Lead Architect at Hampson and Williams, 2014-2017. High-End Residential project, Conservation Area, 1000+ sqm, 5 Storeys (2 underground), internal swimming pool, Client KHN Design, Construction cost 8M+ • Obtained planning approvals and discharge of condition whithin conservation area• Devised overall strategy for documentation and identified deliverables planned fromstage 3 to stage 5• Coordinated a multi-disciplinary…
2016-2017 | Listed Building (XII Century) within Conservation Area | +700 sqm | Preliminary project for conversion into a Guest House The oldest part of the building was constructed during the 12th centu-ry and with various extensionsand alterations, continued to function as a mill until the 1960’s when Brescia Hospital –which purchased it during the…
2019 | Conversion of storage room into home office | Concept + Detail design + Construction 360* Photo gallery >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/nUi1yTtSHdxa14gW6
2019-2021 | Concept + Planning + Detailed Design | 700+ sqm
[First Published on April 2018, see on LinkedIn>>] One of my preferred quote is by George Bernard Shaw: “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place“. I don’t know whether the Author developed such conviction attending a design coordination meeting or in a different circumstance. However, that quote well describe…
[First published on July 2019, see on LinkedIn>>] Once upon a time the architect. This is the substance of Rab Bennetts’ article on AJ last year about novation. I can’t agree more on considering delivery as an essential part of design and the habit of splitting the process in two parts (design and delivery, where the first goes…
[First Published on November 2017, see on LinkedIn>>] I was told by a high-level professional manager working world-wide that, generally speaking, UK management is considered one of the worst in the world. I can just testify about the construction industry since I have around 20 years of experience in the field. Let’s start by saying…
[First Published on March 2017, see on LinkedIn>>] Since the Government decided to implement BIM in public works, architects and construction companies started taking BIM more seriously in UK: cutting the cost of about 20% is not a negligible goal. Focusing on that target, big firms began bringing BIM, whatever the project – public or…
[First published on March 2018, See on LinkedIn>>] 01 Who does benefit from process efficiency? The introduction to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) guidance note about “Managing the design delivery” recaps the essence of any enterprise: optimisation of resources (energy, time, money) to achieve the best result as possible (quality, profits). The article by David Light “BIM…
[first published on September 2018, >>https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bim-unveiled-clients-guide-carlo-bughi/ ] The advantages of BIM are not so clear to many professionals in the field so, no wonder if clients (private and developers) can’t understand how BIM is beneficial for their investment in the building industry. It is probably a legacy from the time I was teaching at the…
2020 | Refurbishment | Conversion into holiday house for short term rental 360* CGIs gallery >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/1Lo2DKag6HtwVgNb8
2018 | Feasibility study | Preliminary design + Planning | 4 semidetached houses
2018-2020 | Refurbishment + extension | Concept + Planning + Detailed Design
2018 | Refurbishment + extension | Conservation Area | Preliminary design + Feasibility
2018 | Two semidetached houses | Feasibility study
2020-2021 | Refurbishment + extension | Concept + Planning + Detail design + Construction
2018 | Preliminary design + Planning
2015 | Refurbishment of warehouse and conversion into office space | Concept design + Planning + Detail Design
2016-2017 |Project Architect and Design Manager | Residential development | 5 flats + 4 mew houses + 300 sqm commercial
2016 | Two timber frame houses | Design for construction
2017 | Private residential | End terrace house side extension
2016-2017 | Private residential | Family house | CLT construction • Increase NIA of 15% keeping same shape, footprint and mass of a previously approved scheme• Analyzed project feasibility and costs by developing a BIM model of the project at early stage• Coordinated structural information with a Cross Laminated Timber company (KLH) sharing BIM models•…
2015 |Large scale project | Project architect (residential towers) + Design coordination (hotel and retail) | Master Plan | 300,000 sqm residential | 45,000 sqm commercial/retail | 30,000 sqm Hotel, Landscape, Marina
