OBR Open Building Research

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OBR Open Building Research was established in 2000 to research contemporary living and to create a design network between Genoa, London and New York, later extending to Mumbai, Beijing, Cairo, Rio de Janeiro, Accra and Istanbul. The Team of OBR develops its experimental project through participation in international projects involved in public/private and social programs for urban development in emerging economies. The OBR research is focused on urban design producing widespread benefits in the built environment and promoting - through architecture - the sense of community and the individual identities of the final users. The founding partners Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi worked together with Renzo Piano.[1]

They link their professional experience with the academic world as guest professor at Kent State University, Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Helsinki Aalto University, University of Oulu, Academy of Architecture of Mumbai, College of Architecture of Pune, Politecnico di Milano, Luiss, La Sapienza, Università di Messina, Università di Trieste, Mimar Sinan Fine Art University of Istanbul and Hacettepe University in Ankara.

The projects of OBR have been shown widely, including at 10th Biennale di Venezia (2006), Architecture: Where to, London (2007), V Bienal de Arquitetura in Brasilia (2007), XI Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura in Buenos Aires (2007), AR Award Exhibition in Berlin, Budapest and Seul (2008), China International Architectural Expo in Beijing (2009), Shanghai International Expo (2010), UIA 24th World Congress of Architecture in Tokyo (2011), International Green Building Summit in Istanbul (2012) and MAXXI Museum in Rome (2013).

OBR has been awarded with AR Awards honorable mention for Emerging Architecture at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London (2007), Plusform award for Best architecture realized by young architect under 40 (2008), Urbanpromo by INU Istituto Nazionale Urbanistica (2008), finalist for the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture at Triennale di Milano (2009), Europe 40 Under 40 in Madrid (2010), In/Arch and Ance premium in Rome for the best realized project in Italy designed by young architect (2011), LEAF Awards overall winner in London (2011), WAN Award Residential in London (2012) and Green Good Design Award in Chicago (2012).

Since 2004 OBR has been evolving its design parameters according to the environmental and energy certification LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) and since 2009 OBR is partner of the GBC (Green Building Council).[2]

Biography

Arch. Paolo Brescia

Paolo Brescia was born in Chiavari on 6 July 1970. After his degree in 1996 in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano, he started in 1998 his collaboration with Renzo Piano Building Workshop. In 2000 he founded OBR Open Building Research with Tommaso Principi. Since 2000 he is guest professor in several athenaeums lecturing at Faculty of Architecture of the Università degli Studi di Genova, Politecnico di Milano, Università di Trieste, Luiss, Sapienza Università di Roma, Kent State University, Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, Helsinki Aalto University, Academy of Architecture of Mumbai. From 2004 to 2005 he was university professor in charge at the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Politecnico di Milano.[3]

Arch. Tommaso Principi

Tommaso Principi was born Firenze on 20 May 1970. Before his degree in 1999 in Architecture from the Università degli Studi of Genova, he studied Civil Engineering at Università degli Studi di Bologna and he worked with Renzo Piano Building Workshop. In 2000 he founded OBR Open Building Research with Paolo Brescia. Since 2000 he is guest professor in several athenaeums lecturing at Faculty of Architecture of the Università degli Studi di Genova, Politecnico di Milano, Sapienza Università di Roma, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Università di Messina and Kent State University. In the 2007 he coordinated the International Workshop ICAMP for the Sustainable Developmement of the Area of The Stretto di Messina, Italy.[3]

Projects

Completed

  • Ex Cinema Roma, Parma, Italy, 2013
  • Ospedale dei Bambini, Parma, Italy, 2013
  • We House, Lavagna, Italy, 2002[4]
  • Uffici Cugnasco, Cuneo, Italy, 2002
  • Vema, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, 2006[5]
  • Museo di Pitagora, Crotone, Italy, 2008[6]
  • Residenze Milanofiori, Assago, Milano, Italy, 2010[7]

