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Review · Architecture20.09.2026 · 9 min read

The concrete utopia of Studio N_04

SiteStudio N_04Milan
Score7.9/ 10See breakdown ↓
IForm

Cracks as parameters

Studio N_04 cast its Milan compound from formwork calibrated to cure unevenly. The cracks are not accidents; they are parameters.

The building is best understood as a recording of its own making — and that is both its argument and its limit.

Score breakdown
7.9/ 10
Form8.4

Generative formwork, scripted cracks.

Program7.2

Little reason to stay once the surface is read.

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