“This is a strong reference to the archetype, one which is considered as the need to return to the origin of things.”—Lucia Barbara Galli

Off Club

ROME, Italy—Jun 2018

A walled garden of golden shadows and black mirrors.

“Once these ancestral images are deposited in our unconscious they are emptied of their historical specificity.”—Ana Araujo

Specus Corallii

TRAPANI, Italy, Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Sala Laurentina—Sep 2016

The coral cave is a refuge from the world.

Colour as a Narrative

LONDON, UK, Illuminum Fragrance—Apr 2015

Behind a portal in London, a small grey grotto.

Crepuscular Green

ROME, Italy, Mondrian Suite—Apr 2014

A greenish dawn as seen from the depths of the river.

House of Dust

ROME, Italy—Mar 2013

Classical orders and golden proportions celebrate dust.

“In their unlikely arrangement the arches follow a spatial logic akin to the one of the picturesque garden. They trick your expectations; they point to another world.”—Ana Araujo

Min

LONDON, UK, Sir John Soane's Museum—Sep 2014

The arch derived its figure from the Phallus.

Arcade

MILAN, Italy—Apr 2012

The arch rediscovers value of connection and separation.

Postmodern Cafe

LONDON, UK, Victoria & Albert Museum—Aug 2011

Homage to Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–90.

House for Wallpaper*

MARRAKECH, Morocco, Wallpaper* Architects Directory—Mar 2009

“The world’s 30 most talented young architectural practices.”

“Nella fase realizzativa si attua un processo di decantazione di segni così efficace che il linguaggio appare chiarito e rafforzato.”—Massimo Locci

Monteverde

ROME, Italy—Jan 2011

„Das Neue und das Alte kämen in dieser Wohnung.“

Akin to a Cinema Set

MILAN, Italy, Sergio Rossi / Wallpaper* Magazine—Apr 2010

“An exciting and significant collaboration for Wallpaper*.”

The Inexact Quality

TAKARAZUKA, Japan, 野村工務店 Nomura Koumuten—Mar 2010

Timber structure, whitewashed walls, sloping pitched roof.

“It could be an observatory to contemplate one’s own soul. One’s own desires, own fears.”—Stefano Mirti and Gioia Guerzoni

VII—Purple House

PEMBROKESHIRE, UK—Oct 2011

An unconscious trip into the Norman legacy.

VI—House of Twelve

MELBOURNE, Australia—May 2009

The ruins of ancient Rome as fantastic visions.

V—Concrete Moon House

MELBOURNE, Australia—Oct 2008

A story between two diverse formal identities.

IV—Max's House in a Small Lake

NIMES, France—Jul 2008

A human landing stage on the edge of a natural border.

III—House of Convexities

BARCELONA, Spain—Mar 2008

A curved wall jokes with the light.

II—Vaulted House

PARMA, Italy—Jan 2008

The silence of a large nave.

I—Ellipse 1501 House

ROME, Italy—Mar 2007

A house in the shape of a tower.