The installation “Chain” responds to the theme of this year’s Lake Como Design Festival, Confine (Boundary), understood not only as a line of separation but also as a place of encounter and relationship. In public space, a chain often marks territory, restricts access, or separates one area from another. Yet it also embodies connection: each link is distinct, but only together do they form a whole. This dual meaning makes the chain a symbol of both division and interdependence.
“Chain” reinterprets this familiar object through an invitation to gather. The installation can function as a bench, a place to rest, or a meeting point. A symbol of restriction becomes a shared element that invites people to pause and interact. In this way, the project explores the boundary as a space of contact and exchange.
The installation has an open, visually lightweight form. Made of welded steel tubes, its structure creates a spatial drawing — a black outline in space. The open framework defines a place while allowing views and movement through and around it. The boundary becomes a frame rather than a barrier.
Modularity is central to the design. Three connected elements form a repeatable structure that can be expanded or adapted to different contexts. The installation can function indoors or outdoors, in a garden, courtyard, or urban space. In each setting, it creates a point of transition between architecture and landscape, movement and rest.
“Chain” invites us to see boundaries as places with the potential to bring people together. It offers a simple response to Confine: the boundary as a place where one space ends and a relationship begins.