Lucian — A Maserati Sanctuary

I · Overview

The cabin, before the vehicle.

Type

Driverless luxury GT

Powertrain

All-electric · skateboard

Autonomy

Level 5

Layout

Single occupant · oval cabin

Year

2035 (concept)

Studio

ArtCenter INT 3 · Fall 2025

A meditation room. A sanctuary for one — to enjoy, to relax. Italian architectural lineage: Scarpa's brass, the basilica side chapel, the wax-seal as gesture — held inside the rare thirty-five minutes she has to herself.

II · The Customer

A woman whose face is rarely unwatched.

Bella Hadid · 2035 · Beverly Hills.

Princess Grace. Sophia Loren. Maserati's cultural footprint has long leaned toward people who get photographed.

Bella in black, pushing a pram outside a Paris mansion — public, photographed

01

Mother.

Workout, shower, dressing in tailored Maison Hadid. Breakfast with the toddlers. Husband downstairs. Nanny taking over. Rarely alone.

A soft warm alabaster wall, light glowing at its base — the cabin's interior register

02

Alone.

Thirty-five minutes inside Lucian — twice a day, going and coming back. Sigillo dropped into its holder. The glass turns milky for privacy, scent releases, the cabin settles into stillness. The rare windows in her day where she's not watched.

Bella in black, walking up a grand marble staircase — public again

03

CEO.

Photographed walking from the curb. Elevator to the studio floor. First meeting at 9. Twelve hours of being watched — then Lucian again, before she heads home.

5:00 — 7:45 a.m. Mother

7:45 — 8:20 a.m. Alone · 35 min

8:20 a.m. — 9:00 p.m. CEO

III · The Brand

Built for the long drive. The room comes first.

Maserati pulled out of factory racing in the late 50s and pivoted to GTs — touring cars built for long comfortable drives. The 3500 GT, the Quattroporte, the Ghibli. That's been their road car DNA for over sixty years. Lucian pushes that same logic further — for 2035, when the car drives itself, the GT becomes pure touring room. The wheel is gone, the room stays.

01

The cabin, first.

Maserati's GTs have long been built around the room. Lucian extends that DNA into the driverless era.

02

Italian craft, throughout.

Italian craft over German precision. Leather, brass, restraint. Lucian carries that DNA into architecture.

IV · The Lens

One thousand years of rooms for one.

Ando.

Diffused light through glass brick — solid wall, dappled glow. The cabin's alabaster surface speaks this language.

Basilica side chapel.

Light controlled, almost punished. Architecture as restraint — informs the cabin's overall lighting approach.

Stone sanctuary — oculus, light from above

Basilica side chapel.

The oculus — light from above, the Pantheon move. The chaise sits on a circular plinth carved with the same geometry.

Scarpa.

Brion double-ring portal — brass concentric rings, the gateway gesture. A reference for honoring thresholds rather than hiding them.

Scarpa.

Tomba Brion gold-line inlay — a brass seam sealing two materials. Each CMF transition in Lucian carries this move.

Scarpa.

Querini Stampalia brass step — threshold detail, brass-bound stone. Transitions in the cabin are honored, not hidden.

CMF flat-lay — physical material samples

Calacatta resin

Hand-patinated brass

Translucent alabaster

Fluted glass

Loro Piana wool bouclé

Cognac Pieno Fiore

Saddle Pieno Fiore

V · CMF

Six materials, locked.

Alabaster meets leather at a brass seam. Scarpa, not Savile Row.

Palette Extracted from cabin

Seat leather Cognac Pieno Fiore #6E3919

Bench + floor Saddle Pieno Fiore #A88060

Backlit wall Translucent alabaster #F0E6D6

Wall textile Loro Piana wool bouclé #9C958E

Warm metal Hand-patinated brass #C5A36C

Body paint Verde Royale #1E2E22

VI · Process

Sketch, iterate, refine.

VII · The Sigillo

What a car key could be.

Inspired by the noble Italian wax seal — a private mark of authority and presence. The same gesture, made into Lucian's car key. Press it into the cabin's slot. The space seals around you. The powertrain wakes.