On Tuesday, April 8, during Milan Design Week, Medelhan hosts the event SPACES, MEANING, FUTURE at the Next Place Hotel in Milan, featuring Pietro Chiodi, Partner and Director at Stefano Boeri Architetti.
The series of talks brings together leading voices in the industry to explore the evolution of hospitality spaces—where large-scale design intersects with cultural context, well-being becomes a design imperative, and new languages shape immersive and purposeful experiences. From the surge of contract hospitality in the Middle East to signature projects that tell meaningful stories, these conversations investigate how design can elevate both place and people.
At 4:00 PM, the session Designing at Scale: Contract Hospitality in the Middle East focuses on how architects, interior designers, brands, and suppliers confront the challenges of delivering large-scale hospitality projects in the region—balancing creativity, quality, and industrial-scale execution. The panel features Pietro Chiodi, Partner and Director at Stefano Boeri Architetti, alongside Jeremy Robinson, Managing Director of EDGE Architects.
From the event synopsis:
For architects, interior designers, brands, and suppliers, executing high-volume hospitality projects means navigating a complex matrix—meeting luxury standards while staying within tight timeframes and budgets. Creativity must align with scalability; handcrafted aesthetics must translate into hundreds of rooms. This demands close interdisciplinary collaboration, robust supply chains, and innovative construction technologies—from modular fabrication to digital project delivery.
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