Like any project, this originates from the study of the environment. A piece of land is located near the center of Milan, and the context is a series of buildings of different styles of the 20th century. The plot is located directly opposite San Carlo al Lazaretto, a small octagonal Renaissance style church currently in Largo Bellintani Fra Paolo. It is located approximately three blocks northwest of Porta Venezia. Its current position among the populous residential quarters of the 19th and 20th centuries has little to do with its initial location in the central park of the massive rectangular monastery leprosaria of the 15th century (Lazaretto). The church, which was once called Tempietto di Santa Maria della Sanità or San Carlino, escaped the destruction of Lazaretto in the late nineteenth century.

The main task was to match the context, but to create a modern building that would fit into the Milanese architectural environment. A small plot did not allow us to create suitable conditions for a typical courtyard. Also, the task was to enter the facades of the building in accordance with the surrounding buildings.