Under construction

  • KGK, Jaipur, India
  • Ponte sul Polcevera, Genova, Italy
  • Aeroporto di Reggio Calabria, Italy
  • Ex Cinema Roma, Parma, Italy[8]
  • Riqualificazione dell’Area ex Nuit, Cesenatico, Italy[9]
  • Ospedale dei Bambini, Parma, Italy
  • Galleria Sabauda, Manica Nuova Palazzo Reale, Torino, Italy[10]

Current projects

  • Hope City, Accra, Ghana
  • Royal Ensign, Jaipur, India
  • Lido di Genova, Italy
  • Marina Grande, Arenzano, Italy
  • Villa Boakye Accra, Ghana
  • RAK Financial City Towers, UAE
  • Waterfront Genova Levante, Italy
  • Masterplan Polo di Funo, Bologna, Italy
  • Rive di Bisentrate, Pozzuolo di Martesana, Italy
  • Centro Giovani Artigiani, Genova, Italy
  • Food & Beverage complex, Zayed City, Cairo, Egypt
  • Ex Istituto Dermatologico, Milano, Italy

Competitions

  • Polo Intermodale of Trieste FVG, Italy (1° prize), 2001
  • Pitagora Museum, Crotone, Italy (1° prize), 2003[11]
  • Galleria Sabauda of Palazzo Reale in Torino, Italy (1° prize), 2003
  • Sustainable Residential Complex Milanofiori, Milano, Italy (1° prize), 2005
  • Fiera Riva del Garda, Italy (short listed), 2006[12]
  • Polcevera Bridge, Genova, Italy (1° prize), 2006
  • Reggio Calabria Airport, Italy (1° prize), 2006
  • Museo di arte nuragica, Cagliari, Italy (short listed), 2006
  • Campus Divino Amore, Roma, Italy (1° prize), 2007[13]
  • Ex Cinema Roma, Parma, Italy (1° prize), 2007
  • Waterfront Reggio Calabria, Italy (2° prize), 2007[14]
  • Museo Diocesano, Milano, Italy (3° prize), 2007[15]
  • Urbanpromo, Urban Planning Prize, INU, Venice Biennale, Italy (1° prize), 2008
  • Xplusform under 40, Italy (1° prize), 2008
  • Masterplan Polo di Funo, Bologna, Italy (1° prize), 2009
  • Nuova Sede Provincia di Bergamo, Italy (short listed), 2009[16]
  • Messina Fair, Italy (1° prize), 2009
  • Social Housing, Via Cenni, Milano, Italy (mentioned), 2009[17]
  • Nuovo Ospedale Galliera, Genova, Italy (1st prize), 2010[18]
  • Shantou University Center, China, 2010
  • Olympic Park Master plan, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011[19]
  • Museums of History, Science and Technology, Dalian, China, 2011

Awards

  • RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects, London, AR Awards for Emerging Architecture,honorable mention, London, UK, 2007[20]
  • Urbanpromo by INU Istituto Nazionale Urbanistica, Biennale di Venezia, Italy, 2008[21]
  • Plusform for realized projects under 40, Catanzaro, Italy, 2008[22]
  • Honorable mention for the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture by Triennale di Milano, Italy, 2009
  • The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies prize Europe 40 under 40, Madrid, Spain, 2010[23]
  • In/Arch Ance Award, Realized architecture by young architect, Roma, Italy, 2011[24]
  • Leaf Leading European Architect Forum Award, Residential Building of the Year, London, UK, 2011[25]
  • Overall Winner 2011 Leaf Award, London, UK, 2011[25]
  • Wan Awards Residential, London, UK, 2011[25]

