Specifically, the internal courtyard – previously conceived as a “contemplative” space serving only the palace – is returned to the city as a space for events: a new passageway located close to the atrium, consisting of a wide staircase and a glassed – in volume, introduces visitors to the open-air courtyard, where a perimeter structure of metal frames around the inner façades supports the climbing vegetation and a removable roof made of sheets and steel cables wrapping the area.

In my illustration I wanted to convey the vitality of the new courtyard, the beating heart of the renovated building, through the dynamism of children, the future of the city. And so the white sheets go from being just an architectural element to becoming imaginary kites, a joyful element that becomes the central pivot of the scene represented.