Cassina Customized Interiors partnered with Technogym and Italian architect Giulia Foscari of studio Una/Until to debut the Ottagono Wellness Gymnasium on the Resort du Cap-Eden-Roc within the French Riviera.
Primarily based on an octagon, the column has been hand-lacquered (on this case to match the evocative colors of the ocean and vegetation surrounding the Antibes resort).
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Foscari’s preliminary thought was to create a compact ‘room inside a room’, an area that may very well be multifunctional and be tailored to a number of makes use of. ‘On its summit, a lighting system transforms Ottagono into a light-weight that shines upwards as a flooring lamp combining and merging in a single object furnishings design and a lighting system,’ says the architect. The highest of the 1.9 metres column is characterised by a sequence of recessed LEDs, whereas the inside of the item additionally options dimmable and distant managed lights.
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For the item’s debut, Foscari and Cassina concerned Technogym, the octagonal cabinet-like quantity being a pure answer for a compact house gymnasium. When closed, the Ottagono Gymnasium appears like a daring however unassuming component within the room. As soon as open, it reveals its performance with a sequence of components important to a whole coaching session, as its cabinets and hooks are fitted with Technogym classics.
It consists of the corporate’s Linked Dumbells, fitted with an inside sensor that analyses motion and efficiency, with an adjustable weight from 2 to 24 kg, in addition to kettlebells, resistance bands, mobility sticks, mats, foam rollers, and a soar rope. One door opens to disclose a full mirror, and on the centre is an built-in display to reinforce the gymnasium and wellness expertise by way of Technogym’s devoted digital applied sciences. The inside can be fitted with house for a smartphone.
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The gymnasium is now a part of Resort du Cap Eden Rock’s everlasting providing, and it’s also put in on the resort’s newly inaugurated Villa La Guettière. ‘This partnership embodies our unwavering dedication to providing our visitors ever extra unique experiences, the place artwork, design, and well-being harmoniously merge inside the refined setting of our legendary institution,’ says Philippe Perd, Managing Director of the Resort.
The article, Foscari explains, was born from a dialogue along with her mom, architect Barbara Foscari, who first had the concept of a room inside a room. ‘Ottagono is an architectural object, an autonomous presence in house, a liveable monolith that transforms its perform in keeping with its contents,’ she says. ‘As a synthesis of furnishings and light-weight, it opens new potentialities for the design of latest and historic interiors.’
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The challenge is a part of Cassina’s Customized Interiors sequence, a set of furnishings designs outlined by a excessive versatility that may be tailored to a buyer’s particular wants. With Ottagono, the Cassina Customized Interiors sequence is enriched with greater alternatives to form areas with enhanced performance
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