Tesseract Engineers supported the design & Construction of Soft Horizons, a captivating installation debuting at Milan Design Week (April 7-13, 2025) and Fuorisalone 2025 within the newly unveiled Glasshouses of Alcova. This immersive experience reimagines Greek marble, bringing together light, transparency, and material history in an evocative dialogue of transformation. Set within the ethereal environment of a greenhouse, Soft Horizons invites visitors to engage with fragments of Greek marble that have been reshaped and reassembled, suspended with an unexpected lightness. As these marble pieces gently shift in response to human presence, a radiant disc overhead mirrors distant landscapes, subtly connecting the work to the marble’s geological origins.

More details about the project: greekmarble.org, archisearch 

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Credits:

Design: Objects of Common Interest
Design Team: Maria Paneta, Ariadne Tzika, Natalia Sotirchou, Zoi Eleftheriadi, Savina Onisiforou, Davide Filippi Pioppi
Structural designers: Tesseract Engineers
Kinetic specialist: Manos Vordonarakis
Metalwork fabricator: Alumitech E.E
Graphic Designers: Studio Vedet
Sound installation: ODA
Locations sound recording / sound design: Thodoris Kordolemis
Sound piece curation: Ariadne Tzika
Location Alcova, Serre Di Pasino, Via Emanuelle II, 54, 20814, Varedo (MB)
Photography: Yiorgos Kaplanidis