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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II with its glass dome and mosaic floor, almost empty

Issue 05 · Marble, Concrete, Red Light

Milan

Three days. Marble on the roof, concrete at San Siro, red light in a tunnel.

Italy 3 Days March 2026

Milan is contrast: the Duomo’s three thousand faces, the Galleria’s floor before the shops open, an empty La Scala at ten in the morning, and the spiral ramps of San Siro, which are the architecture.

Milan

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March 2026

Chapter 01 · Day 1 · From the roof, and up close

The Duomo

Milan, Italy→
Milan Cathedral seen from a rooftop terrace, pinnacles against the sky, the square with people below
Duomo from the roof of the Rinascente. Marble, then people.Milan · 2026
Marble relief of a praying face with flowing hair on the facade of Milan Cathedral
One of three thousand four hundred faces on the Duomo. Milan · 2026
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II with its glass dome and mosaic floor, almost empty
Galleria, before the shops open. The floor is the reason to come early. Milan · 2026

Chapter 02 · Day 2 · La Scala, Poldi Pezzoli, design week

Interiors

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Auditorium of La Scala seen from the stalls: red velvet seats, gilded boxes and the great chandelier
La Scala, empty, ten in the morning. Milan · 2026
Suits of armour and polearms densely staged in a dark museum hall, one knight lit from above
Museo Poldi Pezzoli. The armoury, lit like a stage. Milan · 2026
Walk-through installation of glowing red arches forming a tunnel towards a bright doorway
Design week. A red tunnel you walk through to get to a chair. Milan · 2026
A red tunnel you walk through to get to a chair. That is design week in one sentence.

Chapter 03 · Day 3 · San Siro

Concrete

Milan, Italy→
Spiral concrete ramp and facade of the San Siro stadium
San Siro. The ramps are the architecture.Milan · 2026
Narrow historic corner building with a tower top at a Milan crossroads, tram wires above

A house with the footprint of a slice of cake. Last frame.

Issue 05 · Milan

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Issue 06 · Stone and Light

Athens & Meteora

Two and a half thousand years of stone, read as lines, rhythm and shadow.

Corner of the Parthenon on the Acropolis under cirrus clouds, Doric columns from a low angle
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