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Ludovica Frau
Vivarium – A Place Where Life Grows

Interior designer with a strong focus on sustainability and the creative reuse, she transforms discarded objects into meaningful and innovative spatial solutions. Passionate about commercial and hospitality design—particularly in the retail sector—she seeks to create spaces that are both aesthetically engaging and ethically grounded. Her work often challenges conventional practices through adaptability, experimentation, and cross-disciplinary influences. Curious and committed to pushing creative boundaries, she blends narrative, material exploration, and environmental awareness in search of new ways to approach interior design with purpose and originality.

Her graduation project at the Royal College of Art, Vivarium – A Place Where Life Grows, envisions a self-sustaining culinary research hub where architecture, food, and ecology are deeply intertwined. Conceived as a living ecosystem, the building integrates systems for cultivation directly into its structure—transforming walls and surfaces into spaces for growing ingredients. More than just a kitchen or a farm, Vivarium offers a spatial journey where the acts of growing, preparing, and sharing food unfold as one continuous, immersive experience. Designed to provoke reflection on our relationship with consumption and production, the project blurs the boundaries between natural processes and built environments, suggesting new possibilities for sustainable living through design.