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#Curriculum Vitae
Giacomo Garziano Date of Birth/ Nationality/ Adress/ Phone/ Mail/ Title/
28/12/1981 Italian Jacob van Lennepstraat 47, 1053 HC, Amsterdam - NL +31 647 88 79 00 giacomo.garziano@gmail.com Architect
#Education 2007-2008 2006-2007 2000-2006
Facoltà di Architettura dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze - Florence - IT Ecole d’Architecture Paris Malaquais - Ecole des Beaux Arts - Paris - FR Facoltà di Architettura dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze - Florence - IT
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Graduation at the “Facoltà di Architettura” with the degree of Architect. Urban Planning and Music Centre - Pistoia - IT Average Grade: 110/110
#Other qualifications 2005 1995
Certification of “Surveyor for Architecture and Environement” at the “Facoltà di Architettura” - Florence - IT 3th Cello’s class at the Conservatory “E.Duni” - Matera - IT
#Selected Professional Experiences 2010-..
Nio Architecten - architect (www.nio.nl) Zandloper - Monster (NL) - Artwork The Good and the Bad - Almere (NL) - Retail Park Sensing the Waves - Prato (IT) - Museum of Contemporary Art WWIIormhole - Gdansk (PL) - Competition for Secon World War Museum
2008-09
Knevel Architecten BV - junior architect (www.knevelarchitecten.nl) Urban plan ex-Bruynzeel Factories - Zaandam (NL) - Urban plan Family House - Rieteiland Oost (NL) - Private house Renovation Elsevier - Amsterdam (NL) - Student Housing Urban Plan Zeeburgerpad - Amsterdam (NL) - Housing
2008
Acme - junior designer, graphic developer (www.acmearchitetture.com) Former Feltrificio Veneto - Venice (IT) - Housing, Retails, Leisure
2007-08
Giacomo Garziano - Paris (FR) - graphic freelance
2007
LaPlace & Co. - graphic developer (www.luislaplace.com) Summer House - Ibiza (ES) - Family house Can Caurelles House - Mallorca (ES) - Interior
2006
H+LB Architects - junior designer, graphic developer (www.hardel-lebihan.com) Maison Maspero - Paris (FR) - Interiors Maison Dro - Paris (FR) - 1 floor extension, interiors
2001-07
Roberto Rubini Architetto - junior designer, graphic developer (www.robertorubini.com) Housing development - San Sepolcro (IT) - 24 apartments housing Superjet 100 - Venice (IT) - aircraft interiors Housing development - Monterchi (IT) - 12 apartments housing
#Press 2006
AND - 05: Puerta America AND hotels “muV. museo del viaggio” - E.Pandolfini, C.Pecchioli pages 86-89
2004
La Documentazione dei Beni Architettonici e Ambientali “La Casa Galleria di Giovanni Michelazzi” - N.Santopuoli, F.Maietti pages 81-84
#Skills Languages
CAD
Italian - Mothertongue English French
Understanding Speaking C1 C1 C1 C1
Autodesk Autocad Autodesk 3dStudioMax ChaosGroup V-Ray Microsoft Office Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign
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Writing C1 C1
#11
ARTwork in monster
Job/ project architect Program/ Artwork Location/ Monster (NL)
Partnership/ NIO architecten, Tom Claassen Client/ Municipality of Monster Budget/ 1.000.000 â‚Ź
Size/ 800 m2 Phase/ 1st prize awarded competition under construction
#De Zandloper The Hourglass
Artist’s model and 3d model
The municipality of Monter organized a competition for artists for a new landmark on the coast, in order to create a visual connection between the city center and the beach. Zandloper is a new projection on the horizon, different than the exhisting windmill, the cranes or the bell tower, the distinctive gateway from the past to the future. The Hourglass is the epitome of technonature perfection: is it coming from the water, from the sand, from another planet or is a creature of the man? Construction schemes
From the beach
Gateway from the beach and from the city
#10-11
Bridge in Amersfoort
Job/ project architect Program/ Tunnel and landscape Location/ Amersfoort (NL)
Partnership/ NIO architecten Client/ Municipality of Amsersfoort
Budget/ 2.000.000 â‚Ź Size/ 1 200 m2 Phase/ definitive design
#The Last Seconds of a Princess
On August 31, 1997 at 00:25, on a Mercedes W140, Henri Paul drived at 180 Km/h to death under the Alma tunnel in Paris. The driver died and with him, the english princess and her lover. Ten years later, an image of a hand holding a burning torch was placed on top of the tunnel. The hand of Diana, Diana Lucifera, goddess of the moon and the light. This corrispondence from the top (the memorial) and the underworld (the accident) was gen-
Plans + Sections
erated by the twist between the slow history and the fast destiny. This reflection inspired the project. Can this new tunnel in Amersfoort hide a secret? What if the princess of light is passing on her silver chariot drawn by white stags? The arrows of silver light she just fired from her silver bow, are heading the darkening sky.
