ROSSIPRODI ASSOCIATI s.r.l.Via Guglielmo Marconi 29 - 50131 Firenze - Italy tel. +39 055 583759 fax.: +39 055 7349005 website: www.rossiprodi.ite-mail: rossiprodi@rossiprodi.itpec: rossiprodi@pec.it

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Legal rappresentative and chairman:Prof. Arch. FABRIZIO ROSSI PRODIBorn in Florence 15.03.1958, Residence: via Masaccio 17, 50136, Florence, Italy C.f.: RSS FRZ 58C15 D612K; P.I. 03265190482Degree of Architecture, University of Florence, 1985, Member n. 3419 of the Institute of Architects of Florence(Ordine degli Architetti di Firenze) since 04.09.1985

WHO WE ARE

ROSSIPRODI ASSOCIATI is an Italian design company that conceives beautiful, healthy buildings and spaces for human life. Its Florentine origin bears an extraordinary architectural tradition that the company tries to update to contemporary art and expression, as well as a humanistic heritage that is currently exploited to organize people’s needs and social patterns, when dealing with the design of space. The company is committed in the fields of architectural design, interior and urban design. Besides its theoretical work, and a strong interest to know the different aspects of life, the company’s strength is fundamentally based on its human resources, carefully selected and conti-nuously involved in studies and researches in order to enrich the team and the quality of its work, thus creating a selected and united team continuously supplemented by new skills and young resources.

OUR HISTORY

The practice was founded by Fabrizio Rossi Prodi, full Professor of Architectural and Urban De-sign at the University of Florence, together with Marco Zucconi, Simone Abbado and Emiliano Romagnoli, sharing a common method of work and design as well as common values. Most of its work was devoted to university research and professional practice was the best way to test assu-mptions and hypothesis. Continuous application to architectural competitions was a way to carry on researches as well to obtain commissions and strengthen the team.In time the company has grown larger, hiring younger members and new skills, most of them se-lected during university courses or immediately after, others enrolled for their different and comple-mentary education and training. The company’s theoretical work and its practical researches focus mainly on health and hospital facilities, on education complexes and research labs, on public space, on residential and a new generation of social housing, on new materials, ecological issues and sustainability. We work a lot with BIM and 3D modeling, we like to design every detail and harmonize it in the whole project. This kind of curiosity and passion for 3D conception has recently induced the com-pany to develop virtual reality and to use it in the process of design. That is also a powerful device to show our ideas and to enable clients or users to discuss them

OUR STRENGTHS

• Urban projects and systems of public and in-etween spaces, envisaged by means of experimen-tal design methods • Projects and experimentation on residential schemes and social housing, as a result of resear-ches on contemporary living, sustainability, new materials, social strategies, up to Smart district interdisciplinary approach.• Hospitals and health care facilities, paying attention to humanization and to the architecture and to the city quality• High-tech scientific laboratories and spaces for learning.

WHAT WE THINK

The building functional efficiency and comfort, the construction technical precision, the constant cost control and the aesthetics are important in our work, but are no longer sufficient; a greater balance with nature, through architecture and more welcoming and sustainable urban spaces, are now required. For this reason, while pursuing our Italian tradition and questioning the legacy of humanism and the Florentine Renaissance, we are designing integrated and sustainable complexes, passive energy buildings, with new non-polluting materials, enlivened by new social and relational models.Each project investigates the people life and their community roots.

We try to embody these values in architectural spaces; we want to create a scenario for the indivi-dual experience and the social life, so that man can "feel at home".We like to learn, innovate and compete: we always organize different working groups and we absorb the contribution of an increasingly wide number of varied knowledge and skills, just like a true multidisciplinary laboratory where the issues are discussed and carries on with innovative and imaginative design methods.

We are familiar with urban design and public space themes, with housing project and with educa-tional and health facilities, but we also like to face new issues and deal with different places to test our skills and develop our researches, aiming at a continuous renewal that can allow us to design tomorrow landscape with passion.

• We built an ecological district in Milan, via Cenni, with nine storeys towers entirely made in cross-laminated timber, the highest in Europe with this tecnology.

HOW WE WORK

After meetings with clients and users, aimed at understanding their goals, after seeing the place, our design method includes a first phase of conceptualization, which is mostly logical and rational, developed also along with the other design disciplines and its result is a concept design easy to communicate and discuss on with the client, beyond being easily modifiable.

Once the project core values are set, the interpretative and creative activity starts and produces a synthesis of function-space-form, immediately transferred to plans, conceptual schemes, and lots of three-dimensional models (already enriched with our first choices of architectural character and materials). Recently we are managing also virtual reality, to fulfil the client’s need for clarity and comprehension of our proposal. All these drawings and models are continuously available to the client and to the consultants (systems, structures, acoustics, costs, etc..) to check all our choices and gradually improve and share the results.

In the development of the final design and in the construction phase, all the technical, economic and regulatory aspects are faced without losing sight of the general principles already laid down, of the architectural and spatial quality and of the environmental standards of the project.

