Lavazza headquarters
The design proposed for the new Lavazza headquarters of and the renovation of the former Enel power station near Largo Brescia shows a profound appreciation of the history of the city and the neighbourhood,...
Swiss Re Next
The concept at the base of the project is clearly represented by the longitudinal section of the structure, where it is possible to identify two complimentary bodies that characterize the building; the underground “pool”...
Modern in the City
The bombs that fell on Milano in 1943 left a wounded city. Many architects, even famous ones, worked as “barefoot doctors” to catalogue the level of conservation of the buildings that survived. This survey...
new geometries
The heroic age of experiments on complex spaces and forms has worn itself out in the efforts of those who, convinced of the necessity of that research, made themselves and their assistants observe catenaries...
Data-driven geometry mutation
The change of the paradigm in architecture.
The last few years have seen a change in the paradigm in architecture and in the development of forms that goes beyond postmodernism and our visions of architects...
A Lineage of Formation
How to make flower pots more durable? This, almost humble, question set a mechanism into motion that ultimately shaped the course of architecture massively. The French gardener Joseph Monier answered this question by combining...
Precursors and experiments in “non-linear” geometry
The use of computers has resulted in architectural forms in continuous development; even a partial use of them makes it possible to trigger a creative process that, starting with a certain initial idea, succeeds...
Herma Parking Building
In Korea for the development of a new town, developers parcel out the land in lots according to the usage such as a business area and a residence area, based on the Building codes....
0-14 tower
O-14, a 22-story tall commercial tower perched on a two-story podium, broke ground in February 2007, and comprises over 300,000 square feet of office space for the Dubai Business Bay. O-14 is located along...
Centre Pompidou Metz
My first thoughts when beginning the design were two recent phenomena concerning art museums throughout the world today. The first trend, which has become widely known as the “Bilbao Effect”, was born from the...
Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Clubhouse
The Nine Bridges Country Club-Clubhouse is a 16,000-squaremeter facility that serves a golf course. It has an underground level and three floors above grade. There is a main building, VIP lobby building, and a...