FACTOTUM, Alcova Miami, River Inn solo show Central Plaza

Commissioned for the central plaza of Alcova Miami 2024, the studio developed FACTOTUM, a collection that epitomizes their "site-specific" philosophy and commitment to a zero-shipping material footprint. Instead of transporting pieces from Madrid, the design team—composed of Lucas Muñoz Muñoz, Joan Vellvé Rafecas, and Pablo Astiarraga—relocated to Miami one week prior to the opening. Their mission was to produce an entire collection on-site using only locally sourced industrial residues.

The heart of the installation is the SSVII Miami, a signature Sound System module featuring 2000 watts of power. While the technical hardware was pre-designed in Madrid, the body was CNC-cut in Hialeah, Miami’s industrial core. Following the team’s radical approach to waste, every cutout from the sound system's production was salvaged and reassembled to create the SSVII Cutouts chair, ensuring that the primary production left no material trace.

The FACTOTUM family is completed by five additional pieces born from "urban mining" in Hialeah's W 32nd street industrial complex. The team reclaimed discarded marble slabs from kitchen manufacturers to create the Fictional Vein tables, which poetically re-align "imperfect" cuts to restore the stone's natural narrative. Other interventions include the Laser Cut Misfits floor lamp, built from rejected metal laser-cut pieces and rivets, and the Hialeah Leftovers sofa. Finally, the collection’s DJ Booth integrates wood scraps with electrical components salvaged from dismantled bunk beds at the River Inn hotel.

This intensive week of labor culminated in a family of objects that share a unique aesthetic of informality and resourcefulness. By transforming "wrong-productions" and industrial leftovers into high-end collectible design, the studio proves that the value of an object lies not in the cost of its raw materials, but in the creative intelligence applied to their transformation.