THE
4 MASTER
SUITES
Four titles, four worlds. With Earth, Dream, Prey, and Sin, I composed spaces where literature turns into atmosphere, and words become walls.
CONCEPT
The guiding idea was to let each suite embody one of Zola’s themes with its own materiality, palette, and rhythm. Walls and interiors were composed like chapters: distinct yet part of a greater story. Collaboration with artists and designers brought further layers, ensuring each room became a complete experience, not just a decorative gesture.
CRAFTING FOUNDATION
Across all four suites, strong bases anchor the work: mineral surfaces, natural pigments, fabrics, metals, and wood. Each element was selected for its ability to age, to carry patina, and to hold memory — so that the foundation itself is already alive with character.
ROOM 208 — THE EARTH
"LA TERRA"
A vertical play of up to 50 color tones, layered like strata, interrupted by end-grain timbers set into the wall. Earth as depth, earth as structure.
ROOM 104 — THE DREAM
"LE RÈVE"
Created with artist Anna Menecia Antenete Hambira (@amaaena), layered fabrics in patchwork blues cascade across walls, dissolving into painted surfaces — a dream stitched into color.
ROOM 104 — THE PREY
"LA CURÈE"
Brass plates and hand-cut and also handpicked wooden logs from an old sawmill set the stage. Fire blackened the wood, bringing destruction as design. Metal and charred timber in raw tension.
ROOM 209 — THE SIN
"LA FAUTE"
A dark composition of jute, hemp, and cotton dyed with natural pigments, pressed into wall layers (Professor Robert Wiesner contributed to the process) Gypsum plaster finished the surfaces, partially scraped back, revealing both concealment and exposure.
DECAY
Each suite carries a sense of erosion, layering, and transformation. Colors fade into one another, fabrics fuse with plaster, wood yields to fire, and surfaces carry scars like memories. Together, the suites do not simply host guests — they immerse them in narratives of nature, desire, and time.
"These suites do not just host — they immerse guests in narratives of nature, desire, and time."