The long months spent in the impossibility of moving about freely in our cities, and in the world, have stimulated us to be more attentive to the details of what surrounds us, from the domestic dimension to the community.

As soon as we could, once back in the streets of our cities, we observed and searched out a variety of details, rediscovering those neighborhoods we were less familiar with.

Having chosen to explore the outskirts of our beloved Milan, on a sunny afternoon in June we found ourselves, by chance, together with Patrick Tuttofuoco and Andrea Sala visiting the Monte Amiata Housing complex in the Gallaratese district of Milan, the outcome of the collaboration between two renowned architects, Carlo Aymonino and Aldo Rossi.

There we got lost in its “planned disorder,” following the intricate interplay of the changing levels, primary forms and colors: the predominant grey and white of the concrete to which the red and yellow hallways are inserted, defining, as in a video game, the paths leading through the entire structure. Light plays with those colors, so unusual for an urban architectural context, and thanks to the complex system of openings, balconies and overlapping planes creates dramatic chiaroscuro effects.

Monte Amiata tells of a Milan that in the 1970s was to cross the threshold of postmodernism: it was born as a parallel microcosm, a city of the future. And this is where our artists have turned their gaze: Monte Amiata has become the first online exhibition by Patrick Tuttofuoco and Andrea Sala, hosted by Massimo De Carlo VSpace.