Mario Cucinella Essay

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NAME: ASARE BEDIAKO ASABERE KOFI INDEX NUMBER; 3240409 CLASS: ARCHITECTURE THREE (3) COURSE: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THEORY REPORT ON THE ARCHITECT, MARIO CUCINELLA EARLY LIFE Mario Cucinella was born in Italy in 1960. He studied architecture at the University of Genoa and graduated in 1987 at the age of 27 with a degree in architecture. He proceeded to work with renowned architect, Renzo Piano at his building workshop in Genoa and occasionally in Paris. LIFE AS A PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT In 1992, he formed his own firm, Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA) in Paris and later in 1999 in Bologna, Italy. Early on the office had great success in international competitions and also in research and industrial MARIO CUCINELLA design. In 1994, Elizabeth Francis joined MCA and rose to become a Source: www.google.com partner in 1997. She is currently the vice president. He teaches at the University of Nottingham and other universities across Europe. PHILOSOPHY AND IDEALS Right from the onset of his architectural career, Mario has been interested in designing buildings that have minimal or zero effect on the environment. His partner, Elizabeth complements his vision as she is into architectural research. He constantly works towards achieving ecological sustainability of buildings with little or no input of technology. The highlights of his designs have been and still continue to be on sustainability and climate responsive design. Mario’s designs always start from how the climate is going to affect the building and how the building can solve those problems. AWARDS  Energy Performance + Architecture Award (Paris, 2005)  Special Award for the environment at the Cityscape World Architecture Congress (Dubai, 2005)  Outstanding Architect 2004 (World Renewable Energy Congress, Denver, USA)  1999 Architecture Award from the Berliner Akademie der Kunste NOTABLE WORKS  Ex Casa di Bianco,

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