Lina Ghotmeh to create pink labyrinth for debut Milan design week installation
Architect Lina Ghotmeh has unveiled designs for Metamorphosis in Motion, a "playful labyrinth" set to be installed in the courtyard of Milan's Palazzo Litta during the city's upcoming design week.
The installation, which is Ghotmeh's first site-specific solo outdoor work in Italy, was informed by the history of the palace itself and resembles a pink labyrinth.
It was commissioned for the annual MoscaPartners Variations exhibition, which will be held in Milan's baroque-style Palazzo Litta and showcase a number of global exhibitors.
"Metamorphosis emerges through use," Ghotmeh explained. "The courtyard evolves from threshold to commons, from representation to participation, transforming space, memory and experience into a single, dynamic architectural narrative."
Ghotmeh used shifting perspectives, curved geometric shapes and a sequential path to create the installation, which was named Metamorphosis in Motion because of the way it changes the courtyard space.
"We reflected on the courtyard's role as both passage and representation – an intermediate realm designed to guide movement and intensify experience," Ghotmeh said.
"The installation is a playful labyrinth that activates the courtyard without altering its structure, introducing a contemporary layer that offers visitors a silent pause within the intensity of the design week experience," she continued.
Renders of the installation show a labyrinth of screens and seats with a monolithic feel in a bright cerise-pink hue.
Metamorphosis in Motion will take up all of the central courtyard and be the "scenographic and conceptual centrepiece for the exhibition", MoscaPartners said.
"The installations we have commissioned over the years for this highly distinctive venue have never been mere scenic backdrops, but conceptual thresholds capable of setting the rhythm and atmosphere of the entire exhibition, transforming into living spaces where people's participation becomes an integral part of the work," MoscaPartners founder Caterina Mosca said.
"With Metamorphosis in Action, Lina perfectly synthesises the link between our research and that of the exhibitors: an approach that looks beyond the object to focus on regeneration and adaptation," she continued.
According to MoscaPartners, different areas defined by the labyrinthine modules will offer different ways of experiencing the Metamorphosis in Motion installation.
Last year, the courtyard space was filled with red gravel by South Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho, who created the installation as his first project in Europe.
Ghotmeh was named one of the world's 100 most influential rising stars by Time magazine last year. She designed the Bahrain Pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka and is set to renovate part of the British Museum in London.
The images are courtesy of MoscaPartners.
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