Designer reveal: 21062 Trevi Fountain from LEGO® Architecture

The Trevi Fountain, one of Rome’s most renowned landmarks, is coming to LEGO® Architecture... again! 

Set 21062 Trevi Fountain is available to pre-order now in advance of its 1 March 2025 release, but was revealed to a select few at last year’s Fan Media Days in Denmark, where we joined our fellow fan media The Brothers Brick and Tips & Bricks for an exclusive chat with Mary Wilson, designer of this bellissimo new set. The transcript we share with you below has been edited for narrative flow and brevity.

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21062 Trevi Fountain

• Release date: 1 March 2025
• Pieces: 1880

Price, and links to pre-order: 

• US$ 159.99 on LEGO.com US
• CA$ 209.99 on LEGO.com Canada
• GB£ 139.99 on LEGO.com UK
• AU$ 249.99 on LEGO.com Australia
• NZ$ 279.99 on LEGO.com New Zealand
• DE€ 159,99 on LEGO.com Deutschland
• NL€ 159,99 on LEGO.com Nederland
• FR€ 159,99 on LEGO.com France
• PLN 699.99 on LEGO.com Polska
• NOK 1949,90 on LEGO.com Norge
• DKK 1249.95 on LEGO.com Danmark

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This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a LEGO version of the Trevi fountain. A 731-piece version of the iconic Italian landmark was released back in 2014 as set 21020 Trevi Fountain, also part of the LEGO Architecture theme. Readers familiar with the previous model might notice that this new one is a larger and a little more colorful. The set's designer explains the upgrade:

Mary Wilson: "Our previous Trevi fountain was a much smaller model, and fitted the LEGO Architecture line as it was back then. I think this is a fitting second interpretation of it as the LEGO Architecture line has really grown and developed into its own. In addition to having a different scale, we've really embraced the exploration of color, and some of those details that we can bring out through having this model be a little bit more saturated."

This updated recreation of the actual fountain, which was sculpted in white travertine, looks to be a good parts pack for white elements but it also uses an impressive amount of color – most notably light nougat.

Mary: "We wanted to create the general vibe of a visit on a warm, sunny day. Within the piazza there are buildings that surround this façade painted with bright, warm, vibrant hues. The light gets captured in the piazza and reflects to give this overall warm sunshine over it. We really wanted to capture that, which led us to using a slightly more saturated color than we normally use in the LEGO Architecture line. The light nougat really brings some more life into this model."

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Many of the details on the fountain are enhanced through the use of tan and dark tan bricks.

Mary: "There's also a lot of shadow in the facade itself, so we've used some tan in some of the darker areas – under the overhangs and behind the window frames – to give it some more dimension. This also allows the details to pop when viewed from a distance, which could be lost on a solid color model. This approach to color also extends down as we get into the rocks, which are the same stone, but they are made with a different surface texture, so it catches the light differently. Further down as it gets near the water, it turns into a dark tan where the water is consistently splashing on the rocks. Even in the pool, you can see we have a gradient of blues that give the depth and shadow that you might see in the real thing."

While Mary says that she drew most of her inspiration and reference from the real fountain, the original LEGO set lay the foundations for this remaster.

Mary: "If we go back to 2014 when that original Trevi fountain came out, the designer Rok Kobe had such a great passion for it, and he said we should make it larger: there are so many beautiful details that we can capture at a different scale. But it really just wasn't in the plan at that time. He did make a digital model way back when, and we were able to revisit that and rein it in, in the places that it needed to be.

"One of the main things when building for LEGO Architecture is that it is not a scaled replica. Rather, it's an interpretation of the landmark in LEGO bricks. The real Oceanus statue towers over the millions of visitors that come each year, but you can kind of get a sense for how large a person would be with these little lamp posts and these staircases on the side."