146-148 Long Lane, London | Leads Architect and Design Manager | 2016-2017 |Listed Building Grade II* • Obtained planning approval and Listed Building consent• Devised overall strategy for documentation and deliverables planned from stage 3 to stage 5.• Coordinated a multi-disciplinary team throughout development and construction phases• Coordinated development on site with main contractor and…
Refurbishment of a small flat in London. Private client. July 2014
If I say “S 0560-G30Y”, the majority of you would think I come from Mars. Those of you that are thinking about a green apple probably are colour experts and are confident with the Natural Colour System (NCS). Actually, that odd formula is a perfect ID for a certain kind of green (G) with a pinch (30)…
Recently, preparing for an interview, I was thinking about my experience in landscape architecture. Landscape architecture’s definition admits multiple meanings, floating between designing the landscape and designing into the landscape. I come from a country, Italy, where it’s very hard not to face the landscape approaching a project: if it is not the natural landscape, it’s the historical one…
Requelification of SS 64 Porrettana at Ponte alla Venturina | With Alessandro Tugnoli, Claudio Spalletti | Year 2007
Primary School in Ravenna | Competition with Ricerca & Progetto, Alessandro Tugnoli, Claudio Spalletti. Year 2005. Shortlisted
Competition with Alessandro Tugnoli e Claudio Spalletti. Year 2008
Primary School at S.Agata Bolognese | Competition with Carmela Ricciardi, Alessandro Tugnoli, Leonardo Tizi, Claudio Spalletti, Ana Bigharella, Claudia Biondi | Year 2008 | 2nd Prize
Primary school in Galcetello (Tuscany): Competition with Claudia Biondi, Ana Bigarella, Leonardo Tizi, Alessandro Tugnoli, Claudio Spalletti [Year 2009]
Legami a via Larga | Competition with Alessandro Pirani, Rita BEga, Luca Righetti, MArco Sassatelli, Alessandro Tugnoli, Leonardo Tizi, Gianluca Tramutola | Participatory design | Year 2006 | 2nd prize
1. Colour and inclusivity | Colour design in architecture is too often neglected. This contribute is not focused on investigating the reasons of this situation, but is evident that colour is still considered as a factor playing in the realm of aesthetic choices. In 1996 Frank H. Mahnke shown why such an approach is a mistake…
The coming of BIM (Building Information Modelling) was expected like a mystical event. It’s since 1999 that BIM is discussed in the US. As revealed in a number of studies and research performed by many universities, even Italian ones, in Italy, as well as in Europe, designers, builders, manufacturers and customers are patiently waiting…
Attending a talk given by Richard Sennett last Monday evening, I was thinking about possible recipes to obtain a contemporary Agora. Definitely, is not a matter for planning or design, I think. Sennett proposes a distinction between two kind of public spaces: the Agora is a place where many things happen synchronically and it’s opposed to that public…
Exhibition at Restauro 2014, Ferrara, Italy, March 26th-29th 2014 | Curator: Riccardo Rubini, Denise Araujo Azevedo, DIAPReM, Dipartimento di Architettura, Università di Ferrara Scientific Committee: Marcello Balzani, Carlo Bughi Paesaggio Urbano | Urban Design #2.2014. Viver em Concreto, by Riccardo Rubini, Denise Araújo Azevedo From the documentary research of Marlene Milan Acayaba to an Italian didactical experience. This…
Modular Haveli | feasibility | May 2014 The Developing Heritage Program for Urban Habitat is focused on planning and design sustainable interventions in the historical centre of cities in developing countries. The DHP’s main goal is to avoid the classical mistakes, well known in Italy, caused by an imbalance between conservation and renovation, and between economic and cultural aspects. DPH…
Refurbishment and extension of an Haveli in Ahmedabad | Feasibility | May 2014 The Haveli is the typical house diffused in Ahmedabad, India. The great economic development in India leads towards urban transformations in the historical cities and it requires renewing building. The risk is in losing the traditional typologies and in impoverishment of Heritage. Heritage doesn’t…
Recently, a discussion about architects love of white has started in a LinkedIn group I follow. Karen Haller proposed that issue. She’s colour consultant working also with architects, so she asks why architects love so much white, in interior design especially. Igor Asselbergs, participating from Netherlands, proposes an interesting historical reconstruction. Renaissance, he suggest, was…
Carlo Bughi | Architect 