2015

• Competition for the “science district “Progetto Flaminio” - Rome

WORKS AND PROJECTS

• Competition for a Social Housing district in Teramo

2014

• Official opening “The science factory” – Scientific Departments of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – Modena

• Official opening “Central operational emergency calls” – Florence

• Official opening “Multipurpose sports hall” at Gambassi Terme”, Florence

• First prize in the competition for “New surgical building in the Hospital SS.Annunzita in Sulmo-na”

2013

• Official opening Milan, via Cenni, Social Housing district

• First Prize in the competition “Eco-village district at Marino” – Roma

2012

• Second prize in the competition “Centre for technological innovation “ –Sant’Agabio (NO)

• Competition for a new “emergency centre”, and a new entrance hall in S.M.A. Hospital, Floren-ce

• First prize in the competition for a new Hospital in Livorno

• Fifth prize in the competition for three new bridges, Aulla• First prize in the competition for a church and a parish centre in Calenzano, Florence

2011

• First prize in the international competition for the extension of the Misericordia Community Ho-spital in Grosseto

• Third prize in the Competition for a new labs and University Complex in Monserrato, Cagliari

• First prize at “Housing Contest”, competition for a repertoire of projects for high standards – low st residential buildings

• Competition for 140 social housing flats in Vallecas 13 Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles II - EMVS Competition, Madrid

• Competition for a new bridge over Arno river at Figline Valdarno, Florence• Competition for Province Headquarters, Bolzano

2010

• First prize in the international competition for a multi-purpose sports hall in Majano (Udine)

• Renovation of an area to create a residential complex in the centre of Pietrasanta (Lucca) • Restorazion of Villa S. Margherita to create a Dentistry Polyclinic, Florence 2009

• First prize in the international competition for 123 flats of social housing “Una comunità per crescere” Milano, via Cenni

• First prize in the “Ludovico Martelli” elderly house enlargement competition, F. Valdarno (FI)

• Competition for the extension of an Elderly Home (“Cacciamatta” RSA) at Bergamo.• Oncology Day Hospital, Day care Centre, Emergency Operational calls and Crisis Centre in the

Piero Palagi Hospital – Florence

• Competition for a Bus and Intermodal Exchange Station in Oristano

2008

• First prize in the International Competition for the new Biology and Agricultural Science Depart-ment and Laboratories in the Rizzi University Campus, Udine

• First prize in the International Competition for the new Udine Universitary Scientific Library, Udi-ne

• First prize in the international competition for a public park, residential and commercial buildin-gs and renovation of the S. Maria degli Angeli Church, Pesaro

• First prize in the international competition for a multi-purpose sports hall in Gambassi Terme

2007

• Nursery school in Rosignano Solvay (Livorno)• Competition for a Church and Parish Complex S.M. in Castel di Lama at Ascoli Piceno

• Mall in Grosseto

2006

• First prize for the Zambonini srl executive Headquarters in Fiorenzuola D’Arda (Piacenza)

• Competition for the Camera di Commercio in Prato • Scientific laboratories and spin-off studies for Protera srl at the Scientific District of the Univer-

sity of Florence - Sesto Fiorentino (Florence) • Day Care Centre in Aulla (Massa Carrara)

• New Headquarters of the chemical and pharmaceutical departments - Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

2005

• Competition for the humanistic library of the University of Florence and renovation of Brunelle-schi square in Florence

• Competition for a new learning, sports and recreational centre in Monasterolo del Castello (Bergamo)

• Florentine Soccer’s Museum, Florence• Urban planning for Adua street and S.Agostino district rehabilitation in Pistoia• Landscape restoration of the high-speed railway crossing in San Pellegrino, Firenzuola. (Flo-

rence)

First prize in the international competition for the new provincial offices headquarter in Arezzo

2004

• Biotechnology department Offices and Laboratories in the Scientific District of the University of Florence – Sesto Fiorentino (Florence)

• Central Tuscany Interport Storage Building 12 D/E, Prato. • International competition for the Siena Football Stadium, Siena• Third prize in the functional and environmental renovation of the wharf area, Carrara

2003

• Competition for the new Cassa di Risparmio Bank headquarters in Florence

• Competition for the new Fiorentinagas headquarters – Florence.• Competition for a primary school – Bagno a Ripoli, Florence• Landscape restoration of the high-speed railway crossing of the Diaterna valley in Firenzuola

(Fl)

2002

• First prize in the competition for a new civic centre, town council offices, Chamber of Commer-ce, public square and a residential area in the Foro Boario in Grosseto.

