imaginative illustrations enclosed in a box

 

with his latest series, ‘ARCHIBOX ‘, federico babina unveils 17 boxes illustrating an imagined and imaginary architecture, playing with the space between architectures, cities, and landscapes. floating curves, vibrant lines, and circles enclosed in a box, assemble and disassemble architectures, challenging the balance, the force of gravity, and the perspective to free fantasy and imagination.federico babina illustrates boxes of imaginary architecture with bold colors + geometriesall images courtesy of federico babina

 

 

 

the wrapping paper, the box, and the surprise

 

the italien artist describes the boxes as a ‘gift’; the wrapping paper, the box, and the surprise at the same time. ‘I’ve always been interested in architecture that is built with ideas and not only made of form and search of functionality. because good ideas are what transform architecture into an expression of a culture, an era, and a society.’ says federico babina. each project is like a box of surprises, flooding with shapes, geometries, colors, and materials. each box is a different universe inviting viewers to immerse within using all their senses to discover the smells, the sounds, the freedom, and the rules.

 

‘just like a child begins unwrapping a gift, I drench myself in architecture to understand how it works, its tricks, or simply to let myself be transported on a sensational journey: bathing in the light that enters through a window, caressing a wall, or listening to the song of the wind that moves through its shapes.’ notices federico.

‘opening this container is like beginning a game where the rules are made of emotions and sensations always new and different’.

federico babina illustrates boxes of imaginary architecture with bold colors + geometries
a muted palette of colors complete this box

 

 

‘thinking outside the box to make a better box’

 

for the artist, architecture is a magic box where the trick is there, but nobody sees it; people have to discover the secret mechanisms on themselves. other times, architecture is equally pleasant, even if some of these tricks stay unexplored so that one can fully enjoy the emotion of the surprise.

 

federico babina illustrates boxes of imaginary architecture with bold colors + geometries
bold colors and sharp shapes give depth to this container

federico babina illustrates boxes of imaginary architecture with bold colors + geometries
shapes and colors integrate within this square

federico babina illustrates boxes of imaginary architecture with bold colors + geometries
a series of surpises within a cube

federico babina illustrates boxes of imaginary architecture with bold colors + geometries
immersing within the box labyrinth

federico babina illustrates boxes of imaginary architecture with bold colors + geometries
challenging the balance, box 0.10

federico babina illustrates boxes of imaginary architecture with bold colors + geometries
shapes, geometries, and colors, box 0.11

 

 

 

 

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discover the smells, the sounds, the freedom, and the rules
discover the smells, the sounds, the freedom, and the rules
enjoy the emotion of the surprises
enjoy the emotion of the surprises
playing with the space
playing with the space
a box of surprises
a box of surprises

project info:

 

name: ARCHIBOX / architecture boxes
designer: federico babina

 

 

 

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edited by: christina petridou | designboom