Davide Stucchi's Temporary Rooms at Triennale Milano Explores Precarious Domesticity

Davide Stucchi's exhibition Temporary Rooms at Triennale Milano, curated by Damiano Gullì, transforms the Impluvium into a continuously reconfiguring house. Open until October 4, 2026, the show features rooms that change over time—starting with a bathroom, then a living room, bedroom, and kitchen—using temporary construction materials like orsogrill metal grids. Objects appear familiar but are altered: a blind becomes artificial light, a shower doubles as an elevator. The installation blurs boundaries between interior and exterior, art and design, reality and fiction. Gullì describes it as a reflection on contemporary living crises, especially in Milan, where housing access is difficult and spaces shrink. References include Duchamp, Corrado Levi, and Alessandro Mendini. Works like Real Estate Agents (Moschino ties turned snakes) critique the housing market. The project dialogues with Triennale's design history, contrasting with Ettore Sottsass's Casa Lana.