Now the warehouse has become one of the largest showrooms of the city, transformed by Massimiliano Locatelli (CLS Architetti), who designed it with in mind the Teatro alla Scala, Milan’s famous opera house. An awe-inspiring and solid, yet harmonious metal structure welcomes the eclectic pieces of the Nilufar aesthetic.

Inside the structure are box-like rooms with small design sets composed by Yashar herself, where the avant-garde is juxtaposed with iconic projects by Franco Albini, Charlotte Perriand, Ico Parisi and others. Like at the theatre, the spaces are separated by wings and curtains. The super-organised interior has not lost its primary function as a depot, but has also become a stage for improvised displays, with an impressive six-metre-long brass “curtain” sculpture by Leonor Antunes as a centrepiece.

The Nilufar Depot was inaugurated by a large private event, a sit-down dinner served in the spacious central atrium set up with designer-made tables and chairs, all different from one another.

Martino Gamper composed the menu in collaboration with Corrado Calza Food & Co – a succession of Mediterranean-style dishes served with Middle Eastern conviviality in 1930s Richard Ginori china on 19^th-century table linen.