"Home gyms have become unavoidable lately, creeping into corners with smart mirrors bolted to walls, fold‑out benches wedged behind sofas, and dumbbells scattered under coffee tables. Apartments keep shrinking, hotel suites need to multitask, and most fitness gear still looks like fitness gear rather than furniture. Even the sleekest mirror can't pretend it belongs next to a credenza when a countdown timer starts blinking, and someone begins doing burpees in the reflection."
"Ottagono by architect Giulia Foscari for Cassina Custom Interiors offers a different answer. It looks like a tall octagonal column, occupies less than one square meter, and hides a complete Technogym-powered workout behind faceted doors. Designed in collaboration with Technogym, it debuted during Milan Design Week and will be installed at Hotel du Cap Eden Roc in Antibes, positioning it squarely in the luxury hospitality world where space costs money and objects need to earn their floor area."
"When closed, Ottagono reads like a sculptural floor lamp rather than a cabinet full of kettlebells. The exterior is finished in gradient tones, deep blue fading lighter toward the top or emerald green transitioning upward, with clean facets and minimal seams. At its summit, an integrated uplight washes the ceiling in soft ambient glow. In a living room or suite, it sits quietly under that halo, looking more like art than utility, which seems to be exactly what Foscari and Cassina intended."
Ottagono is a tall octagonal column occupying less than one square meter that conceals a complete Technogym-powered workout behind faceted doors. Giulia Foscari collaborated with Cassina Custom Interiors and Technogym to produce a sculptural piece aimed at luxury hospitality and space-conscious interiors. When closed, the exterior presents gradient finishes, clean facets, minimal seams, and an integrated uplight that casts a soft ambient halo. When opened, the interior reveals bright turquoise, a vertical screen streaming workouts, a mirror for form, adjustable dumbbells in octagonal cradles, kettlebells on polished hooks, resistance bands, a foam roller, and mobility balls, creating a room-within-a-room fitness niche.
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