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Color stories
In search of self, and one’s own color in the world
Interviews
PEOPLE Denis Montel & Julia Capp
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It’s all about the experience
PEOPLE Guicciardini & Magni Architetti
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Generosity and inclusivity at the museum
PEOPLE Carlo Masseroli
148 Cities of the future
Projects review
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Laude Living Bologna, Italy
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Six Senses Rome
18 Domaine de la Rose, Lancôme, Grasse, France Rose House | NeM Architectes
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20 Québec City | Passages Insolites Exmuro Arts Publics
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22 The Karl Lagerfeld Macau | The Grand Lisboa Palace Resort | SJM Resorts 82 Prague | Price f(x) Offices | Collcoll
A concept for temporary housing Timeless classicism
Nice Limeira, Brazil A smart factory that speaks to the future Ying’nFlo Hong Kong
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Balance as an invitation to connect
Manifattura Tabacchi Florence, Italy
84 Qingdao, China | Vanke Future City Mall
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The Fantastic Jungle | Clou Architects
86 Naples, Italy | Romeo Napoli
The creative social world of the factory
Soho House Stockholm
The SPA by Sisley Paris
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142 Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil Açucena House | Tetro
A new spectacular flair
Firma Brussels
144 Cold Spring, NY | Magazzino Italian Art
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146 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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194 Val di Fassa, Italy | Olympic Spa Hotel | NOA
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A totally Italian welcome
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Bulgari Hotel Tokyo The harmony of opposites
Robert Olnick Pavilion | Miguel Quismondo Alberto Campo Baeza The Red Church Reconstruction Olomouc Research Library | atelier-r
Can Santacilia Palma de Mallorca, Spain
198 New York | Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation | Studio Gang
A re-creation without too much sacrifice
Hangar Lounge Rome
196 Naples, Italy | Hi, my name is Stereo Mike Concept bar | Carmine Abate
So many things all at once, or co-working with a twist
LOAM Café & Bar Shanghai
102 A story that flows
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Hotel Oktogon Budapest
104 Vintage flair, modern comfort Brixen Public Library Italy
110 A tree for the community Gurdau Winery
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Kurdějov, Czech Republic A camouflaging slope
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120 A business hotel becomes a second home Paleis Het Loo Museum Apeldoorn, Netherlands
126 House of Orange Park Hyatt Jakarta
132 The rule of no-two-alike Torres Blancas Madrid
138 The house tower Booking.com Amsterdam
154 An urban campus for a travel giant
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Aethos Ericeira Portugal
162 Wellness as an experiential journey Rue du Vertbois Paris
168 The power of transformation JIC Brno, Czech Republic
172 A home for innovation Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp, Belgium
176 A sensitive modern restoration Falésia D’El Rey House Óbidos, Portugal
182 Embraced by the ocean Casa Baglioni Milan
186 Milanese living room Nolinski Venice, Italy
190 A change of scene
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201 A wide view on major international projects
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233 A preview of the upcoming global projects NEXT IN THE WORLD
240 Hospitality looks to the East
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ALESSANDRA BERGAMINI Deputy Editor
Focus on People
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his Fall/Winter edition of .Wonder Book presents twenty-six projects including interior design and architecture, redevelopment and new builds, hospitality and work, and home living and leisure time. This “collectible” selection of recently completed projects on varied scales in different regions and cities of the world was chosen to make room for a kind of “scan” of contemporary design, rather than to just identify trends. This edition includes projects, as usual, as well as faces of people who agreed to take part in this edition with personal contributions, such as the interviews with Julia Capp and Denis Montel of RDAI, Marco Magni of the Guicciardini & Magni Architetti studio, Carlo Masseroli of Nhood, and in ‘White Box’ by Francesco Conserva from the architecture studio Open Project, along Michael Giuliano, Regional Director of Operations for Italy at The Social Hub, Lavinia Guelfi, Contract Commercial Director, Lema and Frank Uffen, Managing Director of Community & Partnerships at The Social Hub, as well as Roberto Romanin, senior designer at ColorWorks™.Reading their words, we see the importance of designing to create curiosity, inclusivity,
and physical and mental well-being with positive individual experiences as well as a sense of community, as seen in student housing, the transformation of city sections, and designs for museums and cultural institutions. It is needed to pay attention to people and their relationships in space and in the rhythm of their daily lives. In a state of “permacrisis,” to quote the guide to colors of 2024 from The ColorForward™, Third story: Anything Else?: “Humanity is not over, as it and its capacity for collaboration remain the best resources with which to approach this scenario. There is an increasing emphasis on a vision of ‘community first’ in urban settings, making the physical and mental wellbeing of local citizens central.” Enjoy the read.
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WONDER. DOMAINE DE LA ROSE, LANCÔME, GRASSE, FRANCE | ROSE HOUSE | NEM ARCHITECTES Positioned at the center of an uncontaminated field of lavender, rose bushes and olive trees, the renovated Rose House is now open to the public, sector professionals and others, with training sessions, wor-
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kshops, screenings and events for knowledge of the tradition of the site and the company, the processes of perfume creation, and regenerative agricultural practices.
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WONDER. QUÉBEC CITY | PASSAGES INSOLITES | EXMURO ARTS PUBLICS
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During the recent public art event, internationally renowned artist Felice Varini presented Double interlaced concentric circles, a monumental work blending into the architecture of Place Royale.
