a parallel and critical way to my practice as an architect. I am more interested in the role of the critic rather than in the role of someone who is producing mainstream things. What are your plans for the future? In the last ten years, I and a group of friends have been seriously thinking about getting involved in politics. We have thought to try to influence the European community. My convictions are vaguely socialist, extremely European and interested in communicating with other forms of thinking. We live in a period in which it is not possible to believe that one system will triumph over all the other ones. It is about establishing an intelligent coexistence where nobody is humiliated. That requires mediation and a lot of the work we do is mediation, simply because we work in so many different cultures. I am against inequality. In 2008 I was part of the so-called "group of the wise" -- one of them was Mario Monti, now Prime Minister of Italy. Invited by the European Union, our task was to think about what would be the important issues for 2030. That was a super interesting situation because we were speculating about market economy, open borders, Turkey and other aspects. Was it considered how the rest of the world looks at Europe? My first comment was that it was extremely unwise that the entire group consisted of Europeans. If I would have composed the group I would have definitely asked representatives from