Designed by Galeazzo Design, In December 2018, the first contemporary craft-experience-shop in Brazil, Espa̤o Colletivo РCasa Manual, opened at Morumbi Shopping, in Ṣo Paulo, with areas dedicated to shopping, food, workshops, seminars, play, concerts, work, and relaxation.

?Experience-environments are the future for architecture and design,? says designer Fabio Galeazzo, creative director of the Galeazzo Design studio, who, called architect Andr̩ Nucci and surface designer Dani Gautio, to act as co-creators to Espa̤o Colletivo РCasa Manual,. Together, they created a space of approximately 1800 m2 at the ground floor of Morumbi Shopping, with apparent structures showing imperfections on the walls, as well as the hydraulic, electric, and air-conditioning infrastructure. Furniture and structure mainly used wood, plywood, bamboo, and iron bars. Old walls were replaced by glass, bringing the movement and day-and-night lights into the site, and vice-versa. Retaining walls, with an irregular surface and showing the marks of bricks and blocks, pastel-colors were used in contrast with hot colors. Little by little, these walls were filled with murals created by artists, which surprise mall clients, on a weekly basis. The idea is to have an ever-changing space.
Upon entering Espaço Colletivo, from inside the mall, the visitor is greeted by a bamboo wall, approximately 12 m long and 4 m high. There, the team of Casa Manual, focused on crafts and inspired by street...