Hylonicum

Light and residues, by Nicola Polloni

Urban Schematics

Thresholds

Open wooden double doors in an arched doorway framing a terrace, the sea and the distant horizon.
Irregular façade assembled from mismatched doors and panels around a narrow central wooden entrance.
Building façade covered by repeated rows of tall narrow windows arranged in a regular grid.
Tall ornate stone portal opening through a monumental façade onto a sequence of inner archways.
Upward view of two large curved window canopies projecting symmetrically from a façade.
Two adjacent dark wooden doors set into a plain weathered wall, each with a different surround.
Dark ornamental archway framing a courtyard and the façade of a traditional building beyond.
Monumental double door covered with rows of relief panels and surrounded by densely carved stone decoration.
Broad dark entrance cut into a worn white brick façade, with signs beside the opening.
Large carved wooden double doors enclosed by an elaborate curved stone portal.
Weathered wooden door set within a semicircular stone arch beneath a fan-shaped metal grille.
Closed wooden double doors beside a pale wall with an irregularly shaped framed opening above a bench.
Three contrasting ground-floor entrances beneath balconies, with a bicycle and plants beside the central doorway.
Symmetrical historic façade with shuttered windows, a small balcony and a central dark doorway.

Places and dates
Leuven, 2022; Milazzo, 2024; Beijing, Istanbul, and Novara di Sicilia, 2025; Benevento, České Budějovice, Lecce, Messina, Prague, Siena, and Taormina, 2026.