I treat the city as collaborator. When I arrived in Florence I made a pact to be changed: to let streets pull me, to let wandering and chance feed my work. I begin with intention, not a checklist - I come to learn. I sharpen sensitivity into a tool. I read facades and thresholds as layered conversation; each stone, repair, and graffiti line is a sentence in a long text. By slowing down and listening with my eyes, I uncover rhythms and uses that inform design choices and poeti