Underlight.Design as nature by Finsa x Arturo Álvarez

An exciting journey through light sculptures

Underlight, design as nature by Finsa x Arturo Álvarez" invites the audience on a sensory journey from the forest to wooden-built spaces through luminous sculptures created by the Galician designer.

Finsa, a Spanish company with over 90 years of experience in the production of wooden solutions for the built environment, will take part in Brera Design Week (April 8-13, with a Press Preview on April 7) with Underlight, design as nature by Finsa x Arturo Álvarez, a sensory experience that guides visitors from forests to built up timber spaces through four light sculptures crafted by artisan Arturo Álvarez.

Underlight, design as nature can be visited inside the 19th-century building at Via Solferino 17, headquartes of  the Order of Architects in Milan and its Foundation. Designed by Parisotto + Formenton Architetti, the installation invites the public to explore the life cycle of wood and its role in shaping the spaces we inhabit.

Through Arturo Álvarez’s light sculptures, visitors embark on a sensory journey that highlights the invisible processes behind product creation—a journey that, for Finsa, begins with responsible forest management and ends with human connection. With its participation in MDW, Finsa embraces the challenge of the Fuorisalone 2025 theme, "Thought for Humans," emphasizing the importance of placing humans at the center of design and ensuring that every project responds intelligently and emotionally to individual needs.

The installation consists of four light sculptures, each placed in a distinct environment representing a stage in the wood cycle and its relationship with humans. The first room, "Primary Habitat," symbolizes the forest as the starting point—the origin of Finsa’s life cycle, without which nothing could exist. The second room, "Cyclical Processes," explores wood’s transformation through fragmentation and reconstruction, symbolizing the circularity of the production process. In the third space, "Waves of Connection," the Atlantic Ocean serves as a global connector, bridging nature, culture, and innovation, and defining Finsa’s global identity. Finally, in the last room, "Organic Strength," wood and people explore the evolving relationship between humans and materials through design.

Alongside Underlight, design as nature by Arturo Álvarez, the Order of Architects in Milan, in collaboration with Finsa, will host an exhibition dedicated to the Matilde Baffa and Ugo Rivolta European Architecture Award. The exhibition, set up in the courtyard of Via Solferino, will showcase the winning projects from the ninth edition of the award, which celebrates the best European achievements in social housing.

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Program

0/4 Monday
1/4 Tuesday
2/4 Wednesday
3/4 Thursday
4/4 Friday
5/4 Saturday
6/4 Sunday
7/4 Monday
10:00 - 16:00
Press preview
Registration at the entrance
10:00 - 19:00
Exhibition
Registration at the entrance
8/4 Tuesday
10:00 - 19:00
Exhibition
Registration at the entrance
9/4 Wednesday
10:00 - 19:00
Exhibition
Registration at the entrance
10/4 Thursday
10:00 - 19:00
Exhibition
Registration at the entrance
19:00 - 21:00
Party / cocktail
Only by invitation
11/4 Friday
10:00 - 19:00
Exhibition
Registration at the entrance
12/4 Saturday
10:00 - 19:00
Exhibition
Registration at the entrance
13/4 Sunday
10:00 - 14:30
Exhibition
Registration at the entrance
14/4 Monday
15/4 Tuesday
16/4 Wednesday
17/4 Thursday
18/4 Friday
19/4 Saturday
20/4 Sunday
21/4 Monday
22/4 Tuesday
23/4 Wednesday
24/4 Thursday
25/4 Friday
26/4 Saturday
27/4 Sunday
28/4 Monday
29/4 Tuesday
30/4 Wednesday
31/4 Thursday