Exhibitions

  • 13° Biennale di Venezia di Architettura, Common Ground, Padiglione Italiano, Venezia
  • Beyond Media 03, Università di Firenze, Image, Ospedale degli Innocenti, Firenze, Italy, 2003[26]
  • Intimacy, iMage, Stazione Leopolda, a cura di Marco Brizzi, Firenze, Italy, 2003[27]
  • Graz Biennal on Media and Architecture, ArtImage, Graz, Austria, 2004[28]
  • NIB+ICAR travelling 2004, Roma, Glasgow, Belgrado, Helsinki, Finland, 2004
  • Temporary, Politecnico di Milano, Teatro Franco Parenti, Milano, Italy, 2004
  • 2° Festival dell’Architettura, Laboratorio Italia, Parma, Italy, 2005
  • Biennale del Paesaggio Mediterraneo, Progetti di Paesaggio nel Mediterraneo, Pescara, Italy, 2005
  • V Biennale di Architettura, Contemporary Ecologies. Energies for Italian Architecture, Brasília, Brazil, 2006[29]
  • Architecture: Where to, Cross Borders: concepts of a unified Europe/world, London, UK, 2007
  • Vivere l’ambiente: città e territorio tra crescita e sostenibilità, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2007[30]
  • XI Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007
  • AR Awards exhibition, Berlin, Germany, 2008
  • Arup World Architecture Festival, Barcellona, Spain, 2008
  • AR Awards exhibition, Budapest, Hungary, 2008
  • Un'estetica del "disordine", Ordine degli Architetti della Provincia di Milano, Italy, 2008[31]
  • AR Awards exhibition, Seoul, South Korea, 2008
  • Giovani Architetti verso il futuro, Auditorium di Palazzo Rosso, Genova, Italy, 2008
  • Medaglia D’Oro all’Architettura Italiana, La Triennale di Milano, Italy, 2009
  • 40 Under 40, Madrid, Spain, 2010
  • Giovani Architetti Italiani, GiArch, Utet, Casa dell’Architettura Roma, Italy, 2010
  • Better City, Better Life, World Trade Centre, Shanghai International Expo, 2010
  • Dal Lido d’Albaro al Lido di Genova, Confindustria, Genova, Italy, 2010
  • Laboratorio di Progettazione Architettonica, OBR, Università di Trieste, Italy, 2010
  • Urban Transformation on the Waterfront of Genoa, USI Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio, Switzerland, 2010
  • Spot on Architecture, Milanofiori, Università di Firenze, Italy, 2010
  • Giovani Architetti, GiArch, Casa dell’Architettura, Roma, Italy, 2010
  • LEED-GBC, Approccio alla sostenibilità nel Real Estate, Genova, Italy, 2011
  • Pragmatic Utopias, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, 2011
  • ASJ TV, New Wave in Architecture, OBR Open Building Research, Tokyo, Japan, 2011
  • In/Arch Ance, Roma, Italy, 2011
  • Young Blood, Annual dei talenti italiani, Roma, Italy, 2011[32]
  • EDII European Design Innovation Initiative, Helsinki, Finland, 2011
  • Rassegna Italiana, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy, 2011
  • Changing Communities: does architecture have the power?, Academy of Architecture, Mumbai, India, 2011[33]
  • Bhartiya Kala Prasarini Sabha's, College of Architecture, Pune, India, 2011
  • Ordine degli Architetti di Bologna, Saie, Bologna, Italy, 2011[34]
  • Rigenerazione Urbana, Catania, Italy, 2011[35]
  • Green City International Forum, Genova, Italy, 2011[36]
  • Italy Now, Congresso UIA Unione Italiana Architetti, Tokyo, Japan, 2011
  • 13° Biennale di Venezia di Architettura, Common Ground, Padiglione Italiano, Venezia, 2012
  • Medaglia D'Oro all'Architettura Italiana, Triennale di Milano, Milano, 2012
  • Workshop Circus Maximus, Roma 3.0, Rome, 2012
  • Right to Energy, MAXXI, Roma, 2013
  • Cellulae, Salone del Mobile, Milano, 2013

