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ENTRATE TAKK: con-vivere
Barcelona and New York studio TAKK fills MAXXI's lobby with six mobile sculptural elements made of low-carbon and living materials, exploring new ways of coexistence.
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Walk into MAXXI's entrance hall and one of the first things you're asked to do is take off your shoes. That's the rule for The Collective Sofa, a plush circle six metres across where you can lie down, read or sleep under a hanging garden of aromatic plants. Romans already have a word for the afternoon nap, the pennichella, and a national museum has now built furniture for it.
The sofa is one of six mobile pieces by TAKK, the Barcelona and New York studio of Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño, made from low-carbon materials for the second edition of ENTRATE, MAXXI's design programme for its lobby. A former jacuzzi, now a shallow basin ringed with seats, sits in the middle, and greenhouse grow lights keep the plants going.
No critic has reviewed it yet. Entry to the hall is free; the rest of MAXXI costs 15 EUR, 14 EUR online. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 7pm, until 14 February 2027.
Look for
The Collective Sofa
Shoes off, then lie down on a six-metre circular sofa under a suspended garden of aromatic plants.
The Fountain
A former jacuzzi turned shallow communal basin at the centre of the hall, with tiered seating around it and the sound of moving water.
The Tower
Asparagus, peas and cabbage grow on stacked platforms watered from reservoirs above, with shared tables underneath the hanging crops.
The Wellness Bed
A guided-meditation space surrounded by medicinal and psychoactive plants, scent diffusers, coloured light and suspended speakers.
The Work Table
A shared, lit desk held up by exposed timber beams and tension chains, built on the logic of a bridge.
Good for
- An Hour Or Less
- Cheap Culture
- Going Solo
- Rainy Days
Skip if
You want art objects to look at: it's furniture and plants for sitting, resting and working among.
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Image credits
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- ENTRATE TAKK: con-viverePhoto © Vincenzo Labellarte
- Marina Bindella. CosmografieCourtesy of Museo Carlo Bilotti
- AEGYPTUS. Dal Nilo al Mediterraneo. Oasi e deserto in epoca romanaCourtesy of National Roman Museum - Palazzo Massimo
- Le Litanie della Vergine di Mario Deluigi. Dialogue between the Sacred and AbstractionCourtesy of Vatican Museums
- MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century ArtsAlbertSpiegelei, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0