Light and Shadow

AGUA is a private residence conceived as a sequence of pure volumes, controlled perspectives and changing light conditions. The entrance is deliberately concealed from the street and reached through a long, narrow passage protected by a large masonry screen. The path gradually reveals the house and culminates in a large glazed entrance. Demetrio Mancini Demetrio Mancini Demetrio Mancini Michele Biancucci Michele Biancucci The defining element of the project is the rooftop swimming pool, positioned on the second floor and characterized by an intense red bottom. Water becomes an architectural material, reflecting light onto the surrounding surfaces and illuminating the entrance passage below. Michele Biancucci... More

The Temple of Silence is a Total Spatial Work by Fausto Ferrara, built in Torrenieri, Tuscany, as a private non-denominational sacred pavilion. The Work originates from a radical question: can architecture exist beyond function and return human beings to a condition of presence? The Temple is neither a hall, a church nor a meditation facility understood as a service. It is a place in which architecture suspends purpose in order to preserve another condition of dwelling: silence, inoperativity and a return to oneself. The entrance does not coincide with a façade. A large curved wall interrupts direct movement and transforms access into a sequence of thresholds. The body is required to slow down, deviate and momentarily lose its habi... More

Circle is a Spatial Work by Fausto Ferrara, conceived in Berlin as a private gallery for an international client. The Work adopts circular geometry not as an autonomous image or symbol, but as a principle capable of establishing a precise relationship between body, movement, void, light and time. A continuous perimeter surrounds and protects a central space open to the sky, transforming the gallery into an experience structured through circumambulation. The visitor does not simply move through a sequence of rooms, but is led around a centre. The central void becomes the measure of the entire architecture, while the circular path continuously alters distance, orientation, light and the perception of the artworks. Circle therefore does not... More

Spazio Sensoriale is a Spatial Work by Fausto Ferrara, realized in Hudson, New York, for the Art OMI Foundation. The Work was conceived as an architectural prototype and inhabitable sculpture, operating at the threshold between architecture, environmental art and perception. It is not a pavilion conceived as an autonomous object, but a spatial device in which body, light, water, matter and movement construct the experience. Franco Purini describes Spazio Sensoriale as an “inhabitable sculpture” and a “space-situation,” emphasizing how architecture is taken beyond simple function to become pure tectonic articulation and a perceptual field. The project is structured through sequences of compression and expansion, re... More

Architecture here becomes a cosmic instrument. Conceived as a spatial embodiment of the solar system, the Astronomy and Space Science Gallery transforms abstract astronomical phenomena into an immersive, navigable experience. A luminous central void acts as the sun, anchoring a constellation of orbiting galleries that choreograph the visitor’s journey from the familiar to the infinite. At its core, a spherical planetarium appears to levitate above an amphitheatre, collapsing structure, spectacle, and learning into a single architectural moment—where science is not merely observed, but physically inhabited. Vinay Panjwani, India Vinay Panjwani, India Vinay Panjwani, India As India’s largest facility dedicat... More

Set within the dense, tree-lined streets of Chennai, The Louvered House is a five-bedroom residence designed as a calm, contemporary retreat for three generations of a family. Responding to the city’s hot-humid climate and vibrant urban fabric, the G+1 home negotiates its surroundings by turning inward, while its architectural expression outwardly balances solidity, rhythm, and lightness. Studio Para Studio Para Studio Para Studio Para The architecture is defined by clean horizontal lines, deep overhangs, and a restrained palette of stone, concrete, and timber. Facing west, the primary façade alternates between solid planes and vertical wooden fins, creating a rhythmic play of light and shadow while ensurin... More