MoNa Residence · Monaco
Material as a collective work.
From the lobby’s geometry to marble pieces assembled one by one: Daniel Buren and Ora ïto’s composition, translated into stone.
- pieces in the water wall
- 1,435
- pieces in the lobby floor
- 267
- materials in place
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IThe lobby
01The lobby floor
Buren and Ora ïto’s composition, underfoot.
The marble floor translates the geometric composition by Daniel Buren and Ora ïto. Starting from a reference slab, 266 further pieces are arranged like a puzzle, from workshop layout to installation.
Calacatta Caldia · Marmo Verde Alpi
In the workshop
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02The water wall
1,435 pieces. One continuous curve.
In the lobby, an elliptical water wall combines Verde Alpi and Calacatta Caldia. Its curved surface calls for 1,435 individually prepared and assembled pieces, each contributing to the overall composition.
Calacatta Caldia · Marmo Verde Alpi
The making, on film
03Cladding
The depth of Verde Alpi.
From slab selection through installation, the veining of Verde Alpi becomes part of the architecture. The images trace the stages of the cladding work.
Marmo Verde Alpi · Calacatta Caldia
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IIThe residences
04The apartments
Calacatta, from room to room.
In the apartments, Calacatta Caldia clads floors and walls, continuing from one room to the next.
Calacatta Caldia
05The bathrooms
White and grey, in balance.
In the bathrooms, Calacatta Caldia meets Denver Grey around bathtubs and basins, down to the marble bench in the shower.
Calacatta Caldia · Denver Grey
IIIThe wellness floor
06The pools
Verde Vittoria and Courtil, at the water’s edge.
Verde Vittoria and Pietra Verde di Courtil® in the wellness pools, through to the frigidarium.
Pietra Verde di Courtil® · Verde Vittoria
07The hammam
Material takes shape in the workshop.
Drawings, trial assemblies and special fabrication reveal the making of the hammam in Verde Vittoria and Pietra Verde di Courtil, prepared and checked in the workshop.
Pietra Verde di Courtil® · Verde Vittoria
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08The Carrara benches
From block to form.
The Carrara marble benches are followed from block selection through cutting and finishing, to their place in the wellness space.
Marmo di Carrara
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The making, on film
09The sauna
Every detail shapes the whole.
Pietra Verde di Courtil appears in the sauna’s bespoke work and finishing details. The curved elements of the base are cut and shaped in the workshop, piece by piece: another aspect of the craftsmanship throughout MoNa Residence.
Pietra Verde di Courtil®
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