Exhibition from April 20 to 26, 2026, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Opening on April 21, 2026, at 5 p.m.

Alcova Baggio
Military Hospital Complex
Via Giovanni Labus 15, 20147 Milano

NO ONE SEES THEM LIKE WE DO
Notes on Animal Interiors

Presented at Alcova during the Milano Design Week 2026, No One Sees Them Like We Do. Notes on Animal Interiors explores contemporary relationships between humans and so‑called companion animals through six spatial narratives. Conceived by students of MAIA, the exhibition examines the fragile, in‑between position of these domestic presences—neither wild nor human—embedded within homes, legal frameworks, and human‑designed technical systems.
Neither symbols nor metaphors, animals are approached here as active presences capable of displacing human centrality and questioning established hierarchies of cohabitation. Developed through a non‑interventionist approach, the project focuses on everyday gestures of care, situations of coexistence, and often invisible domestic infrastructures.

From April 20 to 26, 2026, the project takes the form of a constellation of micro‑architectures, objects, and infrastructural fragments. Six animals—rat, dog, dove, frog, cat, and other species—give rise to as many spatial narratives, each grounded in a fable understood as a speculative tool for rethinking relationships between humans, animals, and environments.

Presented in Milan, this exhibition affirms the singularity of the MAIA and the way it brings together pedagogy, research and contemporary issues in interior architecture.

See you in Milan.

Project led by Youri Kravtchenko, professor at HEAD – Genève, founder of YKRA
Assisted by David Viladomiu Ceballos (studio chaos) and Marie Schild
Exhibiting works of MAIA students Hugo Maia Schmitt, Letizia Milone, Stéphanie Hemidi, Kim Sherin Schönauer, Jérémy Troilo, Martino De Grandis, Ailyn Pieyre, Jaemo Lee, Lisa Schober, Diana Escalante, Karol Szmigielski, Matilde Arletti in collaboration with collective La Dalle (formed by Julie Chavaz and Angélique Kuenzle), Axelle Joyau, Célestine Potin, Annie Bornet