In the years since Albania’s 1991 revolution, satellite dishes and air conditioners have sprouted all over Tirana’s buildings. In 2004, Bolles + Wilson were invited to brighten the post-Communist city—and instead of pretending the appendages didn’t exist, the architects decided to incorporate them into their design.

They made an orange-and-red watercolor painting of the building with white rectangles to simulate the pattern created by the appliances as well as to suggest locations for future installations.

“It’s an issue in every Mediterranean country,� Wilson says. “The building is finished and looks nice, and then it gets covered in air conditioners or satellite dishes. Our most recent color concept is called A Marriage of Air Conditioners and Satellite Dishes.�

Via metropolismag and ArkiSpot.