italy
Contemporary phenomena and strategies of living in Italy. Edited by Michael Obrist, Antonietta Putzu, Park Books 2023 Too many tourists Bottle caps fill the cracks between the cobblestones in the streets of Trastevere, once an infamous neighbourhood, in the heart of Rome. Tourists flock to bars and restaurants, crowding the winding alleyways and banging trolleys up and down narrow staircases to…
in Open for Maintenance/Wegen Umbau geöffnet, German Pavillion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 Catalogue I grew up in a tiny apartment in Rome that my father adapted over the years to accommodate the growing family. He built the furniture himself, each piece fitting the others to make use of all the space available, not unlike a sailboat. One day, when I…