moshe Tzur Architects and Town Planner in 2016.
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WONDER. BRNO | CHURCH OF BEATIFIED RESTITUTA | ATELIER ŠTĚPÁN © BoysPlayNice
The soft circular structure form a disembodied inner space shaped by the light coming from above. The symbol of the covenant between God and His people, the rainbow, is depicted on the 80-meter-long window.
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WONDER. BEIJING | EASYHOME MOBAO SMART AUDIO-VISUAL STORE | AYZ STUDIO © Jin Weiqi
Integrating Arc, Yin-Yang and Zen, the designers created a retail space where “suddenly, the wall bends and stretches with surging light, mixing with the sound of music and becoming a peaceful blue lake”.
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Palo Alto & Millimetrica walk-in closet _ MisuraEmme® studio _ ph. Michele poli _ misuraemme.it
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Color trends are increasingly human-centered In the trends analyzed by ColorWorks™ the human factor becomes predominant, tracing a guideline between global innovations and the colors that represent them
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ne characteristic of the research on color trends conducted by ColorWorks™ is undoubtedly its longitudinal trajectory: the trends cross geographical boundaries, drawing on different innovations and changes that emerge from a wide spectrum of the society, which influence how consumers respond to color. This is also because the experts themselves who report on this research – formulating ColorForward™ – come from different continents (Sao Paulo, Chicago, Merate and Singapore are the locations of the design centers of ColorWorks™). These emerging movements lead to the four Color Stories that sum up the main focal points, and the 20 colors (five per story) that translate and interpret them. The anomalous nature of the present year, however, has created great uniformity of trends and feelings, generating global themes shared by the various markets of reference. The colors that reflect these trends have a widespread trail of yellow tones, a warm, empathic color that reflects the human component, and the sense of cautious optimism that pervades each Story, and hence the world. All this is contained in ColorForward™ 2022, revealing the color trends for the year to come, flowing in the wake of the previous edition which already foresaw the central focus on human beings, their relationships and emotions, as the fil rouge of the Stories for 2022. Glowcalization, Care on Demand, New Work City and Imago are the macro-trends, respectively reflecting the phenom22 | IFDM
ena of deglobalization, healthcare 2.0, new hybrid work models and the value of introspection and interaction. We will explain the new findings in two episodes (here, and in the Fall-Winter edition of the Wonder Book), with the exclusive guidance of Judith van Vliet, senior designer and team leader of ColorWorks™ EMEA.
Author: Veronica Orsi
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Deep collection designed by Nika Zupanc, captured in Puglia with PJ Natuzzi.
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Micky Rosen & Alex Urseanu
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CROSSING PATHS Atypical, outside the box, never conventional, far from classic sector definitions: the conversation with Micky Rosen and Alex Urseanu – the founders of Gekko Group – explains how being entrepreneurs and developers also means having fun, always with a positive approach
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rom the street to the boardroom, a gauntlet that runs from the bottom up. This image sets the tone of the careers of Micky Rosen and Alex Urseanu, who met and then founded Gekko Group, adding a new chapter to the history of the role of the developer. They have an unusual approach, a working philosophy based on “productive fun,” the pleasure of building something that is already appealing on paper. The shift from restaurants to hotels is far from simple or banal, but they have clear ideas, and in fact Roomers has immediately made waves at all latitudes. The projects of Gekko Group are never oneway streets – they cross luxurious concepts with other attitudes, moving from aggressive settings to softer images: nonchalance and the pleasure of invention are always the cornerstones for brilliant, effective results.
author: Matteo De Bartolomeis portrait & projects photo: All rights reserved to Gekko Group
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RESIDENCES
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Denizen Bushwick: a city in the city A gigantic residential project in Bushwick, New York’s finest neighbourhood for street art, reinvents the art of living in terms of green design and lifestyle
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wonderland on the site of the former Rheingold Brewery in Brooklyn: Denizen opens in Bushwick, a gigantic residential complex with an area of over 90,000 sqm, containing 911 private residences of which 20% are offered at affordable prices, and 10,000 sqm of outdoor spaces, plazas, public gardens, outfitted rooftops, urban farms and impressive murals. In an area of the city that still suggests some of its original, authentic character, amidst abandoned buildings and converted industrial architecture, ODA New York has formulated a new idea of living in a residential complex that is like a city in the city. The innovative Denizen Bushwick is an ode to a green lifestyle, an authentic future city capable of generating interaction, connection, inclusion and environmental sustainability inside a vast community. The fragmented façade has rust-color windows set deeply into its surface. The complex is composed of two buildings – X with nine stories and Y with eight (named in relation to the supports on the façades). “We are proud of what has taken shape at Bushwick,” says Eran Chen, IFDM | 35