Nuevo perfil urbano, Porta Nuova, Milán

The 2015 Expo in Milan comes as the culmination of a tormented affair with globalization. Multinational interests and local political rewards systems, combined with criminal subcontracts, has resulted in a scandalous urbanization of virgin agricultural territory that will end up filling the pockets of greedy speculators in the name of making the world aware of the importance of food. Despite the good intentions of some promoters, the theme of ‘Feeding the Planet’ should be reconsidered as “Feeding a Habit,’ since the fair will be dominated by such monopoly interests as Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Syngenta, and Nestlé...