Reference contacts

  • 2002 Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi, Tre parole per il prossimo futuro, Edizioni Meltemi, Roma
  • 2002 Wallpaper, n° 53, Architects to watch. Who build for the future on Italy’s good name, IPC Media Ltd, London
  • 2003 D’Architettura, n° 18, F. Motta Editore, Milano
  • 2003 Label, n° 17, Architecture: the bright side of the moon, Torino.
  • 2004 Wallpaper, n° 70, Architects Directory. The 25 most intriguing architects from all over the world, IPC Media Ltd, London
  • 2004 Area, n° 72, Giardino di Pitagora, F. Motta Editore, Milano
  • 2005 Costruire, n° 269, Architetti Under Quaranta, Giardini e Museo di Pitagora, Ed. Abitare Segesta, Milano
  • 2005 Il Giornale dell’Architettura, n° 32, Cabassi sceglie OBR per le residenze di Milanofiori, U. Allemandi
  • 2005 A10, n°3, Media BV, Amsterdam
  • 2005 Jonathan Bell, Penthouse Living, Grassi Penthouse, John Wiley & Sons, Brisbane
  • 2006 Giovani Architetti Italiani, Young Italian Architects under 40, Progetto Contemporaneo
  • 2006 La Repubblica delle Donne, n° 510, Musei, il verde si addice a Pitagora
  • 2006 D’Architettura, n° 29, Laboratorio Italia 2006 Roma, Polo Intermodale FVG, Milano
  • 2006 Repertorio Variabile, n° 01, Genova nella formazione di una nuova generazione di architetti, Libria Edizioni
  • 2007 The Architectural Review, n° 1330, Emerging Architecture, OBR Museum of Pitagora, London
  • 2007 Casabella Japan, n° 759, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Architects Studio, Japan
  • 2007 Domus, n° 900, Fra terra e cielo - Between Earth and Heaven, Editoriale Domus, Milano
  • 2007 Progettare, n° 009, Progettare una città sostenibile, Arstudio Edizioni, Repubblica di San Marino
  • 2007 Domus, n° 899, Sardegna: i paesaggi del futuro, Editoriale Domus, Milano
  • 2007 Ulisse, n° 269, Ecologie Contemporanee
  • 2007 Wettbewerbe aktuell, n° 2/2007, Messe und Kongresszentrum Riva del Garda Italien, Freiburg
  • 2007 1000 x European Architecture, Verlagshaus Braun, Berlino
  • 2007 Wettbewerbe aktuell, n° 1/2007, Museum fur mediterrane nuragische und zeitgenossische Kunst, Stuttgart
  • 2008 Il Mondo, Il Corriere della Sera, 24 ottobre 2008, Premio Delmonte
  • 2008 Casabella, n°770, Premio Urbanistica 2008, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milano
  • 2008 AA.VV., Young Italian Blood, Annual dei talenti italiani premiati nel mondo, Iron Editore
  • 2008 Photon, n° 11, luglio 2008, Photon Magazine, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2008 Progettare, n° 14, Città sostenibile, Ecomondo, Arstudio Edizioni, Repubblica di San Marino
  • 2008 Il Giornale dell'Architettura, n° 64, Il Science Centre progettato da OBR, U. Allemandi & C., Torino
  • 2008 Dwell. Online editor Dwell Magazine, New York, NY
  • 2008 1000 x Landscape Architecture, Verlagshaus Braun, Berlin
  • 2009 Guglielmo Pelliccioli, Real Estate, 30 talenti per il futuro, Daily Real Estate S.r.l., Milano
  • 2009 Catalogo Medaglia d’Oro all’Architettura Italiana, La Triennale di Milano, Electa, Milano
  • 2009 Casamica, gennaio/febbraio 2009, Gli Interni Esterni, RCS periodici, Milano
  • 2010 Luca Paschini, Progetti di giovani architetti italiani, Linea GiArch, Utet Scienze Tecniche, Torino
  • 2010 Latitudine 45°40’80’’ longitudine 9°15’20’’ Milanofiori Nord, A. Barbara, S. Galateo e L. Molinari, MB editore
