The Place of In-Efficiency: Or the Place of Representation in Neo-Liberal Milan

This research attempts to develop a space in the city that, outside of the dynamics of consumption, but not denying the dialogue with the city, seeks to intertwine with its overlaps, by defining the public space of dialogue and representation. On the morbidity of performance and expectation, we might say that the contemporary Utopian intent,...

Future Bank: a New Face in the City: allowing for unconventional permeable spaces within a vast urban block

This year, the Interiors Buildings Cities graduation studio<br/>has revolved around the topic of the Future Bank. The project addresses the transformation of the National Bank of Belgium set in Brussels, consisting of a vast triangular urban block of 90.000 m2. The bank, designed by Van Goethem just after the Second World War, is an imposing...