{"id":12775,"date":"2026-06-24T22:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12775"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:06:43","slug":"lana-madi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12775","title":{"rendered":"Lana Madi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Porta Dulce | Bologna, Italy | Unit 21 | 2026<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>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&#8217;s medieval city gate, positioning itself as both civic offering and cultural archive.<br>The site is treated as an active partner: a point-cloud survey of the existing structure informs the design directly, with a void sliced through the plan marking the position of a demolished medieval wall. The programme ascends from an ice well and production archive through history rooms \u2014 an ice cave, a Renaissance banquet hall, a street vendor archive \u2014 to an ingredient library and workshop, culminating in indoor and outdoor caf\u00e9s that draw public life into the building.<br>Form derives from ice cream&#8217;s microscopic structure. Floor and roof slabs are generated through a Grasshopper script modelled on ice cream&#8217;s crystalline geometry at microscopic scale, embedding gelato&#8217;s identity into the building&#8217;s fabric. A chemistry-driven facade wraps one half of the building, translating the six gelato flavours into colour and light ; an architectural expression of gelato&#8217;s chemistry and an invitation from the street into Bologna&#8217;s gateway.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1204120647?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;autoplay=1&amp;loop=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_01\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>Plans &amp; Sections<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_02-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_02-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_02-250x178.jpg 250w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_02-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_02-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_02-2048x1455.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>Slab Development<\/strong><br>The floor and roof slabs are generated through a Grasshopper script modelled on the crystalline structure of ice cream at a microscopic scale, embedding the material identity of gelato directly into the building&#8217;s fabric.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1204120646?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;autoplay=1&amp;loop=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_03\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>Fog Chemistry Installation<\/strong><br>P1 translated five fog types&#8217; molecular composition into a bonded installation; making invisible chemistry spatial. Chemistry as a generative tool is carried into Porta Dolce, where gelato&#8217;s molecular structure drives the facade and slab forms.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_04-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_04-1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_04-250x177.jpg 250w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_04-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_04-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_04-2048x1452.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>The Chemistry Facade<\/strong><br>The facade translates six gelato flavours into coloured molecular units \u2014 steel pipe bonds, sphere nodes, and coloured panels \u2014 dissolving the boundary between street and interior as a legible expression of gelato&#8217;s chemistry.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1204120648?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479&amp;autoplay=1&amp;loop=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2026_Bsc_UG21_Lana_Madi_05\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>Final Renders<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn read-more-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12775\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[771,772,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12775"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12792,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12775\/revisions\/12792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}