portugal walled city

When it comes to the Polytopia city walls

Posted on August 26, 2021 by admin

We’ve spent the last few weeks building an amazing city wall out of the polytopes we collected on our own island.It is, in our minds, a living and breathing monument to the strength of our civilization, but for all its beauty, it’s also an incredibly difficult and dangerous place.Our goal is to create a city […]

Why Portugal walled itself off

Posted on July 17, 2021 by admin

The walls and barbed wire of Portugal’s capital are no longer visible from the city, but it remains a stark reminder of its long history of oppression.On the streets of Lisbon, you’ll find the remains of the colonial Portuguese Empire that dominated Portugal for nearly half a century.The city was the last colonial outpost of […]