INTERVALLO


Intervallo is a sensory microspace that celebrates absence as presence, silence as design material, and light as a narrative gesture.It is a contemplative space where nothing happens, but everything is felt: time slows down, the mind disconnects from function and reconnects with itself. Natural light becomes a choreographic event, marking the passage of time like a silent metronome.


ARCHITECTURE x INTERIOR DESIGN | MARCH ‘25

Lorena Ceresoli — Art Director + Graphic Designer

  • From the Latin inter-vallum, “space between two things.”
    Intervallo is the suspended time between two acts — the void that allows breath.
    As in music or poetry, it is what creates rhythm and tension.
    Here, it becomes an architectural experience of silence and light.

  • Intervallo is a space that transforms silence and light into an immersive experience of time and self-reflection. Intervallo is a space where absence and silence are not voids, but powerful elements that shape the experience. It uses light as a way to reveal time and presence, offering a poetic, almost meditative atmosphere. The design embraces simplicity and stillness, encouraging reflection and mindfulness, where the sensory experience becomes the main narrative.

  • Intervallo is an architecture built on absence, where silence becomes matter and light becomes voice.
    Natural light moves slowly through the space, drawing time with ephemeral geometries.
    The void is not lack, but potential — a space that welcomes without asking.
    Pure forms and raw materials create an environment that absorbs sound and invites slowness.
    The space holds no function, only presence — a breath between two acts.
    Every element is reduced to its essence, amplifying inner perception.
    It is a place to be inhabited with the mind, where thought expands in silence.

  • The project draws inspiration from architects like Tadao Ando, who uses light and void sculpturally, turning silence into a spiritual presence, and Peter Zumthor, whose sensory spaces and living materials create a contemplative atmosphere. John Pawson’s spiritual minimalism and geometry as a form of meditation also influence the design, as well as SANAA, known for creating light, non-narrative, and evocative spaces. The theoretical foundation rests on the works of Heidegger, who explores dwelling as the experience of being, Gaston Bachelard, who sees space as the realm of the soul, and Merleau-Ponty, who focuses on embodied perception. Lastly, Eastern mysticism, particularly Zen and wabi-sabi, informs the notion of the void as beauty, reinforcing the philosophical underpinnings of the design.

A space to listen to the void.

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