Concept

Paola Lenti Milano

Paola Lenti Milano, the first flagship store owned by Paola Lenti, was created through the bio-ecological transformation of a 4,000-square-metre industrial estate located in the Maciachini district, in the north of Milan.

A space that—far from the traditional, crowded fashion and design districts—represents a meaningful choice: the expression of a desire to offer the city more than a furniture store and to engage not only industry professionals but the wider community.

A true urban oasis that embraces and promotes the vision of a “dispersed city,” where each neighbourhood possesses its own identity, quality, and ability to spark curiosity.

Paola Lenti Milano is a constantly evolving laboratory of ideas, where the presentation of indoor and outdoor products interacts with ecosystems, gardens, and plants of different species and seasons.

Like a living organism, the space is composed of interconnected areas that fulfil different functions: showroom, lounge, offices, gardens, greenhouses, an exhibition space dedicated to artistic expressions with a contemporary language and, in the near future, a bistrot and a small boutique hotel.

Paola Lenti Milano is a place of inspiration and cross-pollination between design, art and architecture, part of an international project aimed at expanding and enhancing the brand’s distribution spaces.

Concept

Paola Lenti Milano

Paola Lenti Milano, the first flagship store owned by Paola Lenti, was created through the bio-ecological transformation of a 4,000-square-metre industrial estate located in the Maciachini district, in the north of Milan.

A space that—far from the traditional, crowded fashion and design districts—represents a meaningful choice: the expression of a desire to offer the city more than a furniture store and to engage not only industry professionals but the wider community.

A true urban oasis that embraces and promotes the vision of a “dispersed city,” where each neighbourhood possesses its own identity, quality, and ability to spark curiosity.

Paola Lenti Milano is a constantly evolving laboratory of ideas, where the presentation of indoor and outdoor products interacts with ecosystems, gardens, and plants of different species and seasons.

Like a living organism, the space is composed of interconnected areas that fulfil different functions: showroom, lounge, offices, gardens, greenhouses, an exhibition space dedicated to artistic expressions with a contemporary language and, in the near future, a bistrot and a small boutique hotel.

Paola Lenti Milano is a place of inspiration and cross-pollination between design, art and architecture, part of an international project aimed at expanding and enhancing the brand’s distribution spaces.

Indoor Living

Àlfa, the timeless home

Outdoor Living

Inhabiting nature

Kids Collection

Paola Lenti’s collection designed for children

The Green Project

The Gardens of Paola Lenti Milano

ph. © Nathalie Krag

The green project distinguishes and make the concept of Paola Lenti Milano in via Bovio unique

Entrusted to the multidisciplinary team of architects, scientists and plant researchers of Studio Pnat (Project Nature), based in Florence and coordinated by Professor Stefano Mancuso, the area of 4,000 square meters includes different habitats, guaranteeing an environment blurring the distinction between artificial and natural, where nature and built-up space interacts until they merge. An area of urban fabric that, universally conceived as a place where nature is accepted within the limits of aesthetic and regulatory rules, becomes in this project a compelling and articulated system of experimentation, where built spaces intermingle with several natural ecosystems.

Each ecosystem, the primary element to give life to a variegated and changing nature, was conceived considering its botanic composition and designed to express its aesthetic value and ecosystemic potential, which is the capability of producing a biodiversity having beneficial effects for people and the environment.

At a time when natural habitats are often destroyed and the variability of nature stifled, the intervention in via Bovio in Milan commissioned by Paola Lenti, aims at reestablishing harmony between microclimate, biodiversity and landscape, hence representing an entrepreneurial approach based on an uncommon ethics. By leveraging the sequential nature of the spaces offered by the existing architecture, the designers were able to create distinct habitats, each contributing to a narrative that is surprising in itself, even more so when placed within a building that also serves a commercial function.

Habitats at Paola Lenti Milano:

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The Wetland Garden includes a pond able to sustain a rich biodiversity of plants, insects and little animals. A healthy and lasting wetland garden contains the right mix of swamp, floating and submerged plants, enabling them to grow rich and beautiful in all seasons and water to require limited or no filtration. At Paola Lenti Milano the space reserved to the wetland garden is featured, in addition to the pond with aquatic plants, by two pools containing trees and shrubs. The southern border wall sees a massive presence of climbing plants with a delicate fragrance with the function to mitigate temperature during the warmer season. From the roof, a fringe of drooping plants will give lightness and movement to the space.

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The Pollinator Rooftop is an ecosystem composed of plants that provide food and shelter to pollinating animals such as bees, birds and butterflies. These species represent the base of food production and safety and are steadily decreasing. The spontaneous and wild garden in the space of Via Bovio is brought to life on the central roof, visible from the other buildings of the estate, generating an unprecedented visual impact. Its presence guarantees the health of all the other ecosystems. Plants are selected according to their limited water needs and include more than 30 species with different blooms, offering this way an always different landscape and an oasis regenerating urban biodiversity.

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The Tropical Courtyard is an environment where people can rest and relax surrounded by plants. The space is occupied by vigorous banana trees and luxuriant palm trees. The space, protected on four sides, provides the ideal climate conditions for such plants to thrive. Here, man is the guest and plants are the host. An enveloping space aimed at fostering the guests’ psychophysical well-being, preparing the mind for creative thinking.

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The Perennial Garden is the central pathway of the showroom, where all visitors and guests converge. Greenery here is conceived as a dynamic system, constantly evolving. Perennials possess the characteristic of regeneration, change, and colonization, generating the space where they are inserted, generating ever-new patterns and dispositions. The garden will never appear bare because it is designed with species of varying seasonality and includes some evergreens. The presence of large trees will mitigate the heat peaks across the entire area during the warmest season, creating environmental comfort and physical well-being.

Contact

Paola Lenti Milano

via Giovanni Bovio, 28
20159 Milano
+39 02 86891284

info@paolalenti-milano.it

Metro: Line 3, Dergano Station


Opening Hours:

Monday – Friday  10 – 19

Open on Saturdays by appointment only
Contact us to schedule your visit

From 20th November to 23rd December also open on Saturdays, 10 – 19

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