  • 2010 Kent State University, OBR, Ri-naturalizzazione e apertura della città al mare, Alinea editrice, Firenze
  • 2010 Costruire, 100% under 40, Residenze Milanofiori Nord, Editrice Abitare Segesta S.p.A.
  • 2010 Il Giornale dell’Architettura, Genova, piastra verde per il nuovo Galliera
  • 2010 AA.VV., Young Blood 09, Medaglia d’Oro dell’Architettura Italiana, FM editore, Roma
  • 2010 Roma, Meno è Più, Una nuova sequenza di trasformazioni urbane e architettoniche, LISt Barcellona
  • 2011 A. Trivelli, Edilizia residenziale innovativa, Progettare l’Housing contemporaneo, Maggioli Editore, Repubblica di San Marino
  • 2011 Arketipo, giugno 2011, OBR Open Building Research, Milanofiori Nord Residence, Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano
  • 2011 Pitagora Museum, Architecture Lab, Beirut
  • 2011 AA.VV., Young Italian Blood 10, Annual dei talenti italiani, FM editore
  • 2011 Arketipo, giugno 2011, OBR, Milanofiori Nord Residence, Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano
  • 2011 Bo Yuan International Book Publishing Group, ShenZhen
  • 2011 A. Trivelli, Edilizia residenziale innovativa, Maggioli Ed., San Marino
  • 2011 Blueprint, LEAF Awards 2011, December, World Market Intelligence, London
  • 2012 Lotus International, n° 148, New Urban Housing II, OBR, Milanofiori, Editoriale Lotus, Milano
  • 2012 Casabella, n° 809, OBR Brescia e Principi, Museo Pitagora, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Verona
  • 2012 David Chipperfield, Common Ground, La Biennale di Venezia, Marsilio Editori, Venezia
  • 2012 Medaglia d'Oro all'Architettura Italiana, La Triennale di Milano, Editrice Compositori, Bologna
  • 2012 A+D+M, n° 40, Museo: progetto e programma, Publicomm, Savona
  • 2012 Carles Llop Torné, Working with the territory, Actar, Barcelona, Basel, New York
  • 2012 Lowrence Speck, Top International Residential Building, Design Vision Publishing, Hong Kong
  • 2012 Ecologik, n° 24, Leading Architectural Forum (LEAF), Architecture à vivre, Paris
  • 2012 Architettura & Design Lombardia, OBR, Residenze Milanofiori, Radl Communication, Milano
  • 2012 Mimarlik, OBR, Boyut Yayin Grubu, Istanbul
  • 2012 Casa 24, Maxi Poli Ospedalieri in cantiere, Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano
  • 2013 Sette, Corriere della Sera, 13 marzo 2013, Le silicon Valley che tengono nel continente le ricchezze, RCS MediaGroup
  • 2013 La Repubblica, 29 marzo 2013, Le mostre, Architettura, Dal petrolio al postpetrolio, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso
  • 2013 Daily Graphic, 5 March 2013, HOPE City takes off
  • 2013 BBC, 4 March 2013, HOPE City project
  • 2013 CNN, 20 March 2013, Africa’s tallest building’ set for tech city
  • 2013 Arquired, Arquitectura, Cellulae disenada por OBR para Danese en el salone del mobile 2013
  • 2013 Il Corriere della Sera, 9 aprile 2013, Una poetica oltre la lampada
  • 2013 Il Manifesto, 10 aprile 2013, Cultura, La cellula che crea spazio
  • 2013 La Repubblica, 9 aprile 2013, Ghana, Sei torri genovesi cambiano il volto dell'Africa
  • 2013 Pippo Ciorra, Energy, Architettura e reti del petrolio e del post-petrolio, Diritto all'Energia, Fondazione MAXXI, Mondadori Electa, Milano

External links

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