Looking for differences, but starting from similarities

The term difference plays a key role in the proposed paper. It stems mainly from its peculiarity to be consisted actually of three papers, or more correctly, of three design projects. Three design projects that, besides their own love affair with the virtual and topological inquiry, are identified with their differences. Differences on any level: epistemological, philosophical, architectural, historical, methodological, possibly digital, etc. Giving emphasis on their differences does not mean that these design projects do not have something, or more, in common. On the contrary, they share a lot in common. The possible similarities that the projects share create a common ground for fruitful exploration, extremely interesting, at least from my own perspective, exclusively pedagogical and methodological in terms of the architectural design process. As a consequence, this common ground of possible similarities forms the introductory starting point for departure at least of my involvement for the presented text. However intention of the paper remains the identification of the differences among the projects