Rock Garden – Botanical Garden Catania

Jesuits Church

In 1990 a terrible earthquake struck the “Val di Noto”, a wide sub-region on the south-east side of Sicily. Many historical buildings were extensively damaged. The Sicilian government, with financial help from the EU decided to fund the recovery works, restoration and anti-seismic adjustment of the listed buildings. I was commissioned to carry out the […]

Planeta Square

The square is identified with the total area between the residential towers and the commercial tower. Reading the context gives us some focal points: – A project axis that connects the commercial tower and tower 3 as central elements. – An area cut by an internal street that gives access to the development from the […]

PSG – Landscape

Project leader KV Arquitetura – Sao Paulo, Brasil – Design Leader : Max Strano Landscape design for a mix used development of four residential towers. The brief included playgorund for children, playground for pets, external gym, sport fields, BBQs, two swimming pool and solarium, external leisure spaces, a promenade, square with water attraction, and […]

Sacupui

Project for a conversion of a rail station (1894) into a Cultural center for technology.

ACIREALE

The church ‘Chiesa del Salvatore’ is a baroque listed building in a district of Acireale, a small town between the Ionian sea and the Etna volcano. The historic centre of Acireale is a UNESCO heritage site and represents the Baroque excellence in Sicily. The church had become insufficient to welcome all its followers over the […]

Sanchinarro

MALLES

The design of the new complex is set along an “L” on three levels above ground. In the porous basement, three separate connected volumes house the common areas: gyms, conference rooms, canteen. The overlying ‘pierced’ stereometric block houses two levels of accommodation for students and coaches. The basement is for covered parking, accessible from the […]