OMICRON INTERIORS

*Collaboration

  • Project and realization: Studio Anna Heringer + Martin Rauch
  • Architectural planning, project management: Stefano Mori

The project

In general, the attention of interior design seems to be focused mostly on the functional and aesthetical issues: plenty of products and materials are selected without inquiring much about the ethical and ecological issues behind their production.

How can the know-how, from places and cultures distant from ours, be combined in a harmonious and beautiful way with the local one? How can the profit generated from the project support first of all the craftsmen, who make it and not marketing or sales industries?

Through this project we decided to take up such challenge: 5 rooms, each with a different theme – Afghanistan, Ecuador, Mexico, Ghana, and Tanzania – are designed with the aim of engaging both craftsmen from Vorarlberg and the ones from developing communities (12 social organization have been involved). Combining them together in a unique design, we aimed to achieve ethical, sustainable yet beautiful results.

Each room contains as well a specific mud wall artwork. The mud, besides strengthening the individual character of the space from an aesthetical point of view, contributes also to a better indoor air quality. All materials and surfaces were chosen to make sure that a healthy indoor climate is guaranteed.

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