PAT. is an architecture firm who endorses an integrated design approach to conceive sustainable buildings, based on the effective use of materials and energy resources.
PAT. has received awards in Italy and abroad and its work has been exhibited at the X Architecture Biennale in Venice, Rizoma-Italy’s young architects Biennale, and the XXIII World Congress UIA Torino 2008.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
At PAT. we strongly believe that our well-being is deeply affected by the space we inhabit.
From this concept arises our mission: to improve the quality of life through architecture.
Whatever the scale of the project, our work starts from a deep understanding of our clients needs. To satisfy these needs while adding the extra bonuses of good design is our goal.
We aim at making inspiring buildings whose beauty is the result of a logical, scientific approach. Organisms where the structure, envelope and systems work together, offering the user physical and psychic well-being, reducing energy consumption, maintenance and work on site.
We strive to design an urban environment where old and new coexist, enriching our cities, improving them, leaving them more beautiful and liveable.
HOW WE WORK
To live up to this expectations we build a dedicated integrated design team for every project, and we involve all of the different specialist engineers from the very first brainstorming meeting in order to incorporate as many inputs as possible in early design stage.
Over the years we developed tight bonds with selected engineers and consultants, cooperating on projects both in our country and abroad.
Fighting for sustainability in every project, we developed €CO, our own tool to run environmental life cycle costing analysis in order to find the right balance between construction cost and green building strategies.
Research in this field is run at University level and was presented in a number of international conferences over the last few years (Setac Goteborg 2010, Ecomondo Rimini 2011, Setac Berlin 2012 and Rome 2012, PLEA Los Angeles 2016 and Edinbourgh 2017).
WHERE WE WORK
Deeply rooted in the Italian design culture, PAT. is a boutique firm with a global outreach. We are based in Torino, the Italian capital of industry and high tech manufacturing, who reinvented itself as a culture powerhouse and tourist mecca. We have projects in four continents and we are currently building on site in Italy, Kenya and Qatar.
F+P
F+P was established in 2011 as a joint venture of PAT. and Studio Ferdinando Fagnola, a boutique firm with over 40 years of experience in high end residential projects, offices and museum design, with PAT. The move came after a few years of collaboration which, capitalizing on the mix of experience and fresh ideas, lead to a series of competition awards and joint commissions for a museum and a top end residential estate.