Details
Entrance to the tunnel + Bird’s Eye View
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Rotterdam world gateway
Job/ project leader
Location/ Rotterdam (NL)
Budget/ ...
Program/ Competition for New Offices - Workshop Facilities Center, Infrastructure for the Harbor’s Extension
Partnership/ NIO architecten
Size/ 20 000 m2
Client/ Harbor of Rotterdam
Phase/ competition entry
#She’s Out of my League Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) is developing the first container terminal on Maasvlakte 2. It will be an innovative terminal, operating and competing on a global scale. But RWG embodies also a strong vertical component, the vertical axis of sustainability. In our proposal for the new building facilities for RWG we want to emphasize the intersection of both axes, the soul of RWG. The workshop building opens towards the sun, almost literally, with the intention to collect sunlight to produce energy and rainwater, and rainwater for the grey-water circuit. On the other side of this axis it collects heat and cold from seawater, energy which can be collected in thermal storages deep under the surface. This is what we mean with: the vertical axis of sustainability.
Bird’s Eye View + Program’s Scheme
Compostition’s Scheme + Plan
Two Pavillons for the Entrances
Sustainbility’s Scheme
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Museum of Contemporary art in Prato
Job/ project architect
Location/ Prato (IT)
Budget/ 5.500.000 €
Program/ Extension of the Contemporary Art Museum “Luigi Pecci”
Partnership/ NIO architecten
Size/ 4 200 m2
Client/ Mrs. E. Pecci
Phase/ under construction
#Sensing the Waves
The “Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci” was opened in 1988 and donated to the city of Prato by Enrico Pecci. It is situated on the periphery of Prato, near the exit of the A11 highway, a strategic spot where, from the first floor, you can see the skyline of Florence. As opposed to the rather rigid, mechanical character of the existing museum building, partly inspired on the industrial textile markets in Prato, the new part looks fluid and ecstatic. It embraces the existing building and touches it only there where needed for the circular plan. The tower gauges the cultural mood, in search of new movements.
Sections
Plan - ground floor
Elevation - Entrance
Construction Site
#11
HOUSINg in aachen
Job/ project leader
Location/ Aachen (DE)
Budget/ 2.000.000 â‚Ź
Program/ Conception of 11 apartments’ new housing development
Partnership/ pbs architekten
Size/ 1 200 m2
Client/ Private
Phase/ 1st prize awarded competition
#Barrierefreies Wohnen The existing urban design framework is the reference for the new planning. The proposal is a two-story buildings, not to dominate the neighborhood. Two buildings connected by a glass joint, are shifted from each other and thus develop a full scale building volume, integrated into the topography. The internal organization is visible from the outside. The patio is designed as a stimulating space, supported by color variations.
Plans
All eleven units are linked directly here. All rooms and balconies of the residential complex are conceived barrier-free. The budget cost of the public housing is limited. Therefore, the volume of the building is extremely simple, structural walls support the building, the spans are reasonable, the supply and disposal paths run through the building. The primary structure consists of a concrete floor slab and reinforced concrete slabs.