The image above was taken from Tim's review of the original 2014 set, which looks tiny in comparison to the new one. A large number of elements have been introduced since the first LEGO Trevi fountain of 2014 and the new fountain benefits from a number of them, not only making it bigger but also better. Mary explains how she decided the scale of the model.

Mary: "With this Trevi Fountain, we had to base it off of something to get a certain dimension that we wanted to use in order to show all the details that we wanted. and one of those factors were the 2 module wide windows. The previous one was 1 module wide but it's not exactly twice the scale. If you look at the window lines, it really sets the proportions for the rest of the model, because the windows and the trims that go around them are so prominent. That really helped set the scale."

The considerably larger size has allowed Mary to include a lot more detail than was possible on the previous version.

Mary: "Some of the things that I really enjoyed adding to this are also some of the essential features of Baroque architecture, like the leaf pieces on top of the Corinthian pillars, and little clips used for the columns. I'm especially proud of the window trim, which uses some inverted pill clips and antenna in there to get that detail."

The LEGO Architecture line typically uses a wide variety of elements to recreate its subject matter and often uses these elements in unusual ways, very different to as they were originally intended. The Trevi fountain is no different, with a few surprises of its own, including a big first for the theme.

Mary: "This is the first full minifigure to appear in the LEGO Architecture line. This main figure in the centre represents Oceanus, and he's flanked by Abundance and Health on either side. In the beginning we had some brick-built figures for the statues, but a lot of them just ended up being more or less minifigure scale. We thought, 'Should we just embrace it and go with minifigures? Or should we try to build something that's a little bit more detailed?' But a lot of times when we replaced the minifigure with something brick-built, people said, ‘that's just the size of a minifigure!’ I think it adds a lot of the LEGO DNA that we know and love: it feels right with those figures."

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We had to ask if there were any new elements to look forward to with the release of the fountain. Luckily, Mary doesn't disappoint. 

Mary: "There are two main ones that I'm most excited about, but if you if you dive into the model, I think you're going to find a few more. The first is a nice dome piece that is relatively new. It wasn't developed for this model but it it ended up being the perfect piece for these concentric circles which are such a key part of baroque architecture."

The new element is a hollow half-dome element which is 6 modules in diameter. It sits in the centre of the model, just above the Oceanus statue. Despite Mary insisting that it wasn't designed specifically for this set, it really is the perfect element for the exedra that frames Oceanus atop his shell chariot.

Mary: I think it's nice that there's space within it as well, because we have some bricks that that are similar shapes but the curvature is a little bit different. This allows the use of both the hollow and then, if you needed to view it from another angle in another model, you could. We played around with so many things in there because in the the real fountain there's a texture inside that's that's carved in, and we were trying to play around with that. We've got some leaf elements that are curved and some taller dome panels but it was so hard to get it clean in there. I tried so many things, and I was very happy this came along. This new element ended up being so perfect for it."

LEGO Architecture sets often take advantage of small minifigure elements to provide nuance and detail even so, the second new element to appear in Trevi fountain is still quite a surprise:

Mary: "The other piece that I'm excited to bring back is this little horse head. This was in the LEGO® Minifigures line as a toy horse head. It had cute little blushing cheeks on it. This is an unprinted version, and it finishes off the hippocampi (or water horses), to give them the same level of detail that the minifigure and the minifigure wigs allowed the human statues."

In our talk with Mary during Fan Media Days her passion for the model really shined through. It was clear that she had a real affinity for both the landmark in Rome and her LEGO interpretation.

Mary: "I hope for those who have had the chance to visit, it brings out some of those fond memories, and for those who are just passionate about architecture, art, Italian culture, or just warm summer vibes, I hope they can find something to interact with from this model."

This is clearly a highly detailed LEGO representation of the fountain but are there any coins in the water? “I think you'll probably have to build it to find out”,  teases Mary. 

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A huge grazie! to Mary Wilson for taking the time to talk to us. We'll continue our coverage of this exciting new set shortly with our review! 

 

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