Central to the concept behind Darzana is the emphasis on frontier infringement and on hybridity. Challenging the increasing confinement within borders of religion, language, race, nationality, ethnicity and gender, the common cultural and architectural heritage shared between the arsenals of Istanbul and Venice is highlighted. For the Biennale Architectura 2016, a last vessel, a bastardo has been constructed out of abandoned materials found in the old dockyard in Istanbul and transported to Venice to suggest a new connection in the Mediterranean.