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#10
Second World War Museum in Gdansk
Job/ project leader
Location/ Gdansk (PL)
Budget/ 230.000.000 â‚Ź
Program/ Conception of the new WWII Museum
Partnership/ Nio architecten
Size/ 30 190 m2
Client/ City of Gdansk
Phase/ competition
#WWIIormhole Crossing Time and Space Our aim was to create a time machine that leads visitors to the experience of the Second World War. The heart of the Museum building is a dramatic space, which seems to suck up the visitors from the entry, moving them toward the sky. This space is the embodiment of the turning point, and makes it tangible and experimental. Public exhibition on the first and second floor together with the other functions are organized around this central space and enclosed in a square building 70 by 70 meters big. This box is placed on
a pedestrian designed landscape, which contains the more public functions and parking. In contrast to the monumental space ‘wormhole’ in the interior, the facades appear fragile. The stone facade surfaces seem to crack under the pressure of hostile fire. The “Wormhole” hosts another fragile element, a cloud of mirrors which is the link between the Museum and the city. It allows the visitors to experience the view of the city from the core of the building and viceversa.
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Composition Scheme
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Dostawy Wojna jako konsekwencja ideologii i polityki państw totalitarnych
Okupacja jako kontynuacja wojny
Gdańsk i Pomorze jako pretekst wojny
Dostawy 64 Kampania polska 1939 roku
Wojna o nowym charakterze Regularne działania zbrojne
Restauracja i kawiarnia od strony ciągu pieszego przy kanale Raduni
Parking dla autokarów
Wystawy plenerowe
Site plan + Plans + Section
Pomost z możliwością cumowania kajaków
From the Raduna canal + Entrance from the outdoor Exhibition
Represenative Staircase + Entrance to the Permanent Exibhition
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#10
ANNEX OF THE “VILLA DELLA REGINA” MUSEUM
Job/ Project leader
Location/ Torino - IT
Budget/ 1 500 000 €
Program/ Proposal for reception annex of the museum: cafeteria, bookshop, multimedia, tickets, offices
Partnership/ Nio Architecten
Size/ 700 m2
Client/ Ministero dei Beni Culturali - UNESCO
Phase/ Competition
#Il Giardino di Limoni Connecting Continuously The extension of the Villa della Regina was designed with the intent of becoming the center the entire complex. Welcoming visitors and generating a system of fluxes transmitted through the villa throughout the area. The sequence of experiences begins in the inner space that is divided into two distinct areas: a private part that
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contains the pre-existing technical spaces and services for the villa, and a public part, receptive, preparatory to the visit. One public function follows one other without any filter, the space is continuous and flexible, wrapped in a Moebius Strip.
Balaustra in vetro 8 mm Rivestimento in poliuretano 5 mm
Cemento 420 mm
Led 100 mm
Isolante 80 mm Intonaco 5 mm
Griglia di ventilazione
Vetro termico triplo spessore 40 mm
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CAFFETTERIA
Pilastro cavo in acciaio 280 mm
Rampa in cemento 200 mm
Bancone: rivestimento pannelli legno compresso18 mm
Supporto metallico 6 mm Rivestimento in poliuretano 5 mm Massetto in Cemento 75 mm
Isolante 80 mm
Cemento alveolare 24 mm
Detail - Cafeteria
From the Entrance to the Villa
Access from the top
From the Belvedere
#09
URBAN PLAN IN ZAANDAM
Job/ Concept design, graphic development Program/ Conception of mixed used renovated area
Location/ Zandaam(Amsterdam)-NL
Budget/ ...
Office/ Knevel Architecten
Size/ 25 000 m2
Client/ Private
Phase/ completing design
#PLANNING Heterogeneous systems The abandoned industrial area of famous Bruynzeel factory in outskirts of Zaandam is undergoing transformation and becoming new retail center in vicinity of Amsterdam. New urban and renovation plan for existing factory halls has to be made. Office buildings and construction off halls witch cover 25.000m2 have to be preserved as a heritage. Trough meticulous analyses of the site, its historical image and program we designed a
Concept Scheme + Circulation Scheme
urban plan wich uses the quality of the existing buildings and on the same time houses proposed retail-orientated program. Huge parking area is organized under mix of leisure and retail program in a big volume of existing factory halls, offices are positioned in previous office building, nautical program in connection with newly developed waterfront and housing units stacked in a tower to create a vertical orientation point.
