This series of shots is taken from my ongoing project “Suburban base”. This project is based on a visual exploration of my local suburbs (Monza, Northern Italy), with the main goal of isolating and highlighting the feelings of composure, isolation, suspendness and at the same time, unexpected beauty, dignity and serendipity that these types of areas can often trigger. I try to decontextualise shapes and spaces in order to create a visual archetypal ideally applicable to any, or most of suburban-industrial environments of the Western society. Reflecting about these peculiarities and this “found beauty” theme leads to a broader reflection on both the recurring architectural and functional patterns that are present in towns and cities, and the cultural models and stereotypes that shape common people’s perception of their urban environment.