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The project focuses on carrying out the collection of used tires and using the resulting rubber.
In this case, the work brings together a widespread distribution of collection and post-processing points for this waste, to produce a modular urban area, built around the concept of generating an urban Zen garden.
Tiresansui's modules are created around the shape of the circle, form symbol of Zen philosophy and sustainability.
These modules can overlap and rotate forming multi-level structures.

Living Marseille is an optimistic research on the idea of "metropolitanity" through the lens of 3 margins situations in the mediterranean city. The project imagines 3 scales of actions to regenerates the dialogue between housing typologies and urban public space. From a tiny project house, to the construction of an inclusive appartment building in the center to 28 appartments in the earth of a neighborhood in decline, the concept imagines ideas to live better in all the parts of the metropolis.

About 40% of commercially grown flowers are thrown away before reaching consumers. Flower Matter is a research project aiming to divert flower waste from landfills, by directing packaging into proper recycling processes, offering alternatives to unsustainable materials and increasing circularity. Developed within this project, Flaux is an innovative textile material, a “bio-leather” made from flower petals, that could generate a positive environmental impact in the fashion industry, by replacing harmful conventional leather.

Revitalization of a socialist realist complex in the center of Warsaw. Turning a street dominated by cars into a lively space. A wide street gets filled with loosely placed buildings of city greenhouses, a market and a water treatment plant, interspersed with pedestrian areas. The heart of the project is the "living machine", which is the most impressive method of water purification. The street is a model example of thinking about a one-minute city, where public spaces are available immediately.

A public space that is also a theme park. A theme park that is also a place of training. A training place that is also a great opportunity for fun. All this while respecting the environment. The idea stems from the desire to revive old industrial sites linked to the world of food, now abandoned or disused, to create Open Innovation Centers dedicated to the agri-food chain. A place to grow and collaborate, to live a total experience of the products and the supply chain. A real small city of food!

Did you know that only 8% of Spanish artists can make a living from their work? More than 85% of their salaries do not exceed 12000€/year. The cultural industry's obsolete and highly intermediated. Culpass was born with the mission to empower creators by helping them to create unique cultural experiences in a simple way. Culpass is a marketplace where creators can look for other artist and collaborate; find and book venues for their events; as well as promote and sell tickets for those events.

The Provvidenza district in Caltanissetta has been the victim of a social, cultural and environmental paradox for decades: to be considered the outskirt of the city while being in its historical center, adjacent to the central square. The small and beautiful community that survived the depopulation of the neighborhood is strong, multi-ethnic and ready to face change: Provide for Providence is an idea for the future, a real resource and a model for progress of the European cultural identity.

Young people bring back to life Florence's historic open-air theatre in the Villa Strozzi park, using art, educational activity, theatre and music therapy to facilitate residents of every background and age group in building a civic centre to work on their needs, while caring for the park and its biodiversity in collaboration with the town authorities  and promoting security by providing a cycle of activities.

At a time when our cities are facing an environmental and socio-economic emergency, the project reconsiders the concepts of sustainability and recycling, seizing the opportunity and responsibility to work with existing buildings, enhancing them and adapting them to contemporary ways of living. Entering the flats of the Vele, one perceives and appreciates the richness and value that each family, despite living in difficulty, has brought to the buildings and their disagreement with demolition.

With Psst! you can travel through emotions. Send virtual postcards from anywhere and discover the places that have inspired the most mailing. The App enriches your experience by easily showing which places provide a lot of fascinating and secret content that you will unlock once you reach them. Moreover, you can unleash the magic of the territories thanks to thematic itineraries that bring with them the history and traditions of the areas you are visiting.