Inside the former Factory
Water System
Program
North Side, the small harbour
Entrance
#08
FAMILY HOUSE
Job/
Project assistant: Concept design, graphic development Program/ Design and construction of a four storeys family house
Location/ Rieteiland Oost (Amsterdam) - NL
Budget/ 500 000 â‚Ź
Office/ Knevel Architecten
Size/ 257 m2
Client/ Private
Phase/ Under construction
#KEEPING Privacy The project site is situated on the water at the south west of the island with view over the water to Diemerpark. The building is a monolith, leaning on a light basement, carved to fully exploit the environmental conditions of the site. On the north side the house has large glass surfaces and out-
Study Models
Plans - 0, 1st, 2nd
door spaces in the form of loggias, roof terraces at different floors, looking to south over the water to Diemerpark. The volume is more massive to the north side to preserve the privacy and to allow proper ventilation.
Details + South view
Pictures of the House
#07-08
MUSIC PARK
Job/ Feasibility study, concept design, design development, graphic development, presentation Program/ Masterplan of a music park and conception of a 1800 places auditorium and a school of music
Location/ Pistoia - IT
Budget/ 300 000 000 â‚Ź
Class/ Project Design - Degree
Size/ 70 hectares
Teacher/ prof. arch. Antonio D’Auria
Grade/ 110/110 + honorable mention
#FARE Musica a Pistoia The project focused on creating a new space near the city of Pistoia for developing, teaching and discovering new musical approaches. The project was composed by a big Concert hall for 1800 people, a Modern music school and a building for musical therapy and health activities
related to the next hospital. These three buildings forming a public square were located into an open system of great green spaces. The main thought was to stimulate a reflection about the relationship between Architecture and Music.
Park composition
Program-Music center
Music Park - Section
Volumetric composition for the Concert Hall
Masterplan
Music Centre Site Plan
The music center from the canal
The geometry of the concert hall was inspired by a Platonic solid, that in the past has always been associated to musical and mathematical perfection. The volume was gained by the intersection of three heptahedrons (the number 7 always appears in music) in line with three points of view located in three important urban places: the bell tower in town and two peaks of the facing mountains. Therefore this irregular volume revealed his nature only in these three directions. Holographic Glass Detail
Between the main container and the hall itself, shops, bars, cafĂŠs, expos, administration offices, exhibitions and technical rooms were located following the spiral movements.
Main section
Model Vieaw
The hall was conceived as a spiral around the stage, improving the sensation of being surrounded by the music. On this spiral the seats for the public were posed, equally distanced from the musicians: the differences between the audience was almost nullified.
Section of the Model
the Concert Hall
VIP Room
Foyer - 2nd floor
Foyer - 1st floor
Main Section
The school design was based on the quality of the typical Italian public spaces with its two internal public courts: the anechoic chamber’s court and
The Courts - Organs Court + Anechoic room’s Court
the organs court. Every space was built for enhancing the experience of music: listening, learning and playing.
etched glass graphics - percussion department
It was divided in three levels, classic, rock and jazz, with different decorations on each level, focused on the images of important musicians of each kind. The skins of the three buildings were differently elaborated:
Elevation
Jam Space
façades graphics - corten steel panels©
The structure pointing out the edges of the concert hall; a metal skin which covers all the different levels of the school unifying it and protecting it from heating; the translucent box which contains the “Health Building”.
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AIRCRAFT INTERIORS
Job/ Concept design, design development, graphic development Program/ Concept design for the new “Superjet 100” aircraft interiors
Location/ Venice - IT
Budget/ ...
Partnership/ Roberto Rubini Architetto
Size/ 50 m2
Client/ Superjet International
Phase/ under construction
#the FLYING house
This assignment came from the Research Laboratory of the Superjet International速. It consists in the development design for the new Superjet 100 interiors.The task was to divide in different spaces, conceived for 8 VIP plus additional passengers seats : -the working area -the VIP accommodation area -the Meeting Area -the VIP Rest Area
Study Models
Flowing design, based on ergonomic comfort, and strictly reduced colour range help to relax. The aim was to create technologically advanced domestic spaces.
