Studio [OPS!] Cingoli/Manigrasso
The atelier, based in Pescara and Teramo, was founded in 2013 by arch. It designes and makes research in the fields of architecture and urban planning. Careful of the dinamics of urban and environmental change and land use, Studio [OPS!] analizes many implied variables, the ecology, the climate and the lifestyle to guide the urban development on the way of the su
stainability using the instruments of flexibility and adaptation. Linking research with experimentation it wants to increase the urban resilience to stressors (stress factors). It is particularly interested in the design of public spaces, and works as consultant to government ( public administrations). The Studio partecipates in national and international design contests. It has won important awards including the first prize for the 'Arrangement of Piazza Dante' in Teramo (2009), the 'Premio Eco_Luoghi 2013 Sustainable Urban Regeneration Projects' for architects under the age of 35, and recently the second prize at the International Design Award 2014 with the 'Project for the redevelopment of the multi-storey car park in San Salvo'. Studio [OPS!] puts into play, in a shared manner, the experience and expertise of two complementary and integrated figures (Andrea Cingoli and Michele Manigrasso), merging scientific research, urban planning and design, between the fields of enterprise and academic teaching. Andrea Cingoli_
Architect and Designer. He is co-founder of Studio [OPS!] together with arch. He graduated cm laude in architecture at the University G. D'Annunzio of Pescara in 2006, with a thesis dealing with Urban Planning and Renovation titled "The Trieste Waterfront: modular systems and processes for flexible dwelling". He conducts research by participating in courses, workshops, competitions and events. In 2010 he attended the Master in Design of Public Space "MaSP" established by the Celsius istitute of Lucca and Faculty of Engineering of Pisa University. Since 2000 he is technical director of the "Cingoli Consolidation and Restoration" (www.impresacingoli.it), enterprise which operates in the field of restoration of cultural heritage and historical buildings and monuments, taking care of execution, design, research and experimentation of new technologies and materials useful for this delicate work. In 2007 he is co-founder of Zo_loft architecture & design. ZO_loft was born believing in mobile, sustainable, and flexible architecture, design and urban space. Planning and managing the changement ZO_loft is following its aims by reinventing or hybridizing functions, contaminating or showing an apparent funcional disgregation. Since its founding ZO_loft is networking with national and international partners mixing an ongoing research and experiences, creating new connections for knowledge and innovation on a common research and experimentation about dynamics of contemporary design. Their architectural and product design works had been awarded, exposed and published worldwide.(www.zo-loft.com)
In 2010, he is founding member of Urbanmore, a collective formed by professionals working across Europe with the aim to explore the public dimension of the space, integrating disciplines and cultures. He confronted every day with the curiosity of the profession and the enterprise work. Michele Manigrasso_
Architect and Ph.D. He graduated cm laude in 2007 in Pescara. In 2012 he earned the title of Doctor of Research in Architecture and Urban Planning. He has done research experiences in Italy and abroad on the themes of mitigation of risk and adaptation to climate changes. He works in the Department of Architecture of Pescara paying primary attention to environmental issues, oriented to the project, in particular in the courses of prof. He is member of the editorial staff of the magazine EcoWebTown and works in the "Laboratorio Città Informale" (scientific officers are Profs. C. Pozzi, V. Fabietti, D. Potenza). Since 2008 he works with National Legambiente conducting studies on the consumption of soil, climate and energy. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the National Observatory on climate change in cities and territories, established by Legambiente and IUAV. He is the author of the research "Il consumo delle aree costiere italiane", study begun in 2009 to monitor land use and landscape change along the Italian coasts. He recently coordinated the workshop "Redevelopment of brownfield sites" in the "XXIV International Seminar and Prize of Architecture and Urban Culture 2014. Progetti di rinnovamento urbano." Camerino. He is a tutor and lecturer in the "Summer School of Siena. Scuola permanente dell'Abitare"_ Certosa Pontignano (2013-2014). He currently works at the PRIN research "Recycle Italy - Nuovi cicli di vita per architetture e infrastrutture della città e del paesaggio" coordination prof. F. Garofalo. Collaboration in the Reaserch section of Prof. P. Misino "Warping of the Third Space. Reuse of agricultural production areas." He attends national and international conferences, publishing writings in professional journals. In 2013 he published "Città e Clima. verso una nuova cultura del progetto", SalaEditore, Pescara. Recently he edited, together with Paola Misino, the volume "Orditure del Terzo Spazio. Dal consumo di suolo al riciclo delle aree produttive agricole", Arachne Editore, Rome. Assistants_
Have collaborated with Studio [OPS!]... Davide Gerbasi, Gaetano Pompilio, Giulia A. Urbano, Antonello Gallo, Daniela Di Brisco, Fabio Zollo, Giuseppe Bandieramonte, Concetta Conte, Marilina Listorti, Gabriella Testa, Antonia Sulpizio, Marzia Zappone, Paolo Sabatini, Marco Cusato.
