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 held guest professorships in Italy — at Università Federico II di Napoli and at Università di Genova — and in Germany — at the Hochschule Biberach — and have been invited for lectures and critics at universities and workshops across Italy and Switzerland in several occasions.
Tommaso is assistant and researcher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | CONFERENCE | 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 | LECTURE | Latest works | UniGe - Dipartimento Architettura, Genova | Design studio V. Ariu |
| 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
Tobia Morselli, Anna Pasquetto, Joséphine Saponaro
(since 2017) Andrea Sirotti, Nicola Soldini, Alessandro Pecci, Poyun Chang, Hannah Pielow, Luca Bonazzi, Ada Rosito, Vincent Kern, Lorenzo Livio, Xiangyu Zhao