VIP Rest Area
Plan
Working areaa
#07-08
CAN CAURELLES HOUSE
Job/ Design development, graphic development Program/ Internal refurbishment
Location/ Palma de Mallorca - ES
Budget/ ...
Partnership/ La Place & Co.
Size/ 600 m2
Client/ Private
Phase/ Completed
#MODERNIZINING a palacio Can Caurelles is a 600 m2 apartment located in the medieval center of Palma de Mallorca. It is on the “planta noble� of a 16th century palacio. The full renovation intended to keep the spirit of the magnificent building and to provide all the amenities for a luxury home. The use of the light and the addition of new materials were
Plan + Detail
essential to bring a refreshing look at the interiors. The corner of the apartment privileges the view of graceful gothic cathedral of Palma, only two blocks away. The work included heavy structural work as the layout has to be transformed and adapted to modern living.
Living Room + Open kitchen
Open kitchen
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NEW SUMMER HOUSE
Job/ Design development, graphic development Program/ Conception and construction of a summer house
Location/ Ibiza - ES
Budget/ ...
Office/ La Place & Co.
Size/ 400 m2
Client/ Private
Phase/ Under construction
#DWELLING on the coast This art collector’s three-bolcks house was built on the coast of the Ibiza’s Island, in a great private park. The building was designed to allow a view to the sea, while retaining a sense of intimacy because protected by vegetation. A sequence of open spaces provided all the basic functions on the ground floor in which works of art were
Plan - 0 floor
arranged. Private areas was located on the upper level. Simple shape of the house together with selected materials helped to magnify nature through the glass curtains, thereby creating layers of transparency between life on the inside and outside.
Main front
Living room
From the garden
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FORMER FELTRIFICIO VENETO
Job/ Graphic development
Location/ Marghera (Venice) - IT
Budget/ ...
Program/ Conception of housing developing, commercials and leisures
Office/ Studio eu + Acme
Size/ 28 000 m2
Client/ Comune di Venezia
Phase/ Competition by invitation
#REVIVING an industrial area This project was the result of a competition for the redevelopment of an industrial area currently degraded in the periphery of Venice. The area was that of Feltrificio Veneto in Marghera. The intention of this contest was to equip the area of services currently missing, bringing a greater flow of people and interests: residences, commercial spaces and leisure. The concept was to create a set of buildings equipped with these
Green evolution
Elevation - South_Block A
functions, decreasing towards the road to limit the visual impact, pivoting on a flow generated from the distribution mesh, designed with special attention to the environmental aspect. It was planned for eco-sustainability: the buildings are immersed in a green park. At the heart of the project was the idea to extend nearby the vegetation, making the area a green lung.
Green scheme
Elevation - South _Block B - Autumn
Site Plan
la Passeggiata
#07
MAISON DRO
Job/ Concept design, design development, graphic development, client presentations
Location/ Paris XIV - FR
Budget/ 150 000 â‚Ź
Partnership/ H+LB
Size/ 80 m2
Program/ Internal refurbishment, 1 floor extension
Client/ Private
Phase/ Proposal
#LANDING the Box This added storey came from the clients’ need to enlarge their home. The reduced dimension of the domestic office and the “expanding” family made them requesting a new, independent bedroom. Their attitudes and their jobs revealed interest in art so they asked for a contemporary architectonic creation.The building is untypical for the XIV district. It’s a modest two-floor house, limited between two buildings of the same tall and it has a sunny inside court. The concept for the new extension was to give the impression that it was a hold box, therefore
Plan - added storey
not lined up to the edge of the building itself and made by different materials. The distance from the street created an opened space, a terrace, and consequently helped to preserve intimacy. The zinc used for the roof improved this variance. The box is divided in different areas by a central block containing the stairs and the shower. This block could be closed by a 4 meters sliding glass door, isolating the bedroom from the rest of the box.
Sketch
Bedroom
Main section
#06-07
MAISON MASPERO
Job/ Design consulting, graphic development Program/ External and internal refurbishment
Location/ Paris - XVI - FR
Budget/ ...
