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A 30th-floor family apartment at Aria on the Bay where organic forms, soft geometry, and nature-inspired materiality bring a more fluid and considered calm to contemporary life in Edgewater, Miami.
- Aria on the Bay, Edgewater, Miami, FL
Set on the 30th floor of Aria on the Bay — Arquitectonica’s 51-story tower overlooking Biscayne Bay in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood — FM Apartment is a three-bedroom family residence designed for a young couple with one child, both working remotely. Spanning 1,615 square feet across an open bayfront plan, the project uses organic forms, biomimetic references, and a quieter material palette as instruments of spatial clarity rather than decoration. The result is a refined Edgewater interior where spatial intelligence carries as much weight as atmosphere — the architect-led design approach that has made the work of Nicholas Gennari and Roberto Racy recognizable across Nar Design Studio’s luxury residential projects in Miami and South Florida.
Rather than relying on rigid zoning or physical partitions, the main living spaces unfold as a continuous composition in which kitchen, dining, and lounge remain visually connected while reading as distinct spatial moments. The organizational principle is soft geometry: soft enough to permit openness and family movement, specific enough to give each area a clear identity.
At the center of that composition sits a circular dining area that acts as the apartment’s sculptural and functional core. A round Guatemala Green marble table with a bronzed base anchors the zone without enclosing it, surrounded by sand-toned dining chairs whose petal-like backs introduce a quiet botanical resonance. The circular form improves movement through the space and keeps the layout fluid in a compact footprint. From there, the language continues into the seating area — a curved sofa, rounded lounge chairs, and a pebble-shaped coffee table repeat the same geometry across scale, softening circulation and reducing visual friction without sacrificing the sense of material richness.
What makes this approach especially effective in a high-rise context is that these gestures are not merely formal. They improve daily use, support family life, and create a more legible spatial rhythm within the constraints of the open-plan floor plate. The design demonstrates that elegant spatial intelligence and family practicality are not competing values — they are the same project.
Materiality and lighting give the apartment its sense of depth and warmth. In the living area, an asymmetrical custom media wall pairs a blackened wood console with a ribbed sand-lacquer panel, integrated metal shelving, and a continuous stone ledge that conceals LED lighting and runs behind the dining table, marking the transition between zones while preserving visual openness across the plan. Smoked mirrors amplify daylight and draw views of the bay and skyline deeper into the interior — expanding the apparent scale of the apartment and reinforcing the project’s emphasis on reflection, continuity, and calm.
In the kitchen, leathered Taj Mahal quartzite introduces a tactile richness and durability well-suited to active family use, while linen-inspired wallcoverings, textured fabrics, and a restrained palette of sand, terracotta, and muted greens keep the apartment grounded in a softer, more natural register. Moss artwork and carefully considered biophilic accents deepen that connection to nature without reducing the interior to a themed concept. The palette was drawn from earth, sand, and green tones associated with restorative landscapes — an approach consistent with Nar Design Studio’s broader research into wellness-centered interiors, presented during the Venice Biennale 2025 at Time Space Existence exhibition.
The private rooms extend the same restrained language in a quieter register. In the primary bedroom, a leaf-inspired mural introduces movement at the headboard wall while preserving visual serenity. Rounded furnishings, layered ambient lighting, and softened edges make the room feel restorative rather than staged — a private retreat calibrated for the end of a working day spent in the same home.
Across the apartment, the emphasis on curved forms and durable finishes supports everyday family use as much as visual refinement — rounded edges at every transition, robust natural stone surfaces, and furnishings chosen for longevity as much as appearance. That balance is what gives FM Apartment its distinction within the landscape of Miami luxury residential interiors. It presents high-rise family living not as a compromise between practicality and beauty, but as the clearest argument for more intelligent interior architecture.
FM Apartment extends Nar Design Studio’s work in architect-led high-rise residential interiors — alongside the biophilic waterfront atmosphere of SK Residence in Surfside and the studio’s companion project in the same tower, MB Apartment at Aria on the Bay — while establishing a distinct identity as the studio’s most considered interpretation of family life in a contemporary Edgewater condominium.
Project Details
Location: Aria on the Bay, Edgewater, Miami, Florida
Market: Luxury High-Rise Residential
Project Type: Interior Architecture + Luxury Interior Design
Residence Type: High-Rise Family Apartment
Floor Level: 30th Floor
Area: 1,615 ft² / 150 m²
Completion: 2025
Scope: Interior Architecture, Space Planning, Interior Design, Custom Millwork, Lighting Design, Furniture Curation
Designers: Nicholas Gennari and Roberto Racy
Interior Design Firm: Nar Design Studio
Photography: Gabriel Volpi
Design Approach: Biomimetic, soft-geometry, family-oriented high-rise living
Building: Aria on the Bay, 488 NE 18th Street, Edgewater, Miami — by Arquitectonica, completed 2018
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
SOFT GEOMETRY FOR FAMILY LIVING
In a market where luxury condo interiors often default to generic polish and anonymous finish packages, FM Apartment reflects a broader conviction that defines Nar Design Studio’s approach to luxury residential design in Miami: that atmosphere, spatial circulation, material intelligence, and emotional ease matter as much as visual impact — and that family life is not a constraint on that ambition but its most rigorous test. The brief demanded openness without vagueness, comfort without heaviness, and visual calm without sacrificing spatial character.
Rather than treating organic form as an aesthetic trend, the project uses curves, rounded volumes, and biomimetic cues as practical instruments —
to guide movement through an open plan, soften spatial transitions, improve safety for a young child, and create a calmer, more legible relationship between people and the space they share. In this Edgewater high-rise apartment, family life remains central, but refinement is never sacrificed for it.
The residence demonstrates how a high-rise condominium can feel sculptural without becoming theatrical, and how a family apartment can be elegant without feeling fragile. Luxury here is not expressed through excess but through control, clarity, tactility, and the ability to make everyday living feel more fluid and more composed. This philosophy connects FM Apartment to Nar Design Studio’s wider body of work — from the studio’s biophilic waterfront residential projects to the formally experimental, wellness-driven research presented during the Venice Biennale 2025 at Time Space Existence exhibition.
Editorial Coverage
FM Apartment has been featured in international design publications for its organic forms, biomimetic interpretation of family living, and its earth-toned, nature-inspired material palette — establishing it as a significant project in contemporary high-rise interior design in Edgewater, Miami.
Home Journal – Organic Forms and Biomimetic Design Define a Miami Family Abode
Homedit – A Miami Apartment Uses Soft Geometry Instead of Walls to Shape Family Living
Interiorzine – Where Organic Forms Shape a Contemporary Family Interior
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