PROFILE – OFFICE
PROFILE
The Saia Barbarese Topouzanov architects firm practices architecture, urban and environmental design. Mario Saia co-founded it in 1968 while Dino Barbarese and Vladimir Topouzanov joined forces with it in 1987 and 2002 respectively. The clear concepts which structure even the most complex projects, the conviviality which unfolds there, the presence of light and the topicality of architectural vocabulary, all characterize his work.
THE WORKSHOP
Its partners, its twenty employees – professionals, technicians, site supervisors, computer graphics artists – come from different backgrounds. Their training and local and international experiences enrich original architectural thinking which takes into account both major global avant-garde trends and the particularity of built, social and natural contexts.
The work is accomplished in synergy, following the methods specific to a workshop. Everyone contributes their personal skills to the various stages of a project, from design and preliminary sketches to execution plans and the site.
This spirit of consultation extends to related disciplines called upon to intervene, to interest groups as well as to public authorities. It colors the relationship with the agent. This harmonization of all energies and talents aims to respect not only the functions, budgets and deadlines, but above all the spirit which animates the project and the new and specific concept which was put forward for serve it.