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HOSPITALITY RESIDENTIAL RETAIL lemamobili.com
WONDER. THE KARL LAGERFELD MACAU | THE GRAND LISBOA PALACE RESORT | SJM RESORTS
© courtesy of Maison Karl Lagerfeld
The five-star hotel is the only one in the world wholly designed by the late Karl Lagerfeld. Design concept stemmed from a reimagining of modern Chinoiserie fused with traditional craftsmanship.
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COLOR STORIES
Trend
In search of self, and one’s own color in the world Collectivity as resource, with the importance of a new focus on the self: these are the themes behind the rising trends, translating into a warm, bright palette, a chromatic metaphor of today’s desire for positivity Author: Veronica Orsi
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e’re talking about color. The different palettes and hues that surround us – in fashion, furnishings, and consumer goods in general – have the ability to influence our moods and our relationships with particular objects. But the colors we see around us are the result of research that analyzes everyday life, translating into chromatic trends. This is the task of the color and social trend experts of ColorWorks™, who identify four global trends that can influence the reaction of consumers to color over the next few years. They collect these findings and assign a palette of 5 hues to each (also known as a “story”). Each represents a key factor of any emerging movement. The result is a guide, the ColorForward™, containing the 20 colors that will set trends for the year to come. Considering the moment of widespread disorientation and rapid changes in the present, we have asked ourselves which colors will emerge, and what we should be expecting for 2024. There is a general desire for protection and security, faced with the instability of the world, so the colors shift towards more welcoming tones, offering a wider sensation of comfort; at the same time, bright and saturated colors are used to make room for human expression and exuberance. While in the palette for 2023 purples and greens were the clear protagonists, for 2024 the colors shift towards reassuring ranges, like the browns and the yellows, adding a touch of mystery through the many shades of blue. Therefore ColorForward™ 2024 focuses on environmental themes, first of all (from the growing problems related to water shortage, to agricultural technology as a resource). But there also an emphasis on human value, in single or collective terms, giving rise to the last two Stories for the year to come, as explained by Roberto Romanin, senior designer at ColorWorks™. 24 | IFDM
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author: Alessandra Bergamini portrait photo: Gaelle Le Boulicaut projects photo: courtesy of RDAI, Masao Nishikawa (Hermès Dosan Park), Stirling Elmendorf (Hermès Fukuoka Iwataya), Kevin Scott (Hermès Madison), Michel Denancé (Cité des Métiers Hermès), Kyle Yu (Bountiful Journey Tower), Christian Kain (Hermès Vienna)
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Denis Montel & Julia Capp
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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE Julia Capp and Denis Montel talk about the history and work of the RDAI interior design and architecture studio, their lasting achievement in the luxury retail sector, and their new adventures
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n the Paris-based studio founded 50 years ago as Rena Dumas Architecture Intérieure, Julia Capp and Denis Montel continue on the path laid out by the interior designer who started her long collaboration in 1976 with Hermes, one of the most long-lived and illustrious French fashion houses. They also blaze new trails. Their partnership with Hermes has continued over the years with a long line of flagship stores around the world, including Tianjin, Vienna, Fukuoka, Hamburg, New York, and with a Cité de Metiers on the outskirts of Paris that earned the studio the Equerre d’Argent award in 2014. The studio’s design work is always shared between the two partners whose studio employs over 100 people. It has shifted over time from product and interior design to interior architecture and architecture in general, for Hermes and other clients. As Julia Capp says, “We try not to do much retail outside Hermes, as I think it is good for us intellectually and creatively to work in other realms.” In recent years, its work has expanded to hospitality. The So/Paris was completed last year and large apartment buildings such as the interiors for Broome Soho New York and Eighty Seven Park Miami, as well as the Bountiful Journey apartments in Taiwan. There are three essential design foundations in the diversity of realms: context, scale, and experience, with plenty of attention to craftsmanship and materials.
How would you tell the story of your firm? Julia Capp: RDAI (Rena Duma Architecture Intérieure) was established a little more than 50 years ago in 1972, as an interior design practice. Rena developed it first with private clients, which included Hermes, and over the years it kept on growing. I joined the firm in 1998 and Denis joined shortly after. It was at that point when Hermes was developing larger, more ambitious and architectural projects. Rena wanted to respond to that so she employed us as architects. She understood that Hermes needed architects, not just interior designers. Since then, we have been involved in the whole project, from architecture to interiors and furniture design. Today our office, with more than one hundred people employed, practices architecture and design, as we really want to be involved in the full experience. Which projects do you consider milestones for the firm? Denis Montel: For a long time we were very focused on only Hermes projects so our milestone projects were quite related to Hermes. However, ten to twelve years ago, we started to develop other sorts of projects and now we work on lots of different programs for many different clients. A very important project for us was the first Hermes flagship store we completed in Paris after Rena Dumas passed away. For this Hermes Rive Gauche, we decided to take some risks so we designed a massive wooden structure, which started a new dialogue between RDAI and Hermes. One of our most important projects is the Dosan Park Building, in Seoul, as our office designed its architecture. Another key project is La Cité des Métiers, a campus with workshops, offices, product archives, IFDM | 29