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Massimo Edolo Marinelli
Massimo Edolo Marinelli, Architect
Founding, Creative Director
USA +1 725 290 4341
ITALY +39 351 819 9860
Massimo Edolo Marinelli founded UOA-W in 2018 with the critical anthropologyst Tatiana C Mardare, after co-founding Urban Office Architecture in 2001. The firm has won several design competitions including 1st Prize Europan 7: Competition, Maribor, Slovenia. Large urban design project for 350 residential units, commercial and cultural facilities, parking and landscape, 1st Prize, “Villafranca New School Complex and sport facilities” Architecture Competition, Villafranca (VE), Italy, 1st Prize “Palazzo Panella: a Museum for contemporary art”, Architectural competition Palazzolo sull’ Oglio, Brescia, Italy, 1st Prize, “Graz-Solo: Wohnbau Wettbewerb”, Architectural Competition with Arch. Helmut Zieseritsch, Graz, Austria 1sth price of Town Hall of Ornago Italy, 3rd price for the Robbins Elementary School Trenton competition, special price Villa Pansa, Varese Italy, special price Lagi 2019 (Return to the Source).
In 2019 he has been invited to 24th World Energy Council to display the LIT PROJECT as an iconic work of art for a landmark site within Masdar City, Abu Dhabi using renewable energy technology as a medium of creative expression to provide on-site energy production consistent with the master plan of the city.
Massimo is an Italian registered architect since 1994 at Politecnico di Milano. He has previously collaborated with a number of firms including Bruno Morassutti and Angelo Mangiarotti, Mario Antonio Arnaboldi, Sergio Crotti, Paolo Caputo, Helmut Zieseritsch, and Gunther Domenig one of Austria’s most radical architects.
His projects has been published in various media: L’ Arca, Architecture+, Architectural Recor, Land Art Generator Org, We Designers, Il Giorno, Dibaio Editore, STRUCTUM 2, SHANGHAI JUNYU, B1 Thailand, STRUCTUM 1, EVOLO 1, DESIGN BOOM, A AS ARCHITECTURE, 1000 ARCH EU, UROPEAN URBANITY, YOUNG E ARCHITECTS, INTERNI, CENTRE COMMERCIAUX, ARCA, ARCHITECTURE +, SOCIETY INTERIORS, SOLE 24 ORE, COMPETITIONS MAGAZINE
In 2024 he founded his Company UOA-W Miami.
FOUNDING PARTNER
Tatiana C Mardare
Tatiana C Mardare, Critical Anthropologyst
Founding Partner globally, Strategy Manager
+1 725 290 3751
With a degree in cultural anthropology, Tatiana C. Mardare created a new line of action within UOA-W.
Her profession as social and cultural strategy manager focuses on enhancing the individual and communities’ wellbeing through design as reflected in the perception and eventual behaviour in the space.
Choice of material, structures, interior layouts, roofs, and façade all have a key role in invoking emotion and building an atmosphere. Macro signifiers like cultural symbols and colours, style of architecture, period of building, are also important devices in crafting an atmosphere.
These devices highlight the emotional qualities of a design.
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Daniela Laura Buruiana
Daniela Laura Buruiana, Engineer
Associate, Environmental Engineer
Strong understanding of traditional building materials and methodologies as well as incorporating new cutting-edge technologies and repair alternatives when appropriate.
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Federico Del Freo
Federico Del Freo, Architect
Associate, Historic preservation Expert
Strong knowledge of traditional building materials and methodologies, as well as integration of new cutting-edge technologies in restoration.
Born in Massa-Carrara, he boasts an incredible knowledge of the most precious stone materials and marbles of the Italian architectural tradition that he uses in his projects combining building automation, climate control and natural materials.
Architect, specialized in Monumental Restoration, Federico Del Freo taught Cartography and GIS at the Studi di Firenze, Faculty of Architecture as Contract Professor for the Design Laboratory 1 – Department of Drawing – Faculty of Architecture of Florence.
He was among the first (1985) to understand the need for climate and pollutant control in museum halls.
He developed an application for microclimatic and pollutant control installed at the Uffizi Gallery.
Expert in structures, he is a certifier authorized by the Civil Protection to decide the usability of buildings damaged by the earthquake both for traditional masonry buildings, stone and CLS frames, and for Cultural Heritage – Churches – Historic and Monumental Palaces.
Expert in technology applied to architecture, expert in CAD and GIS, he has dedicated himself extensively to the world of IT applied to architecture and CAD-CAM processing of marble.
He has developed projects for the computerized management of the territory in urban planning adopted by most Italian municipalities, he has also developed application projects in the sector of crop control and precision agriculture with the C.R.E.A CREA – Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of the Agricultural Economy – Research Center for Engineering and Agri-food Transformation.
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Laurentiu Luparu
Lurentiu Luparu, Engineer
IT Consultant
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Elio Della Patrona
Elio Della Patrona, Architect
Senior Designer, Business Development Director, Italy
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Giorgio Zuanel
Giorgio Zuanel, Engineer
Associate, Safety Coordinator and Senior Designer
Safety Coordinator and Senior Designer with excellent experience in coordination, organization, planning and supervision of complex and challenging environments. Coordination of site safety. The design and supervision of the integrated design of internal staff and external experts. Preliminary design, urban, municipal and executive planning in the residential and service sectors. Technical assessment and economic feasibility of real estate transactions.
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John Thomas Martin
John Thomas Martin,
Associate, Business Development Director, India
Sir John Martin Thomas, Knight Grand Commander & Grand Prior of India & Milan. He has BA (Hons.), MA and MBA (Finance) degrees. He is Trustee and Adviser of International Organisation for Economic Development. Expert in Dvelopment project financing of Governments & Privates. He is Responsible for Institutional Relations Asia for Vatican City Foundation “GREENACCORD”. He is President Europe of Indian Importers Chamber of Commerce & Industries EU Branch. He is President Department India of Union of European Expert Chambers. He is Director Europe of Indo-American Business Chamber of SMEs. He is Plenipotentiary Adviser of Church of India (Former Church of England) and of Syro-Malakaran Orthodox Church of India. He is Chairman of Save Indian Royal Heritage Trust. He is former Vice President of St. John International University, New Hampshire (USA). He is Former CEO of Indo-European Sustainable Development. He is Former Managing Director of Talesun Solar Energy AG, Switzerland. He is Acting Emissary and Adviser to South Cherokee Nation & Red Fire People (SCNRFP)
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Gabriele Bulichelli
Gabriele Bulichelli, Architect
Associate, Passive House and Historic preservation Expert
Strong understanding of traditional building materials and methodologies as well as incorporating new cutting-edge technologies and repair alternatives when appropriate.
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Emma Roventini
Emma Roventini, Architect
Associate, Interior Design