Layers at Habitare

The Habitare 2024 theme is based on the idea of how homes and spaces are formed. The best moods are created from layers: different people, tastes, decades and styles. It’s about enrichment and acceptance, encouraging people to find different styles and ways of life, and allowing coexistence.

“Comfortable homes and spaces emerge when time or people or different styles allow them to form layers. A good atmosphere in a space often comes from the fact that there are various layers. Layers and layeredness can mean different styles or periods, or they can be the sum of coincidences”, says Päivi Helander, Creative Lead at Habitare.

Layeredness includes a lived-in quality, whether we are talking about a city, a city centre, homes or buildings. It also includes narratives about homes, spaces, objects, and the built environment that each person can reinterpret to make them their own.

“When old buildings are being renovated, you find paints, wallpapers, markings or traces of life from different decades. The marks beneath the surface tell us that not everything is always what we see with our eyes. Different states, narratives and layers create what is called the soul of a space: a feeling that everything in the space is right, even if things are messy”, says Helander.

To celebrate the friendship between Habitare and St. George, you can now get five euros off the normal adult ticket price. You can redeem your discount in Habitare's online shop with the code STGEORGE24. The promo code is valid until 10 September.