Old Mill in Cadignano, Italy | Listed building conversion | Hospitality

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…

Long Lane | Listed building refurbishment | Residential development

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…

Haveli XXI | Modular house & traditional typology

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…

Totalajini | Refurbishment and extention of an Haveli in Ahmedabad

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…

What is Heritage? A LEGO Serious Play workshop at the University of Ferrara

Presentation at Restauro 2013. Text transcription. When I’ve met Patrizia Betini [see at http://legoviews.com/%5D, she talked me a lot about the LSP method. She was (and she is!) really enthusiastic about the method and soon I became too. She explained me the method’s goals: team building, sharing visions, creating identities, define strategies and negotiate decisions. While she talked…

Exhibition stand | Alberti’s Box at Restauro 2011

Art Director, Graphic design, Multimedia Paesaggio Urbano | Urban Design # 2.2011 In the second part of his 1860 work entitled The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Jacob Burckhardt’s talks about “the state as work of art” and he proposes an understanding of Alberti which, although written a long time ago, is still very insightful. The Swiss scholar saw Leon Battista Alberti as…