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The new Guesthouse-Hermitage is located within the Monastic Complex of Siloe, which spans an area of 38,000 square meters across a network of hilly pathways. The four living units, designated as external guest accommodations for occasional visitors to the Siloe community, are seamlessly integrated into the natural terrain and have been constructed without altering the surrounding landscape, pioneering a new form of sustainable living. Aurelio Candido Each housing unit, entirely complementary to the monastery's structure, comprises a bedroom with a kitchenette, a bathroom, a balcony on the north side, and a loggia to the south. The design meets accessibility standards. The building features a wooden load-bearing structure and infill, i... More

Minimal additions to an exclusive two-storey house in Upper Bergamo that dialogues with its challenging architectural history through transparencies, lightness and light, paradigms of boundless quality. Ezio Manciucca Ezio Manciucca The project is about a building dating back to the Late Middle Ages, when it was a monastery. It then was converted into a student residence and, in the seventies, it was sold and divided into apartments. Ezio Manciucca Ezio Manciucca Specifically, I had to deal scrupulously with the ‘remains’ of the original monastery, so as to mitigate the sense of boundary between open and closed areas and bring light into the deepest rooms. Ezio Manciucca Ezio Manciucca First of a... More

Until 1999, Via Longo 1 was the Bergamo headquarters of Archos Studio. Spread across three floors, the building featured a small inner courtyard, a spacious open space on the first floor filled with drafting tables, achieved by demolishing all interior walls. It also included a room for photocopying machines, an archive/library, the architect's private studio, a bathroom, and a large attic illuminated by two large skylights. Two terraces, one overlooking the Sanctuary Square and the other overlooking a large park, completed the architectural atelier. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani After expanding and relocating the studio to the countryside, Via Longo 1 was transformed into a guesthouse for interns. However, traces of its past rem... More

The project for the BN House in the historic center of Milan consists of a merger and overall renovation of two apartments on the top floor of a typical building in the center of Milan. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani All the spaces, naturally lit by large existing windows, have been enhanced through the study and design of all the custom-designed interior furnishings. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani The living room and distribution areas are entirely covered with boiserie that itself becomes a container container, partly open and partly closed by hinged or folding doors to safeguard the space. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani The son's room in fir wood, entirely custom-designed, is developed on two levels connecte... More

The concept for the Zenato pavilion at Vinitaly was conceived to ensure careful management of the corporate marketing flows and dynamics. Andrea Ceriani The long and narrow conformation of the area intended to house the stand, the adjacent volumes of the other exhibitors and the light and noise pollution generated by the large exhibition space of Verona Fiere Pavilion guided the compositional and functional choices of the project. Andrea Ceriani To translate corporate values into stimuli rich in meaning, the Zenato stand presents itself as a slender, evanescent and permeable container to the flow of visitors thanks also to a ribbed covering of white elastic cords that vibrate at the passage and touch of visitors, conveying sensa... More

The Forum Fondazione Bertarelli originates from a thorough study of the settlement models in the inland of the Maremma plains. This 300-seat concert hall has an organic shape, perfectly self-contained and within the golden ratio, whose proportions were designed for non-mechanical acoustic amplification. From a distance as well as from close range, the Forum is not perceived as a building. Being free of openings, its rugged concrete surface with the earth tones of cement is reminiscent of a mound and fortified by wavy oxidised iron plate, which it partially envelops. Going uphill through an olive grove along the iron wall supporting the volume of the hall, we enter the foyer, one dematerialized space flooded by light where the outside landsc... More

A renovation of a sigle-family villa located on the slope of a hill that follow the current ideals of living and a certainly contemporary architecture in relation, above all, with the surrounding green area. It is indeed the relationship with the surrounding green that leads the formal and functional choices related to it through constructive techniques, materials, and morphology to create a visual system made of dialogue with nature, not contrast with it. The intention of the renovation is to give back to architecture its role as a component of the landscape, facilitating its inclusion in the green, seen as a compositional space of life and not just as a contour. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani... More

The project for the extension of Cupano winery (Special Mention at the In/Architettura Award 2023 | Tuscany - New Construction) mainly considers the high environmental value of the place where it is located; thus, the main foundations of the intervention are the economic and environmental sustainability, implemented by sustainable construction techniques.  Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani Here, contemporary architecture does not give an interpretation of the past but, using new technologies, it silently lies on and in the territory, gathering, selecting and transforming its resources. The goal is not to blend into the landscape profiles but to be part of it. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani The building was designed to... More

In this eclectic penthouse, designed for a couple of art collectors, different colors mark different functional areas. Every detail was thought and created on the desire of a comfortable, intimate, and tidy home. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani At the entrance, an iron and glass compass enriched with plants for stripping shoes and coats filters the living area, a seamless open space loft overlooking the large panoramic terrace opened on the valley. Once inside, a progression of volumes made of different materials leads us to discover all the spaces of the house, sometimes hidden by secret doors and occasionally revealed by small details. Walnut and birch wood for the partitions, designed to separate and contain,... More

"In relation to the environment, the architect has a duty to always be active. Preserving does not mean renouncing human action on the environment but implementing action that is compatible with its natural and historical characteristics," stated Edoardo Milesi. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani Dealing with the renovation and revitalization of an abandoned historic farmhouse in an untouched environment, just a stone's throw from the city, is not an everyday opportunity. It's a captivating challenge that prompts us to contemplate the future of historic architecture, a topic as relevant and necessary as ever. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani The two buildings are arranged around a central courtyard, following the typical layou... More

The Inhabited Roccolo of Clusone is a perfect contemporary reinterpretation of the "roccolo," a typical construction found in the landscape of the Lombard Alpine and pre-Alpine regions, dating back to the 15th century. Traditionally, these structures were used for bird-catching through gardening techniques. Ezio Manciucca Ezio Manciucca Cristian Carrara Due to geological issues, the project couldn't preserve the existing structure; the new building has been shifted a few meters while maintaining the original spatial layout. Ezio Manciucca Ezio Manciucca Ezio Manciucca A semicircle of hornbeams in a double row with a central corridor covered by interwoven branches forms the supporting framework. Inside, there'... More

The project involves the development of two residential units that share common service spaces on the ground floor. However, as they freely adapt to the natural countryside terrain, they offer different ways of living. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani These independent "housing boxes," never stacked to avoid common views, take on innovative architectural forms in their ability to adapt to the site and climate requirements. It is primarily the relationship with the surrounding nature that guides the formal and functional choices. The natural slope of the land strongly influenced the morphological and compositional choices. Andrea Ceriani Andrea Ceriani The building, characterized by modularity designed to harmonize with t... More