There is a stunning example of adaptive reuse that has come to the fore. A series of tunnels that have been abandoned behind the Central Station in Milan have co-opted for a platform of a varied kind. The subways, starting April 12, 2024, are getting reconstructed in real time by way of a hybrid blend of 3D printing as well as building partnerships on a platform of ideas by next-gen researchers, architects, curators, and also designers. The project is called Dropcity by its founder and architect, Andrea Caputo.
All across the year, Dropcity will go on to develop into a meeting place that’s desperately needed where designers and architects can go on to collaborate by way of experimentation and innovation.
Although the interconnected tunnels happen to be auto-constructing quite literally, they are going to be hosting a range of exhibition talks, experiments, live architectural interventions, and also DJ sets, thereby bringing to life the processes, technologies, and thinking that would shape contemporary creative life.