Dutch architecture studio Cloud and designer Sabine Marcelis have created scenography for a lounge promoting the design and culture of AlUla, Saudi Arabia, during Milan design week.
Located within a library in Milan's Brera neighbourhood, the lounge's main space has a massive seating area with a table at its centre created by French design studio Hall Haus. The studio also created ambient sounds that play constantly from speakers that were covered in fabric to blend into the earthy hues of the space.
Cloud and designer Sabine Marcelis have created the scenography for the AlUla design space in Milan
Marcelis and life partner Paul Cournet, who runs architecture studio Cloud, topped the space with a massive overhead cylinder with a soft light that occasionally changes colour. The form of the light was chosen to mimic those found in AlUla, which face downward to limit light pollution in the area, according to Marcelis.
It includes furniture made in residency at AlUla
Alongside the sofa are a series of sculptural chairs by French designer Leo Orta and lamps by India-based Studio Raw Material, all of which were created during a design residency held at AlUla.
"We've tried to transform this space into something that does justice to the [residency] projects but also gives you a feeling of what AlUla is like," Marcelis told Dezeen.
"What's nice for the designers in residency was that they got into the local culture."

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