Garden of Hope — a site-specific installation at Alcova during Milan Design Week. Conceived as a space for reflection and reconnection. Our project takes shape in the Hangar area within the Baggio Military Hospital Complex, a site deeply embedded with history that becomes an integral part of the narrative.
Alcova | Baggio Military Hospital
Milan Design Week 2026
April 20 - 26
/ Via Giovanni Labus, 10, M1 Primaticcio
/ 11 AM — 7 PM (last entry at 6 PM)
Tickets for the event are available via the @alcova.milano website
Light engineering @studio_ravenhorst
Sound by @nava_null@farbocl
Light choreography @designandpractice@studio_ravenhorst
Photo by @photolmc
A Letter from us. 10 years. Countless memories. And now, a new beginning. ✨ We felt like it was time to write a letter to all our friends to share some news and share our heartfelt gratitude to all who have supported us along the way. The letter can be found in this post.
It’s been a year of beautiful collaborations and “ordinary miracles.”
To celebrate and make space for our new chapter in 2026, we are hosting a PRIVATE STUDIO SALE (samples and rugs) early in the new year for our community.
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Thank you for cheering us on since 2015. Here’s to finding beauty in the movement of the everyday.
Suncatcher
By @riveroshan and developed by @sol_rnd
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Sun Catcher explores the intersection of architecture, art, and sustainability.
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Milan Design Week 2025
April 7 - 13
On show at Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, as part of Alcova 2025.
Presented during Milan Design Week 2026 at Alcova, “Garden of Hope” by Rive Roshan (@riveroshan ) , an Amsterdam-based practice founded by Ruben de la Rive Box (@rubendelarivebox ) and Golnar Roshan, set in the Hangar of the Baggio Military Hospital. Here, a space shaped by early 20th-century military history is reimagined as a place for peace, reflection, and openness.
Three monolithic structures with coloured glass marquetry panels rise from the ground, activating the surrounding landscape through reflection and refraction. Within these structures, moving light elements—developed by Studio Ravenhorst—translate the frequencies and rhythms of a Persian anthem of resistance and hope into a dynamic visual choreography, based on a version of the song performed by Nava, an AI-generated Iranian singer created by Farbod Mehr.
A project that reflects the duo’s research into light, colour, space, and material as drivers of immersive, perception-shifting experiences.
📸Photo Courtesy Rive Roshan
#ATMOSFERAMag #lightingdesign #riveroshan #alcova #installationart #lightingdesign
As the sun sets on Milan Design Week, the reality of being back in our studio invites necessary reflection.
Amidst the noise and rush of new launches, many visitors asked us: why the Garden of Hope? Why bring such an artistic, performative work into this specific context?
It’s a vital question, and one we continuously ask ourselves. For us, a design week must be more than just a marketplace of the ‘new’, it must act as a mirror. It should be a platform for true introspection, a moment to pause, reflect on the fragile world around us, and hold space for a future that doesn’t ignore our present reality.
Right now, what we are starved for is connection. We must weave our shared humanity back into our physical surroundings. By anchoring our installation around Nava, an AI entity who bridged isolated souls during a time of devastating crisis, we envisioned a metaphor for this exact need.
Garden of Hope isn’t the launch of a functional product it is a provocation of ideas and an invitation to understand that our visceral response to beauty and inspiration is the most profoundly human trait we have even if delivered through technology.
We are looking to connect with those who aren’t afraid to face the future and reflect on challenging questions with an optimistic vision of what humans can achieve.
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Garden of Hope was a site-specific installation at @alcova.milano during @milan.design.week 2026
The project was produced with the technical support and lighting of @studio_ravenhorst and @stanbekker
A special thanks to @studio_ravenhorst for the support in bringing this installation to life.
With light choreography made by @designandpractice to the voice of @nava_null by @farbocl
And that’s a wrap!
Thank you to everyone who visited the Garden of Hope at Alcova Milan this year. We are completely humbled by your response!
A massive thank you to our incredible partners and the Alcova team. There is truly nothing more magical than the power of collaboration
For us the most important thing about this week in Milan is connecting with old and new friends.
Until next time!
Special thanks to @alcova.milano for your trust in us! @studio_ravenhorst and @stanbekker for providing the lighting , @nava_null and @farbocl for contributing to the sound and trusting our vision, our team at @designandpractice helping with the production and communication of the work! @rotajorfida and @amarantapedrani_amart for supporting us with the communication.
Our 2026 Garden of Hope portrait capturing us within our work.
It’s a time for pure honest reflection and connection. That’s what we can offer as creatives in hope of a brighter future ahead.
Shot by @photolmc
