Architecture & Cooperation
We use the international cooperative education model called DesignBuild Studio, bringing architecture students and communities together to build better places to live, work and play.
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Revitalizating Public Spaces
By using architecture, design and research, our work revitalizes neglected public spaces so that citizens can thrive in their communities.
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Materials Reuse & Upcycling
We promote a culture of waste reduction and materials reuse through educational seminars and workshops, exhibitions and projects.
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Highlights at Archintorno
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Featured Projects
Experimental Centre in OaxacaArchintorno worked with 26 students on the Microregional Centre of Technology Innovation in the Central Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. The building included an Experimental Centre where low-tech and low-cost innovative technologies could be improved to benefit an increase in the local economy.View Item -
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Pensamiento Community SurveyArchintorno participated in the survey, “Understanding Emerging Lifestyles and Housing Cultures in the Community of Pensamiento Liberal Mexicano: An Household Survey”, working with 16 students and community members from 30 households.View Item -
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The Forest of LoveArchintorno hosted Company Azzurro Solfato in a performance of “Beyond the Courtyard • Forest of Love: The physical path to regain emotional roots.”View Item -
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The Vulimm Pazzia PlayroomWorking with kids from a local playroom, Archintorno was involved in the design and recovery of a small abandoned square in Naples.View Item -
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Let’s Sit Down and TalkAn international DesignBuild Studio workshop on waste materials reuse.View Item -
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Le ScalzeCoordinating active citizenship. Since 2007, San Giuseppe delle Scalze, a Baroque church located in Montesanto district, has hosted a group of organizations that are present in or developing the neighbourhood through the introduction and presentation of cultural activities.View Item -
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Mercato MeravigliaArchintorno founded the Mercado Meraviglia Independent Design Fair and oversees the ongoing promotion and coordination of the event.View Item -
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EDBKN Methodology & ToolsArchintorno is developing the methodology and tools for DesignBuild Studios together with the European DesignBuild Network (EDBKN).View Item -
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Casa Sulle NuvoleArchintorno designed and built a colourful and flexible outdoor play space made from stackable fruit boxes that were repurposed into building blocks.View Item -
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San Pedro Community HouseWorking with community members and 11 Italian DesignBuild Studio students, Archintorno assisted with the building of a community center and guest house in a remote village in Oaxaca, Mexico.View Item
Testimonials
Axel Huhn, Santa Cruz Community House project“We all learned a lot about architecture and construction, but at least as important is the fact that the players always worked together. We came from different countries on two different continents. We spoke Italian, Polish, Chinanteca, Spanish and German. Apart from the architecture and our will, there was a common language in the yard. We not only built a house, we achieved something of at least equal value: we built friendships. We shot down national barriers, ethnic, cultural, linguistic and personal, too. Architecture is never the work of just one.”
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Recent Posts
How We WorkThe DesignBuild Studio is based on a complex five-step participatory process. Here’s how it works.View post
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