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The mission of TRABDESIGN is the search for a contemporary architectural language, able to relate to the local tradition. This can only happen through an intense dialogue with the natural and/or urban landscape, through the quality and proportions of the spaces and the accurate design of details adopting, evoking and enhancing the use of traditional materials and craftsmanship.
In addition to projects using conventional structural systems, TRABDESIGN is committed to a researching and interpreting traditional rammed earth construction, applied in a traditional way as well as together with reinforced concrete structures .
An architectural project is the result of different combined stands of work. TRABDESIGN can deal with the whole process: selecting the more suitable site (in case of a new construction) or existing architecture (for renovations and reuse), assisting the customers during the purchase stages, proposing the best architectural solutions, following official procedures in order to obtain the necessary permits, coordinating the various professionals involved, ensuring the proper realization of the project in every detail, including the choice or the design of furniture and objects.
PAOLA TROMBETTA
BRUNO MELOTTO
After obtaining the Classic Bachelor, in 1988 she earned a Master Degree in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan, under the direction of Marco Zanuso, with whom she worked from 1985 to 1989.From 1990 to 2000, in collaboration with architect Massimo Fortis, she designed a number of public buildings (schools, sports complexes) as well as housing projects and private houses.She has been Assistant Professor and Researcher at the School of Architecture in Milan from 1989 to 1998 and lately Professor (from 1998 to 2006) at the School of Architecture of Milan Bovisa, where she gave classes on Drawing and Interior Design.From 2000 to 2009 she ran her own practice in Milan, designing and following the realization of various architectural projects: from construction of villas to apartments and offices catering facilities, from shopping to cultural spaces. She is also into furniture and objects design.Since 2009 she has been living and working in Marrakech, where she established TRABDESIGN.
Master Degree in Architecture in 2002, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Architecture, Urban Design, Conservation of Housing and Landscape at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 2008.He has been Professor at the School of Architecture in Milan (2008/2014) as well as Visiting Professor in Spain (ETSAM, Madrid) and India (CEPT, Ahmedabad). He edited architecture volumes by I. Abalos, F. Espuelas, B. V. Doshi; he also wrote various articles and published the books: Ars Domestica (2011), Housing Primer (2012), Marrakech. The hidden void (2014). In 2005 he started his own practice in Milan, focusing on interiors renewals, research projects, architecture and urban design competitions.
He has also been Associate Director of the architecture office COOP ARCH G.1 (Novara, Italy) from 2006 to 2009 and Project Leader at H.C.P. Design, Planning and Management (Ahmedabad, India) from 2013 to 2014.In 2014 he moved to Marrakech, joining Paola Trombetta at TRABDESIGN.
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