Samy Rio

Eyes on Talents member, designer Samy Rio, together with Ateliers 2/3/4 conceived the interior design of the World Health Organization Academy in Lyon, France, combining educational innovation with environmental responsibility. Using a multidisciplinary approach, they transformed educational challenges into an ecosystem of modular spaces and furniture, all brought together by the implementation of a common visual and material system: a framework combined with sustainable, bio-based (wood), recycled (aluminium, plastic), or reused materials. An approach where form, function and sustainability intertwine to create spaces that are both intelligent and sustainable. Planned obsolescence gives way to reversibility: each element, designed to be removable, repairable and adaptable, meets trainers’ and trainees’ evolving needs. Scalability becomes the very foundation of the project, where flexibility of spaces and simplicity of materials — sourced and manufactured within 1,000 km — reduce the ecological footprint while stimulating educational creativity.