In the pulsating and history-filled heart of Milan, facing the iconic Piazza Duomo, there’s a place that embodies the most confrontational spirit of art and architecture. A place that has been called “an artsy middle finger” pointed to “the city planners of beautiful Milano“.

We’re talking about The Cube, a super hip restaurant conceived by Park Associati: a place representing a deliberate act of rebellion in the heart of the city, in contrast with the Milan’s backdrop of historical motifs. The Cube, in fact, was born from the idea “to build a small piece of architecture, a cabin, perhaps a nest, on high, at the top of a cliff, on a monument, on a public building, it doesn’t matter where but in a beautiful place and with a beautiful and original view. The idea is then to create a restaurant and welcome clients in an enchanting, unique place with sophisticated dishes cooked in Electrolux kitchens. The idea is to keep it open for six months and then change location, change city, nation, continent and reinstate this restaurant-type object on some other roof for new surprises, new menus, new clients“, as Arch Daily puts it.

You can read a long, interesting feature on The Cube here.