MIA RIVERA

From Object to RoomThis Recipe Book Became a Baking StationTransforming a fabric-bound mid-century recipe book into a highly functional baking station requires balancing nostalgia with utility. By extracting its tactile qualities, the marriage of strict, utilitarian geometry with warm, organic human touches creates a durable, warm kitchen alcove designed for precise pastry work. Building the Stacked Pages Architecture Horizontal paneling mimics the dense stack of closed pages. Translating the dense, linear edges of a closed…

OxymoraGreek Regional Meets Goblincore: Kitchen The arid, sun-bleached minimalism of traditional Greek coastal architecture clashes sharply with the damp, cluttered maximalism of woodland foraging. We resolve this by letting a bright, monolithic plaster shell host dense, earthy collections of wild botanicals and rustic ceramics. The Austere Plaster Canvas Greek regional architecture provides a brilliant, monolithic foundation for this unusual, highly textured pairing. Thick, uneven whitewashed walls establish a quiet, enduring permanence before any woodland elements…