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Mizzi Studio and Halmann Vella Ltd teamed up with international firm Vicalvi Contacts to showcase traditional Terrazzo at 2020 Surface Design Show in London. The nature-infused ‘Terrazzo Garden’ was designed by Mizzi Studio in a way that showcases the versatility, tactile quality, and aesthetic appeal of terrazzo whilst offering an interactive space that encourages human exploration and interest.
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The display featured a series of incrementally heightened terrazzo columns, with a colour scheme drawing on colour trends that are dominant in today’s design and architectural world. As the columns fan outward from their lowest point at the centre, they grow taller and lighter in colour, creating a landscape of complementary chromatic gradients. The uniformity of the columns’ diameter is echoed by a circular brass-inlay pattern on the base of the installation, with glistening tones that offer a pleasant contrast against the earthy brown terrazzo.
The entire space was backed with a moss wall, which amplifies the richness of the terrazzo through its tonal and material contrast. Finally, a selection of plants was placed at the edge of the terrazzo wave, housed within spherically recessed columns that function as over-sized planters. The Terrazzo Garden manufactured by Halmann Vella Ltd makes use of five blocks of terrazzo, rendered in five unique colours. Each of the pre-cast terrazzo columns was created through specialist cutting and faceting of large-scale blocks in Malta, with facets being water-jetted to achieve their final smooth cylindrical appearance.
Surface Design Show, London, UK
Complete
Terrazzo, Green Moss Wall, Brass
Design, Visualisation
Halmann Vella Ltd., Vicalvi
Julia Frendo
When we were approached to design an installation out of this timeless material, we knew we wanted to be as experimental as possible. By introducing colour, height variation and the integration of organic elements, we knew we could create something really distinctive and unexpected. We wanted to put forward not just a beautiful showpiece, but an interactive space that people felt compelled to inhabit – something that visitors would want to explore through sight, smell and touch.