Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia

        Born between Marseilles and Venice, her eyes towards the Mediterranean horizon of Genoa, the Whale rises to the surface, to the sky. The sea and the sky are made of the same matter: light. The Whale comes with us, magically and mysteriously, and encourages us to deeply look for and remain silent, to now resurface and breathe by lauching a dancing, joyful and clear message. The Whale was born out of the poetic relation and the signs that has united me to Gigi Pescolderung since our meeting for the creation of the Atelier(s) books. I associated his eye to this idea, his hand and his mind to imagine a vertical whale turned to the light and the sky… far from the imaginary which we have always thought to. A few years ago, I invited my friend, the artist Danilo Trogu, to create the tail of a whale while immersing in water. I then kept it jealously in the garden of Genoa’s studio, among the palm trees, the oaks and the 19th century-aged monumental stones of the Superb City. A few years ago, my friend, my “frère de combat”, Rudy Ricciotti and I drew a star on the horizon. There are moments of suspension that measure time and open themselves to different worlds. The whales are “born out of imaginary worlds”, that we try to create all together in the Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia AF517. Never lose our dreams through the only words. Never give up the reality nourished with imaginary and visions. Here is the Whale AF517 and her star. The journey is going on.     

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Here is the new Tumblr account of 5+1AA.The studio became from 2017, July the 31st, Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia.

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THE WHALE AND HER STAR

Born between Marseilles and Venice, her eyes towards the Mediterranean horizon of Genoa, the Whale rises to the surface, to the sky. The sea and the sky are made of the same matter: light.

The Whale comes with us, magically and mysteriously, and encourages us to deeply look for and remain silent, to now resurface and breathe by lauching a dancing, joyful and clear message.

The Whale was born out of the poetic relation and the signs that has united me to Gigi Pescolderung since our meeting for the creation of the Atelier(s) books. I associated his eye to this idea, his hand and his mind to imagine a vertical whale turned to the light and the sky… far from the imaginary which we have always thought to.

A few years ago, I invited my friend, the artist Danilo Trogu, to create the tail of a whale while immersing in water. I then kept it jealously in the garden of Genoa’s studio, among the palm trees, the oaks and the 19th century-aged monumental stones of the Superb City.

A few years ago, my friend, my “frère de combat”, Rudy Ricciotti and I drew a star on the horizon.

There are moments of suspension that measure time and open themselves to different worlds. The whales are “born out of imaginary worlds”, that we try to create all together in the Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia AF517.

Never lose our dreams through the only words.

Never give up the reality nourished with imaginary and visions.

Here is the Whale AF517 and her star.

The journey is going on.

Alfonso Femia

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Archistorm n°84: BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters - between rails and sky

The number 84 of the magazine Archistorm publishes an article (here) on the project of the new BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters in Rome. The project of 5+1AA, whose architect in chief is Alfonso Femia, ended in 2016. The building will welcome about 3.300 workers this year in 40.500 sqm of offices and services.

Texts: Lionel Blaisse - Photos: Luc Boegly (except the cover © Oskar DaRiz)

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LIFE - building 14 in Brescia published in Sole 24 Ore

The project, signed 5+1AA, gathers housing and the building 14 that welcomes offices in Brescia.

A project that let us bring the reflection on matter back at the heart of the building; the matter not as an aesthetic solution but as a real way to affirm the belonging to a place, a light, a way of living.

Article by Paola Pierotti - Photos by Luc Boegly

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The Marseilles Docks in AMC magazine

AMC, in its issue of April 2017, writes about art and architecture. The Marseilles Docks redevelopment, completed in 2015, is a perfect example of this relation with the shared work of 5+1AA and the artist Danilo Trogu for JPMorgan Asset Management and Constructa Urban Systems.

Article by Christine Desmoulin 

Photos by Luc Boegly

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Conference "Il futuro della città è il futuro degli edifici?"

Alfonso Femia participates at the meeting "Il futuro della città è il futuro degli edifici?" on the 20th April from 8:30am in Turin (Congress Center).

The intervenants are: Piero Boffa, Studio Boffa Petrone & Partners - Benedetto Camerana, Camerana&Partners - Roberto Mancini, FOR Engineering - Alfonso Femia, 5+1AA

Photo 1: program - Photo 2: Life, new Regolo district in Brescia (© Luc Boegly) - Photo 3: The sky above Asnières-sur-Seine (© Luc Boegly) - Image 4: Marseille Renault Urbanisation (©5+1AA - Carta Associés - Shift) - Image 5: Generali Building, Milan (©5+1AA)

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"A Joyful Sense at Work" - 5+1AA - Salone del Mobile Milan

Press conference for the presentation of the space "A Joyful Sense at Work"

4 international agencies question on the new design of offices spaces.

