C+S think that each project is unique and should be able to translate into contemporary the historical, socio-political, economical, physical and climatic contexts which they belong to. They define their research TranslationArchitecture™.
The detailed analysis of the program and the site from both a cultural, physical and climatic point of view are the necessary conditions to achieve design excellence which is the result of the correct melting of concepts such as scale, proportions and detailed design together with budget and project management.
Working directly in each project and supported by different architectural teams, Carlo Cappai and Maria Alessandra Segantini are actively involved in the different phases of each project (research, architectural design, construction and communication).
They believe that high quality in architecture can be achieved by a constant dialogue in very different directions. Dialogue with clients, consultants, contractors and final users together with the landscape itself.
The continuity in the design process and this attitude to dialogue will ensure the best results in a synthesis of functional, beauty and concept integration.
Practice Profile
The office works internationally in the different fields of architecture: urban design and the design of the landscape, architectural design, interior design both for the privat and the public sectors.
The office is following about twenty current projects all over the world.
C+S won many important international competitions: Policlinic Hospital in Milan, Tenova headquarters in Verese, housing complex in Japan, university students’housing in Murano (Venice), many projects for school buildings, social housing in Conegliano and the law court offices of Venice.
They won or were selected in many architectural design awards among which are: the Medaglia d’Oro dell’Architettura Italiana 2006 (section education), the Mies Van der Rohe Award 2009, the AR AWARD 2008, the FarbDesign Preis in München, the SFIDE 2009 of the Italian Ministry of Environment and the Faces of Design Award, Berlin 2010.
Their work is published in the most important architectural reviews such as: 2G (E), Abitare (I), AD (GB), Area (I), A+U (JA), Architectural Review (GB), AW (DE), Bauwelt (DE), Casabella (I), D’Architettura (I), Detail (DE), Domus (I), L’Architecture d’Aujord’hui (F), Loggia (ES), Spazio e Società (I), Taiwan Arctitect (China), The Plan (I) and The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture (UK).
Their work was exibited in Venice (8th and 12th Biennale of Architecture and 50th Art Biennale), Milan, Paris, London, Essen, Vienna, Piran, Muenchen and Leuven.
Biography
1966 Carlo Cappai born in Venice, Italy
1967 Maria Alessandra Segantini born in Treviso, Italy
1991 Awarded Master Degree in Architecture at the University of Architecture of Venice IUAV
1994 Carlo Cappai and Maria Alessandra Segantini establish C+S ASSOCIATI architecture office in Venice
2003-2008 Maria Alessandra Segantini is Visiting Professor at the University of Architecture of Venice IUAV
2005-2008 Carlo Cappai is Visiting Professor at the University of Architecture of Venice IUAV
2007-2010 Maria Alessandra Segantini is Visiting Professor at the University of Architecture of Ferrara
2008 C+S ASSOCIATI architecture office establishes in Treviso, Italy
2011 Maria Alessandra Segantini is Visiting Professor of Practice at Syracuse University, School of Architecture, USA
2011 Carlo Cappai is Visiting Critic at Syracuse University, School of Architecture, USA