Office/ H+LB
Size/ 400 m2
Client/ Private
Phase/ Completed
#EXPOSING intimacy This classic 3-ground luxury building dating from the 19th century, is located in the XVI district of Paris. The clients aim was to preserve its external look and to convert the two independents floor in a comfortable and modernized duplex – home. Therefore the principal stairs became part of the apartment and the back one was used for reaching the 3th floor apartment. By this reason this
Perspective view - Bathroom
stairs-block became the heart of the project. Idea was that to create around this box a continuous but flexible space for each floor: two great sliding doors preserved when required the intimacy of the rooms otherwise they are hidden in line with the wall. The staircases is emphasized: the uniform floor changed in near the block and the wall treatment is accentuated by floral motif.
Plan - 1 floor, 2 floor- 1 floor, 2 floor
Kitchen
Details - 1 floor, section
#06
URBAN PLAN IN VILLEPINTE
Job/ Feasibility study, concept design, design development, graphic development, presentation Program/ Conception of new housing development for 10000 incoming inhabitants
Location/ Villepinte (Paris)- FR
Budget/ ...
Class/ P9 - Projet Territorial
Size/ 1000 hectares
Teacher/ Arch. Patrice Noviant
Grade/ 15/20
#PROTOTYPING democraphic changes The urban planning is based on a hypothetical population growthof 10.000 people. The district of Villepinte is located 20 kilometres away from Paris, in the well-know suburbs. Villepinte is one of the major pole around the airport of Roissy / Charles de Gaulle and the economic platform Paris Nord II / Exhibition centre. It benefits by exceptional transport facilities: 3 RER stations, 2 highway A1 and A3. Its surface is 1037 hectares and its population counts 36742 inhabitants. The demographic explosion is the cause and the consequence of the massive urbanization.
Territorial framework + Project intent
The city seems to be divided into heterogeneous zones, which often correspond to different districts developed in different periods. This distinction is stressed by the division of the territory caused by important infrastructures, by the impartial distribution of facilities and by the presence of parks: every zone differs for typologies, functions, identity. The solution was to unify the district improving the quality of two perpendicular urban axes, amplifying existing poles and creating new ones across them.
The forecast leads to look for a replicable architectural prototype, already existing in town. The most interesting is the “Pyramids” one, a 70’s housing model by Arnauld and Barat architects.
Pyramids’ Schema + Urban Models
The Pyramids’ model evolution provides to improve the housing density, respecting the composing design scheme.
Tetris Model + Masterplan + Section
The apartments’ assemblage moves horizontally and vertically improving the space compacting: the module “ L “ (12mx12mx3m) develops in height creating open gaps intended for terraces for each apartment. 4 houses’ Unit, with external and internal connections, can be assembled in 2 units for 8 houses (24mx12m), 4 units for 16 houses (24mx24m) and more. New development composing was based on overlapping two kind of wefts: 1 – the regular one, obtained by the model developed by Arnauld’s Pyramids and Barat. 2 – the “Strengths” one, extended from the Cardo and Decumano axes, generated by fluxes of the existing emergences, enlarging the dense housing development. Composition Scheme
“Architecture and music have always been my main interests. During my personal research about design approaches I realized that these two forms of expression are closer than I could imagine. The same terms used in a field take stimulant meanings in the other one: form, structure, rythm, tone and so on. The music, as sequence of sounds and silences, notes and pauses approaches to how I conceive Architecture: harmonic sequence of full and empty, closed volumes and empty spaces, light and color. Both could stimulate all five senses, in a Copernican way with the man at the centre of them.�
Giacomo Garziano was born in 1981 in Altamura, a small town in the south of Italy. He moved to Florence for studying architecture, discipline wich includes his principal interests : music, art, cinema and literature. During this period he took active part in the architectural outline of this city, collaborating with school teachers and with several local offices. He has always been interested in international architecture so he decided to gain experience abroad: in London designing an office building at the A.A. and in Paris studying at the ‘Beaux-Arts’ School of Art. He graduated in July 2008 with honorable mention with the project of a Music Center in Pistoia (IT). Currently he’s working at Nio architecten, in the Netherlands, elaborating his personal way of designing the space around man.