"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
The City Beneath the City There are cities that dazzle with their surfaces, and others that live in the mind. Milan belongs to the latter kind, to me. Beneath its layers of glass, asphalt, and the relentless functionality everybody likes to boast, there lies another city:...
This is just the second book I have read by this author, following, of course, the previous title in the series, so I don’t claim to be an expert. Nevertheless, for those who wish to approach and enjoy his work, I can give you two...
Today we talk about a very special exhibition here in Milan, one that approaches art from a not-so-common angle, and that seems to collect the threads of some other exhibitions I really enjoyed here in the city. The exhibition is titled "Art from Inside: Masterpieces...
Once upon a time there was a Smith, and he had one son, a sharp, smart, six-year-old boy. One day the old man went to church, and as he stood before a picture of the Last Judgment he saw a Demon painted there—such a terrible...
1. Introduction — The Paradox of Standards The dream of a digital commons is as old as the internet itself: a space where information flows freely across boundaries, where collaboration scales beyond organisations, and where knowledge becomes a shared infrastructure rather than a private asset. In...
Non Teresa ma romarie, sempre, sempre romarie, come nella community, così nel quotidiano di un pranzo autunnale, nell’intimità di un addobbo natalizio, nella serenità di una passeggiata nei boschi. Silenziosa come un macigno, piccola e potente come un sigaro toscano, con giudizi svelti e pesanti,...
I think it's plain to see that there are very few things being actually developed within Autodesk, right now. Revit needs a total rewrite (and it's not happening), Navisworks is a zombie crawling from version to version and it hasn't been updated in decades, and...
In the olden years, long long ago, with the spring-tide fair and the summer’s heat there came on the world distress and shame. For gnats and flies began to swarm, biting folks and letting their warm blood flow. Then the Spider appeared, the hero bold, who,...
Introduction Whenever the term 4D-BIM is invoked, it usually comes with a promise of efficiency. Time, we are told, is simply the “fourth dimension” attached to the model: a neat schedule linked to geometry, a Gantt chart embedded in 3D space. In this view, 4D-BIM is...
After a decade-long absence, the visionary genius of Maurits Cornelis Escher returns to the city with M.C. Escher – Between Art and Science, the new exhibition at MUDEC running from September 25, 2025, to February 8, 2026. We step into Escher’s fascinating labyrinth of geometry...
