Shortly after forming a team for C40, Thomas, Gabriel, and Maddy are contacted by Professor Marie-Sophie Banville of Excess and the City. Along with another former classmate, Christine White, the group is offered a fellowship to continue developing their class projects with funding and support from The Office of Rules and Norms. In addition to Value Collective, projects include Thomas’s Concrete Capital, Gabriel’s Highest and Best Use, and Christine’s Statements of Sounds and Emotions. The four form the collective Shock Value, presenting their projects as a series of interventions critiquing the financialization of cities.