Born in Massa in 1962, where he lives, he graduated with honours in Architecture from the University of Florence with a thesis in architectural design.
He has practised since 1994 with a clear goal: an architecture workshop combining research and design experimentation, working from small to large scale, from interiors to architecture and urban design.
Peak House, TaipeiHe has established collaborations with the “P. Tacca” Marble Professional Institute in Carrara and with the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence. He coordinates international work in the field of advanced façade and envelope systems.
He works on technological and educational experimentation for public schools and takes part in training architecture and engineering departments on innovative building envelopes. In the 2018/2019 academic year he was an adjunct professor at the University of Florence in the design studio of the first-level Master in Interior Design; since 2019 he has collaborated with Donghua University in Shanghai.
Render: Studio DIMFrom buildings completed in Shanghai and Hangzhou to the new congress centre in Tuscany: some of the studio’s most significant projects.
01 / 04A complex in Pudong with four glass towers and twenty office buildings, clad in granite and terracotta. Completed.
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02 / 04Four volumes inspired by lotus petals, each with an inner cavity linking built space and nature. Completed.
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03 / 04Complete interior design: ceilings, floors, lighting and furniture, with a minimal division of space. Completed.
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04 / 04A pigmented-concrete volume for 400 people, whose sloping roof becomes a square for events.
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Curiosity drives every project: it is the mechanism that allows research and experimentation, now that architecture has reached a very high level of complexity and cannot ignore technological innovation in construction.
Design is not a purely mental exercise but finds its definition in construction: research becomes essential to define spaces and volumes where people can live in the best conditions of wellbeing.
A villa in Taipei between a folded surface and a base plate, with the roof reaching out towards the valley.
In the Faroe Islands, sloping planes inspired by the waves reconnect the town with the sea.
In Foshan, a mixed-use masterplan inspired by Mondrian, in glass and coloured ceramic.
About 300 villas on Taiping Lake, arranged by view and access to the water.
In Saint Petersburg, two shifted volumes wrapped in a skin of terracotta strips.
A craft area in a single building, a chance to experiment with brick.