Among this month’s projects, the Salerno Maritime Terminal by Zaha Hadid, the Residential towers in Antwerp by Chipperfield, Desvigne, Diener&Diener and Fretton and the house by Robin Boyd in Melbourne and a text by Manolo De Giorgi on interior design.

Mateo Kries, curator of the Vitra Design Museum collection now in the new pavilion by Herzog & de Meuron, explains the project and the goals of the whole operation. Oki Sato – Nendo speaks about his method of design which seeks to find the perfect balance between experience and intuition; while Van Duysen takes architecture and design as a single discipline.

Palace of Caserta seeks cultural rebirth by opening the entire Terrae Motus collection to the public. The legacy left by Lucio Amelio was defined by him as an act of hope, something which today still proves to be necessary.

With a tendency towards a “Renaissance” approach, the Croatian university in Zagreb encourages its students to engage with other departments. Pierre d’Avoine has developed a methodology based onresearch and collaborative practice, aimed atsociallymotivated outcomes. He applies his approach in master’s degree architecture studios at the Kingston and Cass Schools of Architecture, London.

Wang Weijen’s feedback sees Hong Kong as the city where the urban vernacular and the way in which buildings and settings have been fabricated and refabricated into a continuous matrix may be the best demonstration of its edge in contemporary architecture and urban discourse.

In the elzeviro “Hope in beauty”, Raffaele Milani recounts beauty as the outcome of a new gaze on landscape based on history and myths.

For free with the June issue the supplement “Behind the curtain wall” sponsored by Permastelisa.