HOMETOWN
Points of Sale
Heimat is a collection of details captured between Copenhagen, Berlin and Genoa. Each detail represents a variety of common domestic attitudes which might appear invisible to those who are inhabited in a city, yet, on the contrary, become evident to those who belong somewhere else.
The collection will be progressively continued.
Started in August 2025 in Copenhagen.
Front door handle - Copenhagen
Angular step in public stairs - Copenhagen
Bicycle support - Copenhagen
Outward openings - Copenaghen
Windows adherent to the facade allow decoration of generous window sills - Copenhagen
Outwards Openings - Copenhagen
Phantom Step - Berlin
Suspended Door over Dielen (Original Structural Wooden Floorboards) - Berlin
Column Repair - Berlin
Bullet Marks - Berlin
Facade Repair - Berlin
Repair of Bullet Marks - Berlin
Schueko Plugs - Berlin
Book Left on the Streets - Berlin
Doorstop - Berlin
Decorated Windows Sills Along Staircases - Berlin
Metal Window Sills Anchored to the Facade Plaster - Berlin
Kappendecke, Brick Vaulting - Berlin
The reasons behind this collection are intrinsically related to my private sphere. The topic of Heimat became predominant in the last three years and remains an unresolved question in my life today.
A personal event drew a clear “before and after” line in my life: after spending two years in one of the most dangerous streets of the Ghetto of Genoa, my hometown had become unfamiliar, my former friends were gone, my "home" no longer existed, and my life had to be rebuilt elsewhere.
Today I live, both physically and mentally, between three cities, embracing every day different languages, cultures, habits and systems of values.
Yet, despite this richness, shifting between similar but different places can be mentally challenging. Flashbacks, disorientation, disconnection, stammering thoughts and language blackouts may arise, often leading to a sense of dispersion.
When this happens, I focus on the nuanced details, the ones that would be essential if I were designing a project for someone in each of these three cities.
In particular, the details you would naturally include when you belong to a culture, and equally, the ones you would naturally omit if you belong to another.
By observing these variations, I can focus on the “punti saldi” when I feel scattered, helping me to remember “where I am”.
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