POSITION
VG13 Architects is the practice led by Tommaso Fantini (1992) and Alberto Rossi (1992).
We invest ourselves in every project we work on, always engaging in an intellectual research throughout which we are able to realize our idea of architecture.
The aim, nonetheless, is never theoretical, but focused on creating buildings of striking quality that can have an intrinsic value of beauty and solidity.
INTENTION
Each of our projects takes its premises from a precise intention and become defined through a caring constant work.
Along the process we are definitely influenced by various external aspects — being them climatic, financial, legislative… —, but never to the extent in which our intention is no longer evident and visible.
The office has build in Italy, Switzerland and Morocco and has won awards and prizes in international competitions.
ACADEMIC
The office has led design studios at Università Federico II in Napoli, at Università di Genova and at the Hochschule Biberach in Germany, and have been invited for lectures and critics in several occasions.
Tommaso is PhD candidate and assistant at USI — Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio and Alberto has been teaching assistant at ETH in Zürich. Both Tommaso and Alberto graduated from USI — Accademia di architettura in 2017, respectively with Walter Angonese and Valerio Olgiati.
SELECTED CONFERENCES & PUBLICATIONS
| YEAR | TYPE | TITLE | LOCATION / EDITION | CURATOR / AUTHOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PUBLICATION | VG13 Architects | Pacini Editore | A. Salvi, F. Cappelli |
| 2024 | EXHIBITION | VG13 Architects | Fondazione Architetti Firenze | A. Salvi, F. Cappelli |
| 2024 | PUBLICATION | Viaggio in Italia | ProViaggi Architettura | R. Bosi |
| 2023 | LECTURE | Urban Infrastructures | Politecnico di Milano | Matteo Ghidoni |
| 2023 | LECTURE | Figure, Tectonic, Space | Southeast University (SEU), Nanjing, China | Hui Pan |
| 2023 | LECTURE | Wall, Pillar, Column | NABA, Milano | Claudia Orsetti |
| 2023 | EXHIBITION | 10 Architetture Italiane | Triennale Milano | E. Molteni, V. Pizzigoni, M. Ghidoni, ph. G. Di Ioia |
| 2022 | PUBLICATION | Eighteen Italian Stories | AREA | E. Molteni, V. Pizzigoni, M. Ghidoni |
| 2022 | AWARD | Premio Luigi Cosenza, 1st prize | Napoli | Fondazione Annali dell'Architettura |
| 2022 | CONFERENCE | "HOLY SHIT!" | Cascina Crocetta, Cuneo | Amarchitectrue |
| 2021 | LECTURE | posizione, intenzione, definizione, costruzione | UniNa - Dipartimento di Architettura, Napoli | Alberto Calderoni |
| 2021 | LECTURE | "Werkvortag" | Akademie der Bildenden Künste München | Philipp Wuendrich |
| 2021 | CONFERENCE | Life of the Others - link to video | Zoom | F/A Fakeauthentic |
| 2021 | LECTURE | 15 Architetture Italiane | UniGe - Dipartimento Architettura, Genova | E. Molteni, V. Pizzigoni, M. Ghidoni - PhD DAD |
| 2020 | CONFERENCE | ITALY 2020 Best Italian Architects under 40 - link to video | ADI Design Museum, Milano | PLATFORM, Luca Molinari |
| 2020 | PUBLICATION | ITALY 2020 Best Architects under 40 | PLATFORM n°27 | Luca Molinari |
| 2020 | PUBLICATION | Porträt einer Generation | Werk, Bauen + Wohnen n°1/2 | Tibor Joannelly |
| 2019 | LECTURE | What's Next? | USI - Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio | AAM Students |
| 2019 | CONFERENCE | XYZ | MAS, Milano | Amarchitectrue |
| 2018 | EXHIBITION | ubernäme | 18. Biennale Architettura, Venezia | with W. Angonese |
| 2017 | LECTURE | Due Ville a Marrakech | USI - Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio | Atelier W. Angonese |
COLLABORATORS
Aris Aragno, Massimiliano Selenati, Melanie Winkler
(since 2017) Andrea Sirotti, Nicola Soldini, Alessandro Pecci, Poyun Chang, Hannah Pielow, Luca Bonazzi, Ada Rosito, Vincent Kern, Lorenzo Livio, Xiangyu Zhao, Joséphine Saponaro, Tobia Morselli, Hao-Hsiang Chang, Leonardo Moschetto de Wan, Anna Pasquetto, Tong Zhou