ROSSIPRODI ASSOCIATI s.r.l. Via Guglielmo Marconi 29 - 50131 Firenze - Italy tel. +39 055 583759 fax.: +39 055 7349005 website: www.rossiprodi.it e-mail: rossiprodi@rossiprodi.it pec: rossiprodi@pec.it Legal rappresentative and chairman: Prof. Arch. FABRIZIO ROSSI PRODI Born in Florence 15.03.1958, Residence: via Masaccio 17, 50136, Florence, Italy C.f.: RSS FRZ 58C15 D612K; P.I. 03265190482 Degree 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 continuously 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 Design 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 assumptions 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 selected during university courses or immediately after, others enrolled for their different and complementary 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 company 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 experimental design

methods • Projects and experimentation on residential schemes and social housing, as a result of researches 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. • 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.

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 individual 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 educational 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.

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.

WORKS AND PROJECTS 2015 -Competition for the “science district “Progetto Flaminio” - Rome

-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 Sulmona”

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 design competition "Centre for technological innovation and urban renewal " –Sant’Agabio district, Novara

- Competition for a new “emergency and admission department”, and a new entrance hall in Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Florence.

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

- Fifth prize in the competition for three new bridges over the Magra river, the Mangiola and Teglia streams, Aulla

- First prize in the competition by invitations for a church and a parish centre in Calenzano, Florence 2011

-First prize in the international competition for the extension of the Misericordia Community Hospital in Grosseto

-third prize in the Competition for a new labs and University Complex in Monserrato, Cagliari

-Extension and retrofit of the old summer camp “Laveno” to create a hotel and a temporary residential

complex in Marina di Pietrasanta (Lucca) -first prize at “Housing Contest”, competition for a repertoire of projects for high standards – low cost 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 abandoned 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 2010

- First prize in the "Ludovico Martelli" elderly house enlargement competition, Figline Valdarno (Florence) - Competition for a Bus and Intermodal Exchange Station in Oristano - 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 2008

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

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

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

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First prize in the international competition for a multi-purpose sports hall in Gambassi Terme, (Florence)

2007

-Nursery school in Rosignano Solvay (Livorno) -Competition for a Church and Parish Complex Santa Maria 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 University 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 Brunelleschi 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. (Florence)

- 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 (Florence) 2002

- First prize in the competition for a new civic centre, town council offices, Chamber of Commerce, 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 district 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 seaside 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). - Design of urban spaces and street furniture in Firenzuola (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 Orthopaedic Institute, Milano - Renovation and extension of the Tuscan Orthopaedic Institute to create a Multifunctional Rehabilitation Centre, Florence

1998

Meeting Centre, offices, bus station and parking – Giubilee 2000 in irenze.

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

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1997

- Reorganisation and extension of the Emergency and Surgery block of the Fucecchio Hospital (Empoli)

- Preliminary project for a parking and a tourist bus station in Florence - 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.

1995

- New diagnostic and treatment pavilion for the Meyer Children’s Hospital in Florence 1990

- Renovation and extension of the "L. Martelli" nursing home for the elderly, Figline Valdarno (Florence)

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 Architecture 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, Switzerland 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 company Rossiprodi

Associati, where he has been developing various kinds of buildings and an intense 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 contemporary

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, landscape 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 historical 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 largest all-wood structure ever built in Europe.

His works have been published by international journals, have received awards (recently appointed 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 1987

- Nuove Residenze per gli Anziani - un Manuale”, Alinea, Firenze 1988

- L'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 competitions.

In 1996 she was a founding partner of RBGC - Architecture, Research, Urbanism - in Charlottesville, 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 community 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.