Founded in 2001 by Alessandro Scandurra, with offices in Milan and Turin, Scandurra Studio combines architecture, design, innovation, and visual culture. The studio’s research originates from the experience of set design and installations, which then flows into design work, ranging from architecture to interiors and product design.

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.

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 

Our design approach is based on in-depth research into cultural and historical references, collected in an iconographic archive, which serves as a source of inspiration to define the creative direction of each project. Supporting this research, a material library allows us to explore innovative and sustainable solutions, introducing a continuous element of experimentation into every intervention. Interdisciplinary dialogue enriches our work, enabling us to examine every aspect of the project, from understanding human needs to creating spaces that respond to ever-evolving requirements, offering new usage opportunities.

COMPETITIONS

VILLA PATRIZI – ROME

2024 / Competition promoted by Investire SGR

FUTURE SCHOOL FOR UKRAINE

2024 / Competition organized by Lithuanian Government for the reconstruction of school in Ukraine

CASCINA MERLATA RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX (UNITS R2 R3)

2016 / EuroMilano Spa open competition – Winner

With Recchi Engineering, ZDA Zanetti Design Architettura,
Ai Group, Federico Oliva Associati

EXPO GATE

2013 / Milano EXPO 2015 Info Point Competition – Winner

PLAYGROUND SCHOOL COMPLEX – CASCINA MERLATA

2013 / Competition on invitation – Finalist

VELODROMO MASPES VIGORELLI

2013 / International competition – Finalist

NATURA/IPERNATURA – GRANITI FIANDRE

2013 / Competition on invitation – Winner

ABB PLANT MITIGATION STRATEGY

2012 / Competition on invitation – Winner

PIRANESI HOUSING

2009 / Competition on invitation – 2nd place

FARO DE SATÈLITE

2008 / XI Concurso de Ideas Internacional Arquine – Mention

NEW REGIONE LOMBARDIA HEADQUARTERS

2004 / International competition – 3rd place

AWARDS

2024
APARTMENT 2.2

BIG SEE Interior Design Award 2024 – Winner

2024
SPIGA26

Iconic Awards – Best of Best

2012
SPIGA26

BLT Awards – Honorable Mention

2012
ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS

Medaglia d’Oro per l’Architettura Italiana 2012 – Finalist

2024
FLUDD

Global Design Awards – Winner

2009
ROMA

Iconic Awards – Winner

2017
PIERO PORTALUPPI

XX Compasso d’Oro – 2nd place

2011
ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS

Fundaciò Mies van der Rohe Award 2011 – Nominated

2024
SPIGA26

Tile Competition – Winner

2024
ARCO

100 Progetti Italiani – Winner

2015
EXPO GATE

Fundaciò Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 – Finalist

2009
MEDAGLIA D’ORO – TRIENNALE

XXI Compasso d’Oro – Nominated

CLIENTS