Lake Como at sunset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Photo Marina Botta ©

architecture - environmental design 

Any project may represent a chance to enhance the beauty and the values of a place,     sometimes to improve them, always with respect of the existing and with consciousness of the impact on the natural environment and on people’s life.

    Stockholm in a winter day                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Photo Marina Botta ©

ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

The character and the qualities of the places where we live have an influence on the quality of our lives. Our way of dealing with buildings and places and our behavior affect the quality of places. Designers, architects and planners have an important role in shaping, maintaining and transforming the places where we live, work, play, walk, travel….

”Sustainable environmental design” means for me to design paying attention to environmental qualities as well as to social and cultural values. My aim is to improve places while contributing to the health, comfort and security of the users of today as well as of next generations.In ”Sustainable renovation” projects I intend to renovate, refurbish or change with respect for the existing architecture, attention to the environmental consequences and participation of the inhabitants/users.

“Towns should be built in order to protect the inhabitants and at the same time to make them happy” (Aristotle)

Any design intervention implies an analysis of the project’s technical, ecological, social, psychological and cultural factors. My goal is to find solutions that balance technical innovation with traditional techniques, environmental protection, aesthetics and quality of life issues.