Allowing the duo to occupy and move through spaces unhindered articulates a radical architectural imaginary where metropolitan malaise, neoclassical monumentality, and underground romanticism fuse in new and unexpected ways under the auspices of global pop culture.

For those who grew up in societies dominated by one of the major monotheistic religions, Eden is the iconic primeval “garden.” Derived from Sumerian mythology—where its most recognizable traits are similarly encoded—it is a botanical-architectonic allegory for a legendary golden age in the guise of a physical place endowed with agreeable flora, perfect climate, and beautiful overall appearance, circumscribed and protected by an exterior not known directly by its inhabitants.