MICHELE FRANZINA
Date of birth: 14th december 1962
Nationality: italian
Education
- Degree in Architecture at IUAV Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, History of Architecture, 1988
Dissertation: Il quartiere del Tridente a Roma, durante il Pontificato di Gregorio XIII (1572-85): analisi di un’area campione. Il caso dei Del Bufalo. The Tridente district in Rome during the age of Pope Gregorio 13th (1572-85): a case history. The experience of Del Bufalo.
- Attended courses (selection):
- Politecnico, Milano, 2002: L’analisi del valore per la qualità nel processo delle costruzioni civili. The value analysis for the quality in civil construction process
- Scuola Superiore di pubblica amministrazione, Verona, 2005: Gestione della manutenzione del patrimonio immobiliare. Maintenance management of real estate assets.
Main Work Experiences
- Art director Design You Edit and BBB industrial design
- Founder and principal FPA Franzina & Partners Architettura, 1992 up today
- Free lance architect, 1992 up today
- Assistant architect, 1991 – 92 Architekturburo Fuss, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Junior Architect, 1990 – 1991 Studio di architettura Bressan, Padova
RESEARCH SKILLS
Extensive knowledge in:
- Energetically Efficient Building
- Residential, Hospitality, Offices, Commercial & Restaurants, Entertainment And Wellness
- Development Of New Functional Shapes And Layout Distribution
- Special Focus On Natural And Artificial Lighting
- Outdoor And Indoor Osmotic Integration
- Detailed Master Plan With Technical Specification
- New Construction Systems (Dry Building Technology)
- Innovative Technologies And Materials
- Project Already Engineered And Industrialized
Presentations
- Ciclo di conferenze sull’architettura residenziale e industriale: analisi di casi concreti con committenti, progettisti e costruttori
Series of lectures on residential and industrial architecture: analysis of specific cases between developers, designers and builders.
Milan, Venice, Rome, 2007 – 2012 - Il processo ideativo e realizzativo tra specializzazione verticale e integrazione orizzontale.
The creative and building process between horizontal integration and vertical specialization.
Venice, 2008
Paper presented at Constructa Meetings. - La manutenzione programmata degli edifici.
The planned maintenance of buildings.
Bari, 2003
Paper presented at 6th Italian National Congress of Architects.
Main Publications
- MF (edited by) Book series Architectural languages. Exploration of the contemporary international architecture, Il Poligrafo, Padova, 2012
- Coppa A. (edited by), Premio biennale internazionale di architettura Barbara Capocchin edizione 2009, Mondadori Electa, Milano, 2009, p. 141
- Capperucci C., “Unconventional space. Una nuova idea di cucina che rimette in discussione tutto l’assetto della casa”, in 100 cucine, n°2, 2009, pp. 90-91
- Vercesi F., “Ad Abu Dhabi c’è una torre con il tricolore”, in Panorama Economy, n°26, 2012, pp. 50-51
- Coppa A., “Un grattacielo made in Italy ad Abu Dhabi”, in CerMagazineItalia, n°27, 2010, pp. 16-19
- MF, “Santiago Calatrava. Il ponte della Costituzione a Venezia”, in Nero Architetture, n°4, 2008, pp. 6-11
- MF, “Im-mediatezza e Ana-cronismo”, in Max Dudler Architettura e continuità, Il Poligrafo, Padova, 2007, pp. 08-11
- Faraguna P., Michieli T., New made in Italy. 8 architetture parallele, Opus editore, Venezia, 2003, pp. 29-31
Awards and Honors
- Shortlisted at The Plan Award, Villa category – Milan (2015) –Pebble Houses, Eilat, Israel
- Shortlisted for the 5th annual edition of the IAIR AWARDS® at The London Stock Exchange – Milan (2015) – Company of the Year, Special Category, Regional
- Invited at the Medaglia d’oro all’architettura italiana award –Milan (2015) – BGF House, Padua, Italy
- Shortlisted at The Plan Award, Housing category – Milan (2015) – CT Complex, Cape Town, South Africa
- Nominated by Socrates Committee for the international award in quality and management spheres – London (2014) – Best Enterprise
- Highly Commended at International Property Awards, Hotel Interior Design – London (2014) – Relais Ca’ Sabbioni, Venice, Italy
- Winner in Competition – Riga (2013) – Club-Type Residential Building Riga, 4 Elizabetes St.
- Finalist at MIPIM Awards, Best Futura Project – Cannes (2012) – Airfloating Villas & Suite
- Highly Commended at International Property Awards, Architecture Single Residence – London (2012) – BGF House Italy