I designed Come fare? (2015-2023) a series of navigable modular elements laid out in the form of a cityscape in 2015 for Artline, a public park in Milan that is part of the Citylife urban development project. The installation references different phases of 20th century architectural experimentation, public pedagogy and radical design. I was inspired by Ciudad Abierta in Valparaiso, Chile (began in 1971 and still ongoing) and the Schindler House in Los Angeles which I both visited in 2014, the BBPR’s Labyrinth for kids, The Froebel blocks and Isamu Noguchi’s playscape amongst other things. Come fare? is inserted into the new urban development of Citylife and positioned facing three towers designed by Hadid, Isozaki and Libeskind In counterpoint I was interested in creating a human scale urban space, where visitors could feel the spatial relation between their bodies and the elements, and through that to physically sense the overall plan of the piece and to thus understand its organizing principles. A simple 25cm2 cube is the basic unit making up the whole piece which is constructed out of handmade bricks and concrete slabs to form five islands differing in size, height and complexity of composition. Visitors are encouraged to walk through and interact with the different elements of the piece, to sit and stand on them, to use them as table for pizzas, as backdrops for a nice composed group pictures.

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