Das Haus: Interiors on Stage
IMM Cologne,
2013
A temporary home where nature and architecture live as one.
Interiors on Stage is a full-scale installation created for IMM Cologne’s Das Haus, presenting a forward-looking vision of living where architecture and nature merge seamlessly. Rather than proposing a conventional home, the project unfolds as a cultivated landscape that grows, adapts, and breathes like a living organism, encouraging a deeper relationship between built space, environment, and everyday life.
Influenced by Californian modernism, Japanese spatial principles, and Carlo Scarpa’s refined craftsmanship, the installation dissolves boundaries between indoors and outdoors. Over 350 plants shape the environment: aromatic species enhance the kitchen, purifying varieties support the bathroom, and cascading greenery defines social areas. Light filters through foliage and patterned screens, creating atmosphere attuned to natural rhythms.
The living room forms the conceptual heart, envisioned as a central hub from which all other spaces extend like branches. Two primary axes organise the layout: one connects kitchen, living area, and garden; the other links bedroom, reading corner, and relaxation zone. These intersecting paths create subtle transitions, layered perspectives, and a continuous sense of openness and movement.
Material choices deepen the dialogue between architecture and nature. Venetian stone and reclaimed briccole wood meet soft Scandinavian tones, balancing warmth, clarity, and texture. Collaborations with Bosa, Cassina, De Padova, Hem, Petite Friture, and Nodus enrich the narrative. Interiors on Stage ultimately proposes a home as connection, renewal, and harmony with the world.
