Matteo Facchinelli
Matteo Facchinelli (Brescia, 1977) is an architect and designer. He graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 2003, after attending the Victor Horta Institute in Brussels in 1999 on an Erasmus scholarship, with Dominique Perrault as visiting professor.
From 2003 to 2006 he lived and worked in Paris at the studios of Massimiliano Fuksas and Francis Soler, contributing to competitions and projects at different scales. These experiences enabled him to develop strong skills in managing complex projects and coordinating design teams.
He is a partner and co-founder of ARW Associates, an architecture and research practice based in Brescia. He has completed projects in Italy and France and was a finalist for the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture and the French Trophée Eiffel award. He taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brescia from 2011 and worked as an assistant professor at the Politecnico di Milano from 2012.
Website: arw-associates.com
Email: facchinelli@arw-associates.com
Interview
What are you currently working on, and what approach do you take in your work?
Can you tell us about your experiences abroad?
What advice would you give to a recently graduated architect?
What most limits an architect’s creativity today?
What is the most intriguing project you would like to undertake?
Your work in one word.
Recorded on 9 May 2014.