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April 2017, Saturday the 1st - 4:00 pm 5+1AA || Save the Date Inauguration of the public library of La Spezia (redevelopment of the former Fitram area). Alfonso Femia / 5+1AA and the Mayor Massimo Federici inaugurate this important building that helps revitalizing the social neighborhood « the Canaletto » so that it becomes a place of sharing, a place of meetings with reading, studying, conviviality.

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Alfonso Femia / 5+1AA “Patrimony as a place of invention and innovation” Introduction by Roberto Bolici / Politecnico di Milano First edition of ARCHTEC I Prize March 2017, Friday the 27th from 10:00 am to 12:30 Politecnico di Milano - Polo territoriale di Piacenza - Via Scalabrini 76, Piacenza

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On the occasion of the exhibition and the meeting of architecture at the Arsenali Repubblicani in Pisa: 5+1AA. A new magic realism. Presentation of the book "Les Docks Marseille" AAM éditions, Anteprima, Marsilio Editori Maurice Culot, Emmanuel Duchange, Alfonso Femia, Gianluca Peluffo, Gianluigi Pescolderung, Marc Pietri, Jean-François Pousse, Giorgio Tartaro, Matteo Vercelloni

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ARCHMARATHON AWARDS 2017 450 participants - 28 projects selected. 5+1AA wins the Workspace category with its project of the new BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters in Rome.

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5+1AA will participate to an international workshop in Dubaï whose name is "architecture in a transient city International Workshop". The workshop will take place from March 2017, the 3rd to the 10th in the University Al Ghurair d3 Design District in Dubaï.

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5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo has been rewarded twice during the Award of the wood buildings in Italy on 2017, January, Friday the 27th. The award is organized by Lignius (Italian national Association of prefabricated wood houses) and Inarch (national Institute of Italian architecture).

The project for the construction of 72 social housing in Brescia received the first Prize in the “social housing” category and the new school complex in Zugliano got an honorable mention in the “school buildings” category.

5+1AA presented two projects; both of them rewarded among the 186 projects in competition.

Photo1: © E. Caviola - Social housing in Brescia

Photo2: © E. Caviola - School complex in Zugliano

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5+1AA among the 28 finalists for the Archmarathon Awards 2017!

The international jury of Luca Molinari, Francisco Mangado and Vincenzo Latina have selected 28 finalists from 13 different countries to take part in the 2017 ARCHMARATHON SELECTIONS@MADE EXPO to be held from the 8th to the 11th March 2017 at the Archmarathon Arena in the Milan Rho Fiera.

5+1AA is shortlisted with the project of the new BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters in Rome.

Photo: © Luc Boegly

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The Sky above Asnières-sur-Seine published on IQD magazine

Here is the complete article on the international magazine IQD of 5+1AA's project The Sky above Asnières-sur-Seine that gathers 183 housing, 1 shop and 192 car-parks in Asnieres-Sur-Seine (France).

Location: Asnières-sur-Seine, France

Calendar: ended in June 2016

Surface: 10 518 sqm

Client: COFFIM and Eiffage Immobilier delegated by SCI Asnières Seine AB

Architects: 5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo

Photos: © Luc Boegly

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BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters in Rome published on Archicrée

The project of the new BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters in Rome ended in November 2016. On the occasion of the project visit, Alfonso Femia (founding architect of 5+1AA) and Amélie Luquain (journalist for Archicrée) established a dialog.

Please find the article born from this dialog here.

Photos: © Luc Boegly

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Les Docks de Marseille : le nouveau coeur de la cité

One year after the opening of the Marseilles Docks, Constructa Urban Systems releases the book Les Docks de Marseille : le nouveau coeur de la cité.

A pocket book dedicated to the project led by Constructa Urban Systems with JPMorgan Asset Management and 5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo - but also a book about Marseilles, its transformation to become what it is nowadays.

Author: Hugues Serraf - Sketches: Philippe Carrese - Preface: Jean Viard - Cover photo: Luc Boegly - Editions de l'Aube - December 2016

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Platform Architecture & Design: publication of BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters in Rome

Here is the complete article published on December 2016, the 29th on Platform Architecture & Design about the new headquarters of BNL-BNP Paribas in Rome.

Photos: © Luc Boegly