BIO
GAILAZ is a studio born from the encounter of architecture and art, founded by Gaia and Ilaz in 2024 after their first collaborative project, La Corte, in Miami Beach. The practice blends design, architecture, and artistic intervention into what they define as structural art: site-specific works that are inseparable from the spaces for which they are conceived. Each project arises as a dialogue with its context, where Gaia’s architectural vision and Ilaz’s artistic gesture merge to generate installations that serve both function and poetics. The result is art that cannot be relocated, because it is rooted in the identity, form,and atmosphere of its site. Alongside collective work, both Gaia and Ilaz continue their individual practices as architectural designer and artist, with projects, exhibitions, and press features recognized internationally.
ALCOVA MIAMI / 2025
Presenze – Transformation and Renewal
The installation Presenza reflects on the human process of transformation and renewal, translating the cycle of change into spatial form. Identity is often composed of inherited patterns—fragments of family, culture, and history—that can be re-examined, released, and recomposed into a more authentic self. Each change becomes an opening through which gold flows, as in the Japanese art of Kintsugi: broken parts reassembled into new wholeness. In contemporary design discourse, Presenza aligns with practices that embrace imperfection, reuse, and the poetic potential of fragments. By using discarded slabs of stone and other salvaged materials recomposed into surfaces and structures, the installation questions notions of polished completeness, offering instead a narrative of resilience and rebirth.