The residence that belonged to Alexander Iolas the Greek-American gallerist who discovered Andy Warhol was looted and vandalized after his death in 1987. However, as with all martyrdom sites, it has become a temple that still attracts devotees of contemporary art
Students from Swiss design school ÉCAL have worked with Philippe Malouin to make furniture from metal objects salvaged from the scrapheap in a project called Junkyard Diving.