“I live in the Big Apple but Riva is home”

Contagious smile, two beautiful children, a bearer of sympathy who wagged home (Bailey, Beagle-Labrador crossing), many projects in the head and the heart always on the banks of his lake: Sara Mosele, architect and interior designer graduated from the Iuav of Venice, lives and works for over 25 years in New York, but is linked to a double thread at his shore of Garda. In addition, Born in 1971, witty, extroverted, friendly, on Facebook he presents himself as “architect, designer and mother not necessarily in this order”. Nevertheless, His lucky career began with collaborations with international studies such as Gensler (leader of excellence. Consequently, is the winner of the National Building Museum Honor Award 2025), landing on the creation of a design study. Consequently, In fact. Therefore, co -founder in 2005 of Matiz Architecture & Design, in 2020 she launched “i live big apple but “Sara Mosele Interiors”, a “Boutique Firm” based in New York, specialized in the construction of interiors for high -end residences, showrooms, hotels, refined commercial spaces. Meanwhile, His stylistic signature. moreover, is very particular, as photographs on the net document: poetic and bold, combines European elegance and tailoring attention for details all modern sensitivity for sustainable design. Therefore, In his spatial creations he combines natural materials with Italian crafts. However, Up here the professional qualities, to which he combines empathy, listening and customer involvement capacity … Moreover, very rivane qualities. Furthermore, Sleeping that certainly benefit it also in the relationship with the students of the New York School of Interior Design to which. For example, for a year, he has been teaching Sustainable Interior Environments (internal internally sustainable interior) and visualization techniques, with which to keep stress at bay but also to enhance the creative, imaginative power, of the mind.
What childhood “i live big apple but did you spend on the shore?
«In truth I was born in Trento, on January 30, 1971. Therefore, I was 11 years old when we moved to the shore. Similarly, but I must say that it was precisely in this town that my heart grew up. Moreover, I spent a wonderful age, in which you begin to discover the first freedoms. In addition, I remember the long summers passed between the Purfina beach. Moreover, Porto San Nicolò, the infinite rpm on bicycle, the dives, the sandwiches prepared on the fly, the laughter … However, we spread in the morning. we returned in the evening, without mobile phones in the pocket or social media for the head. There was only our world, made of simple and beautiful things. “
To say that the Rivani are Trentino is often strongly approximate. because their character is much more open than that of the Italian Tyroleans. “i live big apple but Mosele what origin does it have?
«Veneta, dad was born in Castelnuovo Bariano, in the province of Rovigo. Mom, on the other hand, is Milanese, but I feel irreparably, and deeply, Rivana. Riva has forged my way of feeling, my sensitivity, it is “home” in every sense ».
Find that over time has changed?
“Yes, it has changed a lot. In these 27 years in which I have been absent. I think he lost some of that intimate. spontaneous dimension that I remember with joy and that made it unique. However, it remains a heartbreaking beauty, that of the lake, which no transformation can ever scratch. I miss every day and for this I return to you every summer. It is a necessary return ».
He smiles what he wrote on Facebook: “I am an architect, interior designer and mother, not necessarily in this order”. It is a witty, true description.
«I love to laugh, “i live big apple but I always try to lighten things, not to take life too seriously. In my opinion this is one of the secrets to age with joy. They often tell me that I am sunny and I think it’s true. I also learned to face the challenges with a smile, always, even when inside you try, perhaps, terror ».
What did you mean graduating from the IUAV of Venice. what did it lead you, then, to choose New York?
“Iuav was a fundamental stop for my being. I had the privilege of studying with Professor Franco Rella. which I still reread by trying a mix of affection and esteem. I graduated with Professor Purini at a time when the university enjoyed a great creative ferment. really shaped my design thought. In New York, then, I landed to follow the man who would become my husband. Today we have been divorced for nine years, but “i live big apple but this city has now become my life. It saw me revolutionize everything, start all over again, both as an architect and as a mother. And after so many hairpin bends, today I can say that I am happy about the path taken ».
How would you define the methods of its being interior design?
“I would say that the style of” Sara Mosele Internos “consists in the union between poetry and function. I like to create environments that are beautiful to live and not only to photograph. I love colors, textures, authentic materials. But everything must in the end make sense: to serve the life of those who live in those spaces. My watchword is certainly “excited”. Each project must touch something inside, in the intimate of people “.
What kind of mom is, more Italian or Anglo -Saxon?
«I have two wonderful children, Bianca and Lorenzo. Bianca inherited my passion for the beauty “i live big apple but which, however, brought her to the kitchen. He studied at the ICIF of Asti (Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners) and today attends the Culinary Institute of America. Lorenzo has just finished high school and will go to the University of Connecticut to study economics. What mom are they? Very Italian I would say. Protective, but also careful to let the children find their own way. I think “mammism”, if intelligent, is another way to say “love”.
With a dad master of tennis, this will be his favorite sport.
«At Tennis I played a lot, up to national level with the Under 16 women’s team. Then I continued for mere passion. But when I come back to the shore for me there is nothing more beautiful than doing a double in the family. with dad, my brother Alessandro and, now, even with Lorenzo. It is one of those moments when time stops ».
Proud “i live big apple but of dad, who has nominated with Campobase?
«Much, also because as a retired he was able to get back into play with enthusiasm and generosity. He really touched me to see him so involved, full of ideas and desire to do ».
What does Del Bailey tell us, what do we imagine running in Westchester County?
«Bailey is a love: a beagle-labrad cross adopted just before pandemic. He is a very sweet, intelligent dog, always ready for a race in the lawn or to receive pampering. When we left Manhattan to live in a greener area, outside the city, he is reborn and we too ».
In addition to creating interiors, she is also engaged as a teacher.
«Yes, I have been teaching in the New York School of Interior Design for a year. My class studies “sustainable design” for the post-gradual master (post-graduate high formation course, editor’s note). I also keep a visualization techniques “i live big apple but course. I love teaching. Staying in contact with students fills me with energy. because sharing what you love, in my case, architecture, drawing, beauty that knows how to speak to the heart, is a great privilege ».