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DAY 5 · ETHER No live performer. Traces, objects, sound, memory, archive. ​​The journey culminates on 25 April with a day devoted to Ether. The space is progressively stripped of its performative intensity, allowing traces, signs, and memories from the previous days to emerge. On the bookshelf, objects and Taschen volumes accumulate; a sonic narrative diffused through Bang & Olufsen systems moves through the environment. The studio becomes a living archive: what has been activated leaves its mark. Gathers the residues of all performances into a final collective exhibition and screening. The project will host a total of 576 participants over the course of five days. VISUALS @gg_loop PARTNERS @portaluniversalis @embassyofthefreemind @taschen @bangolufsen @bangolufsenbuscemi @profumoir @oltrarnodesign

DAY 4 · AIR Air is relation, reflection, measure, and listening. This final live day moves from mirrored recognition to exact proportion, and from there toward reception, release, and silence. PIERLUIGI TANCREDI @valentinamarmorato_showagency The Mirror Gemini · 15:00-16:36 Creates a space in which the other becomes a threshold to the self. To look is also to be looked at. Gestures are replicated, reflected, and returned, until recognition begins to move in both directions. The self emerges through relation. GIULIA SOLDAN @valentinamarmorato_showagency The Measure Libra · 17:00-18:36 Tuning forks in vibration trace an invisible field of precision. Sound becomes measure, and the body follows its intervals. Distance, rhythm, and proportion turn into instruments of perception. What is heard begins to define what can take form. FRANK CONTE @frnk_cnt The Listener Aquarius · 19:00-20:36 Receives what does not demand attention. Listening extends beyond sound, toward what remains unspoken, unfinished, or not yet formed. Fragments from the other Architypes are sampled, transmitted, layered, and gradually released. What remains in the end is not accumulation, but silence. VISUALS @gg_loop PARTNERS @portaluniversalis @embassyofthefreemind @taschen @bangolufsen @bangolufsenbuscemi @profumoir @oltrarnodesign

DAY 3 · WATER Water dissolves fixed edges and opens passage toward memory, transformation, and vision. The day unfolds as an immersion into what cannot be grasped directly, but can be sensed, entered, and remembered. VALENTINA GUIDI OTTOBRI @valentinag_o The Dreamer Pisces · 15:00-16:36 Dwells on the threshold between waking and vision. The dream appears as a space that can be crossed, where time loosens and reality bends toward other possibilities. The entrance is marked by rhythm, symbol, and suggestion, opening a passage beyond the visible. JACOPO GONZATO @jacopogonzato_soundgeometry The Weaver Scorpio · 17:00-18:36 Binds together what appears separate. Invisible tensions connect bodies, gestures, and space, revealing a larger pattern already at work. Geometry becomes organism, and relation becomes force. What is woven is not only material, but energetic. SAEEDEH NICKFARJAM @profumoir The Alchemist Cancer · 19:00-20:36 Works through silent transmutation. Matter changes state, atmosphere changes meaning, and the passage takes place without spectacle. Essences are blended and released into the room. Scent spreads, intoxicates, and opens passages in memory. VISUALS @gg_loop PARTNERS @portaluniversalis @embassyofthefreemind @taschen @bangolufsen @bangolufsenbuscemi @profumoir @oltrarnodesign

DAY 2 · FIRE Fire is impulse, radiance, and direction. The day moves from the body’s first thrust to luminous expansion, and from there toward orientation, path, and trajectory. EVA RADICE FOSSATI @eva.radicefossati The Impulse Aries · 15:00-16:36 A force enters the body and sets it in motion from within. Movement begins as pressure, thrust, and internal spark. Within the tetrahedral structure, the body enters a condition both physical and symbolic, contracting and opening toward what still has no name. RICCARDO MANTELLI @thericcardomantelli The Navigator Sagittarius · 17:00-18:36 Does not pursue a destination, but learns to orient through subtle signals. It moves by listening, tracing invisible routes between inner and outer space. To lose direction becomes part of the path, and movement becomes a form of knowledge. The tetrahedral structure acts as both vessel and compass. ADRIANO SANGINETO @adriano_sangineto @ja.dessi The Radiant Leo · 19:00-20:36 Does not illuminate. It radiates. A presence expands through space like a controlled inner fire. At its center stands the tetrahedron, the Platonic solid of the fire element, holding light as structure rather than effect. The clear sound of the harp gives this force its resonant voice. VISUALS @gg_loop PARTNERS @portaluniversalis @embassyofthefreemind @taschen @bangolufsen @bangolufsenbuscemi @profumoir @oltrarnodesign @kosmi_____ @valentinag_o

DAY 1 · EARTH Earth is the first condensation of force into form. The day unfolds as a descent into embodiment: first the spark that sets the field in motion, then the tended emergence of life, and finally the inscription of an invisible order. GIACOMO GARZIANO @gg_loop The Igniter Capricorn · 15:00-16:36 Sound becomes the first spark. The voice vibrates, resonates, and sets the field in motion. Harmony opens silence and turns it into presence. A primordial tone returns, not as memory but as origin. What lies dormant begins to stir. What is latent starts to take form. ROSALBA PICCINNI @rosalbapiccinni The Gardener Taurus · 17:00-18:36 Tends to what grows beyond sight, following the slow intelligence of transformation. There is care, waiting, and nourishment. Life is not forced, only accompanied, as form ripens according to the silent logic of fertile matter. ELOISA LIBERA @letterae_studio The Inscriber Virgo · 19:00-20:36 The gesture leaves a trace before it is complete. Signs surface like fragments of a script that already exists elsewhere. Inscription becomes a way of making an invisible order briefly legible. Each mark gives temporary body to what otherwise remains unseen. VISUALS @gg_loop PARTNERS @portaluniversalis @embassyofthefreemind @taschen @bangolufsen @bangolufsenbuscemi @profumoir

