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The Salone del Mobile.Milano World Tour will touch down in Nigeria on 21st and 22nd October for Lagos Design Week 2026, the epicentre of the new pan-African creative scene. Amidst fresh creative visions and international dialogue, the first edition of the IDEA Honours will recognise Marva Griffin Wilshire, founder of SaloneSatellite, architect and critic Lesley Lokko, and artist Yinka Shonibare.
David Gianotten, Managing Partner - Architect of OMA
At the OMA studios in Rotterdam, we met David Gianotten to explore the vision behind the Salone Contract masterplan. A project that redefines the boundaries between architecture, integrated systems and major international flows
From the OMA office in Rotterdam, architect David Gianotten explores the vision behind the Masterplan for Salone Contract 2027. A project that redesigns the boundaries between architecture, integrated systems, and large international flows.
Designing for contract projects, today, means going beyond the dimension of a single object to embrace the scale of whole systems. From OMA in Rotterdam, David Gianotten guides us through the concept he ideated with Rem Koolhaas for Salone del Mobile.Milano: a dynamic infrastructure meant to be more than an exhibition space, and closer to a veritable stock exchange for values and relationships on the global markets.
“The Masterplan for Salone Contract is structured so people can feel at ease, like in a real city.” - David Gianotten, Managing Partner - Architect of OMA
From the modular core of the Masterplan to the flows that redefine residential and hospitality, offices, nautical and public spaces, the interview dives deep into the genesis of a new model – ready, at its 2027 debut, to turn the complexity of the supply chain into a strategic advantage.
