Porta Dulce | Bologna, Italy | Unit 21 | 2026 Bologna is the home of modern gelato yet has no dedicated space honouring this cultural legacy. Porta Dolce proposes a gelato museum at Porta Saragozza, Bologna’s medieval city gate, positioning itself as both civic offering and cultural archive.The site is treated as an active partner: a point-cloud survey of the existing structure informs the design directly, with a void sliced

Hydrological Algae Farm, Architecture Powered by Algal Metabolism | Bologna, Italy | Unit 21 | 2026 Hydrologic Algae Farm proposes an architectural model in which environmental remediation, biological cultivation, and material production converge within a living infrastructure. Situated within the flood-prone landscape of Bologna, the project responds to hydrological conditions by investigating how excess water can be transformed into a productive ecological resource through algae cultivation.Water extracted from the site’s