ARCHITYPES The Initiatic Womb Fuorisalone 2026 · Via Santa Marta 14, Milan 21 – 25 April 2026 During Fuorisalone 2026, from 21 to 25 April, GG-loop’s studio at Via Santa Marta 14 is transformed into a “pulsating womb”: an environment to cross, inhabit, and listen to, where living presences take shape through ritual performances and sensory activations in which the visitor is not a spectator, but an active part of a transformative process. The space is conceived as an organic carousel inhabited by the Architypes, living presences that embody universal qualities and take shape one after another as manifestations of deeper forces. Each intervention is connected to the four elements, fire, earth, air, and water, and to the twelve zodiac signs, understood as archetypal maps of human experience. This is not representation, but activation. Each ritual invites the recognition and awakening of a specific inner quality, something that already exists in latent form and is simply waiting to emerge. Experiences are accessible by reservation, in order to preserve their intimacy. Reserve access at the LINK in BIO, choosing the day and the archetype with which to enter into relation. CREDITS CONCEPT & CREATIVE DIRECTION Giacomo Garziano, Cosimo Kosmi Carlucci CURATION Valentina Guidi Ottobri SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT GG-loop BALCONY INSTALLATION Rosalba Piccinni, Riccardo Mantelli COSTUME DESIGNER Diliborio PARTNERS Portal Universalis, Bang & Olufsen, Taschen

Faith Park, Tirana A sanctuary shaped by vibration, unity, and resonance. Inspired by the ancient wisdom of temple builders, the masterplan arises from the energy lines and nodes of the Petrelë hills, where architecture becomes an instrument tuned to the frequency of the Earth. Developed by the GG-loop Team — @gg_loop @atelier4studio @rojkindarquitectos @studiofarrisarchitects @parcnouveau @tellart @geosophist  — the proposal celebrates Albania’s timeless legacy of coexistence through sound, geometry, and landscape. With the precious involvement of @embassyofthefreemind @thenosegram @voltairelightingdesign .  Renders with @kiasm.studio Powered by @albanianinvestmentcorporation and @akpt_shqiperia2030

Presentation of the international concept design for a masterplan "Faith Park" by the team: GG-loop + Atelier4 + Rojkind Arquitectos + Studio Farris + Parcnouveau PNV + Tellart

WELLQUEST MEETS THE COSMIC EGG When ancient design meets modern mysticism in the hills of Ibiza, meet Omne Vivum, aka the Cosmic Egg, the first of 999 portals (@portaluniversalis ) that will be positioned in specific energetic crossroads on the planet. Giacomo / @gg_loop received building instructions from its spirit guide, and created this 3,000-kilo granite chamber, who guards together with Richard / @geosophist . Inside? Pure resonance. “It’s like staying in the mother’s womb,” Alessandro discovered, finding himself in an elliptical sanctuary aligned with solstices and equinoxes.

Shortlisted 7/12: GG-loop + Atelier 4 + Rojkind Arquitectos + Studio Farris Architects + Parcnouveau + Tellart We’re now happy to announce the shortlisted teams who scored over 75 points across all criteria and will move on to Phase II. Congratulations! Looking ahead: 📅 On October 11 & 12, all 12 teams will present their proposals publicly. 🏆 The Jury will select 5 top proposals and one overall winner for the Faith Park masterplan. 💡 Additional proposals may be recognized for specific ideas or programs. 💶 All 5 top teams will receive a prize, and the winning team(s) will be awarded the detailed design contract with the Albanian Investment Corporation. We’re grateful for your continued interest. Let’s keep going. @albanianinvestmentcorporation @akpt_shqiperia2030 @gg_loop @atelier4studio @rojkind @rojkindarquitectos @studiofarrisarchitects @parcnouveau @tellart #FaithPark #DesignCompetition #Shortlist #Architecture #PublicSpace #SpiritualLandscape #Albania

What a powerful experience to be part of the first edition of @breadandheartfestival in Tirana. Curated by @akpt_shqiperia2030 , the festival gathered some of the world’s most inspiring architecture studios currently active in Albania—visionaries from across the globe united in one space, sharing ideas, values, and a common desire to shape a better built environment. It was a celebration of hospitality, joy, and creative collaboration—an open invitation to reflect on the past, engage with the present, and imagine new futures together. In this spirit, GG-loop contributed with the Aethra Pavilion, a sculptural gesture of welcome and care, realized with the support of @ebconstruction.al and built by @bener.al . With deep gratitude to the organizers, to all the speakers and participants, and to everyone who joined the dialogue with open hearts. 📸 @armandhabazaj 🪄 @mafemaldonadog 🎥 @pik.al ♥️🇦🇱

During the first edition of the Bread & Heart Festival | Bring some salt, please! (@breadandheartfestival ), the Aethra Pavilion opened its protective spiral in the heart of Skanderbeg Square. Conceived as a tribute to Albanian hospitality and resilience, Aethra offered a place for dialogue, reflection, and connection — inspired by the nurturing force of motherhood and the elegant geometry of seashells. Designed by GG-loop, supported by @ebconstruction.al and built with care by @bener.al - the pavilion was realized through biobased materials and computational design, creating a temporary urban living room for Tirana. Hosted by @akpt_shqiperia2030 Aethra celebrated ongoing architectural projects shaping Albania’s future, inviting visitors to share ideas and stories for a more caring and connected tomorrow. Pictures by @armandhabazaj - with our wizardess @mafemaldonadog Gratitude to everyone who contributed, collaborated, and shared their heart with us. ♥️🇦🇱♥️