Gruppo Torto
“He Himself [Sam Regan] was a believer; He affirmed the miracle of translation, the near-sacred moment in which the miniature artifacts of the layout no longer merely represented Earth but became Earth. And he and others, joined together in the fusion of doll-inhabitation by means of the CAN-D, were trasported outside of time and local […]
“He Himself [Sam Regan] was a believer; He affirmed the miracle of translation, the near-sacred moment in which the miniature artifacts of the layout no longer merely represented Earth but became Earth. And he and others, joined together in the fusion of doll-inhabitation by means of the CAN-D, were trasported outside of time and local space. Many of the colonist were as yet unbelievers; to them the layouts were merely symbols of world which none of them could any longer experience. But, one by one, the believers came around.”
Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (New York: Doubleday, 1965), 36
GruppoTorto, founded in 2016, is a research collective of young architects who graduated at Politecnico di Milano and work now in different international studios across Europe. The main research topics revolve around architecture and urbanism whereby the focus is directed on the analysis of dysfunctional conditions of our cities. The group is based on the common effort of Franz Bittenbinder, Martina Bovo, Claudia Consonni, Mattia Inselvini, Chiara Lippi, Gianmario Pandozzi, Enrico Pinto and Luigi Savio.