Originally the cabinet tower was designed for the exhibition »Le Affinita Elective« - Affinities - of the 17th Triennial in Milan in the spring of 1985. On this occasion, 21 architects from nine countries had been invited to contribute residential furniture that would convey their personal ideas and sentiments, as well as demonstrate their roots and their penchant for other artists, places, works, epoques, materials and forms. In appreciation of the Goethean spirit, their creations were to reflect these very »affinities«.