The studio considers research as a crucial foundation for architectural, urban, and product design. With an international, intergenerational, and multidisciplinary team of over 60 professionals, Scandurra Studio bridges gaps through the power of creativity. The studio operates globally, specializing in architecture, urban planning, and product design, collaborating with major consulting firms. Starting in 2024, the firm also operates in the Baltic Countries.

MANIFESTO

In a reality that is infinitely dense, layered, and multidimensional, architecture is committed to crafting a fair and sustainable future. Our method immerses itself in history with an innovative mindset, allowing projects to emerge as sensitive interventions that revive both spaces and experiences. Each project becomes a blueprint for the future, where every action reinvents traces of the past.

MISSION

For us, architecture is not just an aesthetic discipline: it is an act of social and environmental transformation. Every project represents an opportunity to improve the quality of life, regenerate existing spaces, and create places that promote people’s well-being and respect for the environment. Each intervention is designed as a sensitive and conscious response, capable of respecting the uniqueness of places and cultures while introducing new dynamics and possibilities.

This is why we adopt a method that integrates research, innovation, and a handcrafted approach to the creative process, with particular attention to the symbolic value of each project. Every work we create is meant to become a legacy that, through its form and functionality, leaves traces of memory over time. Our vision is based on the awareness that every design choice has a lasting impact, and that architecture must not only respond to present needs but also track a path for the future.

METHOD

The studio has always worked across various project areas, from products to cities. The common approach to all scales of intervention is based on a method that focuses on recovering the memory and culture of the project, drawing from suggestions of the past. It follows tailored attention to detail, transforming these references into concrete responses to current needs, and a design process always attentive to the impacts and human experience within the environment-space. Our method combines research and construction and systematizes interdisciplinary.

BACKSTAGE 

Backstage is the research and development department of Scandurra Studio, established to analyze contemporary environmental, social, and technological transformations and translate them into innovative design models for urban and living spaces. Building on two decades of experience, it brings together architects, researchers, and external partners in applied research across three main areas: design methodologies, systems and materials, and social models.

Functioning as a critical infrastructure integrated into the studio’s practice, Backstage investigates emerging tools, sustainable construction solutions, and new forms of inhabiting space. Its interdisciplinary and comparative approach generates concrete outputs, with the goal of advancing design thinking and actively contributing to the cultural discourse on contemporary architecture.

2025

NEW- NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR EDUCATIONAL WONDER

DNA Paris Design Awards – Winner

2024

APPARTAMENTO 2.2

BIG SEE Interior Design Award – Winner

2024

SPIGA26

Iconic Awards – Best of Best

2024

SPIGA26

BLT Awards – Honorable Mention

2024

FLUDD

Global Design Awards – Winner

ROMA

Iconic Awards – Winner

2024

ARCO

100 Progetti Italiani – Winner

SPIGA26

Tile Competition – Winner

2015

EXPO GATE

Fundació Mies van der Rohe Award – Finalist

2012

ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS

Medaglia d’Oro per l’Architettura Italiana – Finalist

2011

ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS

Fundació Mies van der Rohe Award – Nominated

2009

MEDAGLIA D’ORO – TRIENNALE

XXII Compasso d’Oro – Nominated

2004

PIERO PORTALUPPI

XX Compasso d’Oro – 2nd place