Utopias originate from our dissatisfaction with reality. They form a fiction of a perfect world or an exaggeration of its deceitfulness. Modi di essere, based on an in-depth study of Superstudio, creates critical utopias in the context of Venice – a city heavily affected by the system of our consumerist society. Experimenting with a variety of visualisation techniques the project defamiliarises the known and radicalises certain processes, using architecture as a space for reflection. It does not aim to introduce a solution, but rather to raise awareness, to denounce the “museumification” of the historic city, the idea of cultural heritage as a “resource” and the neglect of its inhabitants.