From an early encounter with a Robert Mapplethorpe photo in his school library, to the reference material that informs his design work, the private library of architect and interior designer Luis Laplace has become a physical space in which to file the vast contents of his mind. Pursuing his practice to satiate the traditionalism of his parents, the Argentine creative began paving a pioneering path that deconstructed its core principles – a collision of classicism and modernity, fine art and idiosyncratic features.

As co-founder and head of design of Laplace – the Paris-born architecture studio he conceived with partner Christophe Comoy in 2004 – his curatorial vision is mirrored in his personal surroundings. For this episode of Inner Worlds, director Felipe Sanguinetti situates Luis Laplace within the environment that inspires him most, opening the doors to his home and atelier – a capacious Haussmann-era apartment in the heart of Paris’ 9th arrondissement.

Renowned as one of the most innovative designers of his time, Laplace has carved out a niche by combining art, craft, history, and modernity as timeless architectural masterworks. Creating a tangible thread between the 19th century origins of his home, and the many eras traversed by the objects placed within it, Laplace imagines spaces through the characteristics that direct them, each project unique to its time and place: “I like to change all the time, I don’t like formulas”, he says. “I like to value the places’ DNA”.