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Lucio Serpagli, M.Arch Ph.D
Lucio Serpagli was for several years an adjunct professor at the Department of Engineering and Architecture at the University of Parma, where he coordinated a research group on the conservation and development of mountain communities. Lucio Serpagli’s work has won several Italian awards and competitions including a first prize for the New Italian Social Housing (2003), Premio Archès (2004), Premio Zaffagnini (2006) and Premio Fassa Bortolo (2007).
A private house built in 2012 in Borgo Val di Taro (Parma) was recently selected for a catalogue of Italian architecture after 1945 by the Italian Ministry of Culture – Directorate General – Contemporary Creativity. In 2018 Lucio Serpagli was invited to exhibit his work in Compiano (Parma) at the Italian Pavilion of the International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.
He runs the design firm AAA Office with Arch. Ph.D. Alessandro Gattara.
Alessandro Gattara, M.Arch Ph.D
Alessandro Gattara pursued his doctoral degree in architecture at the University of Parma under the guidance of neuroscientist Vittorio Gallese, with whom he contributed to the book Mind in Architecture. He is the Italian translator of Harry Mallgrave’s Architecture and Embodiment. Together with Sarah Robinson and Davide Ruzzon, he co-edited Intertwining, an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to understanding the experience and making of architecture.
Since 2011, he has contributed to the Milanese architectural periodical Area. He has lectured at the University of Parma, Politecnico di Milano, New School in San Diego, Kansas State University, and the Advanced Master in “Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design” at Iuav in Venice.
He runs the design firm AAA Office with Arch. Ph.D. Lucio Serpagli.
Practice Ideology
AAA Office is an architecture services firm specializing in residential buildings, public works, and urban planning. Established in 2012, the firm is based in Parma, Italy, and employs several collaborators.
Every project at AAA Office begins with a collection of ideas. The team approaches these ideas with curiosity, believing that each one holds its own beauty and dignity. From this, they select the most promising concepts. They embrace these ideas, understanding and nurturing them as they develop.
The firm strives for excellence, always aiming for perfection, yet remains cautious of creating without purpose. They believe that if there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility. Finally, when a house is transformed into a home, they know it’s time to let go.
