From Casa FOA to home: trends to imitate

It literally means “love of the living.” and for a few years it has been incorporated into architecture, interior design and decoration. Today, with greater force, biophilic architecture is aimed at generating well-being, understood as relaxation and serenity. more than as technology and home automation. To achieve that environmental calm, integrate elements of nature into the interior spaces. How? Environments with natural light, airy and scented, with the presence of water, fire and vegetation. The interiors are created imitating exteriors, with living elements – the five elements – spice colors and noble materials, such as the blown glass pieces by Ana Manghi, seen in the Biophilic Space 28, of Casa Foa.

The sculptural objects enter living rooms and dining rooms, occupying a privileged place. From a basin – a set of earthenware jug and basin – to an ultra-modern sculpture, they take center stage with focused lighting. In Espacio 22, Estar de Encuentro, the art pieces are present, just like visual decorative stoves or water vapor fireplaces (Biohogares). The De Caro De Souza Arq. Studio invited the artists Chino Vitali and Hernán Salvo to exhibit their work.

They are the ones that mutate and transform thanks to new resources that hide, fold or mask furniture and objects. Shelves with retractable doors, folding lids and partitions allow, for example, a kitchen or dining room to be seen as a living space, while appliances or typical cupboards are made invisible. An example is Space 26, Flexible Department. It allows the residential and professional to be combined under the same roof, because with just a few moves what is home changes to an office, for example. The Del Piccolo, Geci, Cherro studio talks about DUM: “Multiple Use Apartment with open floor plan that can be converted to a complete apartment in minutes. Unlike the SUM, in the DUM the furniture adapts to movement.”

The straight edges, the rigidity in the volumes and Geometric points or angles give way to curvilinear shapes, also known as organic.. With the inspiration of the Catalan vaults, walls with rounded edges, windows with semicircular tops, and round mirrors emerge. Space 37, Meeting Kitchen, by Estudio Moraschi, required arduous construction work to create new openings, molded ceilings and curved walls.

It can be called curry, turmeric or mustard. If it were metallic, it would be gold. ALBA presented the Golden Curry which is “a vibrant yellow that soaks up the brightness of the sun, something that takes on greater value in architectural spaces within the city. Yellow is a powerful color, it encourages creativity, revitalizes energy and stimulates,” says the brand. He stands out in the Coworking of the PQR Studio, Space 4, of FOA.