BÜRO BLU
"Art-Prison Project" in the Island of Favignana, Italy Competition entry with Emanuela De Santi (Architect) and Leah Corra (Artist). Location coordinates: 37.9267558,12.3063052 (w hich is off the west coast of Sicily. South of Isola di Levanzo and West of Isola Grande) . Inspirational Tale: Alexander Dumas. El Conde de Montecristo. On the day of his wedding to Mercédès, Edmond Dantès, first mate of the Pharaon, is falsely accused of treason, arrested, and imprisoned without trial in the Château d'If, a grim island fortress off Marseilles. A fellow prisoner, Abbé Faria, correctly deduces that his jealous rival Fernand Mondego, envious crewmate Danglars, and double-dealing Magistrate De Villefort framed him. Faria inspires his escape and guides him to a fortune in treasure. As the powerful and mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, he arrives from the Orient to enter the fashionable Parisian world of the 1830s and avenge himself on the men w...