Italian architects

The project consists of the renovation of a 190 square metre penthouse within the former Borletti factory complex in Milan, which has recently undergone a renovation project. The clients wanted an intimate and cosy home, where at the same time they could receive numerous guests on special occasions. These requests led the project towards a specific spatial and visual identity, suitable for embodying the desire for refined domesticity and sophisticated representation. The choice of furnishings, materials and colours contributes to the construction of this imagery.Without radically altering the distribution of the rooms, but by implementing a series of spatial solutions, the project has created a balanced atmosphere, characterised by a neutra... More

In the Treviso countryside, a portion of a farmhouse already heavily altered by previous interventions is transformed into a new residence. Alongside the recovery of some significant elements such as the arch of the porch, the stone frames, and the wooden roof, new contemporary elements are introduced. Lanaro Cristina Lanaro Cristina Lanaro Cristina Lanaro Cristina Lanaro Cristina The large openings, emphasized by the thin profile of the window frames, cut and frame the context. Thus, the design of the surrounding agricultural landscape is represented within the home and, in the more expansive views, the landscape of the foothills. A new building placed orthogonally to the main structure, intended to serve the resi... More

rennovation BUDÉ  project reinterprets one of the apartments of the BUDÉ HOUSING ESTATE, a housing complex designed by Georges Addor and Jean-Jacques Honegger in the early 1960s. alberto moncada This concept aims to respond to the ongoing debate on contemporary living and the criticalities around domestic space design, with a revolutionary approach to improve its functional rigid scheme. alberto moncada Internal partitions have been replaced by walk through joinery and movable panels. The use of full-height doors enhances the spatial continuity between the two former distinct areas of the house. alberto moncada These two solutions result in a multifunctional space that emphasizes the panoramic views and... More

“Steam engine – Museo Franco Risi” is a private museum dedicated to the unique collection of steam-driven agricultural machinery that Franco Risi has restored over the last fifty years. The conversion of the existing structures, once used as a workshop by Franco himself, made it possible to regenerate the group of existing casings resulting from additions that took place over time. The museum was designed as a narrative journey trough Franco's life and the development of steam engines while providing flexible spaces suitable for hosting various kinds of events. Francesca Iovene Francesca Iovene The intervention is divided into two parts; first, the low volume of the entrance was conceived as a box within the box... More

CONTRABAND is a project developed within the "Riabitare le Alpi" Atelier. The team was assigned the number 4, hence the title TEAM4. It consists of a network of mountain routes that go back to the routes of smugglers moving between Italy and France. The information on smuggling in Valle Stura comes mainly from the direct testimonies of those who lived those experiences on their own skin. The video "La Couòntrobando, un mestíer per viure", shot in 2013 thanks to the contribution of local authorities, in which those who were the smugglers, and also an ex-financier, told facts and anecdotes was of fundamental importance for the investigation of their life.   We must understand the border not as a limit but as an area in... More

The warehouse situated along the Trieste seafront was one of the simple, functional nineteenth-century buildings that were built for the port of the Hapsburg city. The restoration of the low building with just one floor transformed the interior: the walls were restored, faced with stone and continue below street level. The walls of a new room are detached and parallel: a transparent casket that rises above the line of the eaves. This is the evocative theme of the incorporation, of nesting dolls: in addition to the arching of the original architectural complex, one can see the glass walls of the new interior, with the addition of precious burnished brass profiles. With the arrangement of the mirroring, which varies depending on the directi... More

The apartment is located in the center of Rome, inside a very rational real estate complex, interesting from an architectural point of view, but incredibly squared and with large orthogonal spaces. The project was born for a young woman, so the main intention was to orientate the study of the interior design to restore a softness, an irrationality of the environments, in line with a female identity, and at the same time in strong contradiction with the external context. The design work focuses on shapes and volumes emphasized with light colors that reflect the nuances of the seascapes. The result is a very welcoming home, with original and sinuous suggestions involving continuous different points of view and overlapping free lines in moveme... More

work published and reviewed by Luigi Puglisi Prestinenza in "Il Sole 24 ORE – EDILIZIA E TERRITORIO" No. 31/32 - August 2011 The building consists of two buildings joined twins and oriented at right angles to each other so as to allow an optimal exploitation of the constructible triangular. The two-story volumes, containing the stairs and sleeping areas of the two apartments with their environment as accessories, were positioned at the center of the composition, while low volumes containing a single-level living areas have been placed at most of the wings outside the building. With this type of organization has been able to get a volume together with a performance of a pyramid and at the same time, a greater distance between the living... More