• Competition for a Social Housing district in via de Barberi, Grosseto

• Enterprise Incubator, technical laboratories and excellence centre offices in the Scientific distri-ct of the University of Florence – Sesto Fiorentino (Florence)

• Medical Centre in villa S. Margherita – Florence • Residential Centre for Palliative Care – Hospice in Grosseto • Competition for the Piazza Mercatale in Prato

2001

• Primary school in Burhina – Zaire • First prize in the international competition for the restoration and enlargement of Laveno seasi-

de summer camp for a medical care centre, Pietrasanta (Lucca)

• Renovation of Principe pavilion at Orthopedic Institute Gaetano Pini for a ward, Milano • Firenzuola swimming pool (Florence)

2000

• Graf Computer Offices, Prato• Underground parking for 80 cars and public park in via Toscanini in Florence• Mention in the piazza Matteotti arrangement competition, Scandicci (Florence)

1999

• Enlargement of the Matassino Elementary school, project for an Environmental laboratory, Figline Valdarno (Florence)

• Consultancy for preliminary and detailed project for the renovation of the Gaetano Pini Ortho-paedic Institute, Milano

• Renovation and extension of the Tuscan Orthopaedic Institute to create a Multifunctional

1998

• Meeting Centre, offices, bus station and parking – Giubilee 2000 in Firenze

• Design of urban spaces and street furniture in Firenzuola (Florence)

• Executive Headquarters for Dompè Farmaceutici S.P.A. - L’Aquila

1997

• Reorganisation and extension of the Emergency and Surgery block of the Fucecchio Hospital

• Renovation and extension of the ex-Leopoldine monastery in Florence for social housing and a community hall. Florence

1996• New Zambon pharmaceutical plant (production and storage pavilion), San Paolo, Brazil

FABRIZIO ROSSI PRODI

Fabrizio Rossi Prodi is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Florence and at the PhD in Architecture and Urban Design; he taught at the Master in Theology Architectu-re of Churches at the Theological Faculty and at the Master "Designing the Smart City". Besides Italy, he has taught courses, conferences and developed projects in Germany, England, Switzer-land Estonia, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, China and Guyana.He has published eight books and over one hundred essays, with scientific researches on issues of urban design, public space, residential settlements, social housing and sustainability - with a specific expertise on wood construction - in the logic of the smart building and smart city. He has studied hospitals and educational facilities/universities as well.He believes that theoretical research must be accompanied by actual design experience, so he practices in sort of a workshop with interdisciplinary team partners within his architectural com-pany Rossiprodi Associati, where he has been developing various kinds of buildings and an in-tense participation in architectural competitions, with 19 first prizes (among them: House of the Province of Arezzo, Gym in Gambassi Terme, Redevelopment of the juvenile prison in Pesaro, Social Housing in Via Cenni in Milan, Scientific Library and Laboratories at the University of Udine, the expansion of the hospital in Grosseto, Loggia and Sports Hall in Majano, Hospital in Livorno, Redevelopment of University of Guyana, expansion of the Hospital at Sulmona, etc.).In design he takes care of the architectural tradition of Florence and Tuscany, but looks to con-temporary expressions related to new patterns of life and art, to humanism applied to places and relationships of the people, and to the in-between-spaces. Accuracy in settlement principles, land-scape conceptualization, strong plan organization and section conceived as the space generator, are issues set along with new tools for design that enable three-dimensional modeling in time and virtual reality vision.His activity primarily concerns housing developments, urban spaces and collective buildings. He has designed and built schools and university pavilions, accommodation buildings, hospitals, some sports facilities, offices, churches, industrial pavilions, redevelopment of very delicate histo-rical areas and accommodation of public spaces. In the field of urban design he has developed several residential projects: recently the Parco degli Angeli in Pesaro and especially the Social Housing district at Via Cenni in Milan, a supportive community also known as the highest and lar-gest all-wood structure ever built in Europe.His works have been published by international journals, have received awards (recently appoin-ted to Mies van der Rohe Prize) and were exhibited at the Milan Triennale. Already in 1994 for achievements in design and theoretical research he had been awarded the twentieth international prize "LEONARDO DA VINCI" for architecture. In 2007 Alinea Editrice published a monograph on his work, titled “Fabrizio Rossi Prodi - Architetture 1996-2006”.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Analisi Urbana e analisi del significato, Alinea editrice, Firenze 1987Nuove Residenze per gli Anziani - un Manuale”, Alinea, Firenze 1988L'Architettura dell'Ospedale, Alinea, Firenze 1990 Costruire-Decostruire, Officina Edizioni, Roma 1992 Atopia e Memoria, Officina Edizioni, Roma 1994 Franco Albini, Officina Edizioni, Roma 1996 Carattere dell’architettura toscana, Officina, Roma, 2003 Architetture 1996-2006, Alinea 2007 Abitare Sociale, modelli architettonici e urbanistici per l’housing, Alinea 2014

GIOVANNA GALFIONE

Giovanna Galfione practiced in Florence for 15 years, before moving to the USA in 1994. Her work focused on institutional, mixed-use, and social housing projects, primarily in the Florentine urban context and for both public and private clients. During her time in Italy she also started a collaboration with Rossiprodi Associates and continued from abroad for various projects and com-petitions.In 1996 she was a founding partner of RBGC - Architecture, Research, Urbanism - in Charlotte-sville, VA. She was lead designer for renovations, additions and new mixed-use infill buildings in Charlottesville’s Historic Districts, as well as for residential Planned Unit Developments and com-munity design projects with local developers and non-profit groups. In 2010 she designed the first certified Passive House in Virginia.From 2013 to 2015 she has been on the faculty of the Tulane School of Architecture as Director of their Rome Program. She received her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Florence in 1977, and was a Visiting Architectural Scholar at Columbia University in 1982, focusing on New York City’s social housing in the 1970s.