The mist lifted sufficiently to reveal before me an acreage of half-derelict façades of sheer red brick, the vast man-trap, the megalomaniac citadel of his palazzo
A dark retelling of the classic, Beauty and the Beast, the design explores the layers of history present in the gutted Renaissance Palace, uncovering a tradition of man’s greed, entitlement and demise. The journey culminates in a new Garden of Eden erupting as a jungle in the fascist courtyard within.