Agjensia Kombëtare e Planifikimit të Territorit

Urban Retrofit

Filippo Taidelli

17 December 2015

Born in Italy in 1972, Filippo Taidelli graduated from Milan’s Politecnico in ’99 with a dissertation in Sustainable Design, which he researched and developed at E.T.S.A.M. in Madrid under the tutorship of Ábalos&Herreros. He furthered the experimentation and practice in environmentally sensitive design at Mario Cucinella Architects in Bologna in the role of lead architect from 2000 to 2005. In 2005, he opened the studio FTA in Milan. Since 2005, Filippo Taidelli has been Visiting Professor at Scuola Politecnica di Design in the Master's courses of Interior Design and Office Design.

From 2007 to 2012 he was Adjunct Professor of Interior Design in the Faculty of Design at Milan ‘s Politecnico. Since 2011 he has been Tutor in the “Master in Sustainable Architecture“ at the IED Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin.

FTA is a multidisciplinary design studio established in 2005 in Milan that operates on an international level, developing projects in collaboration with a network of specialists. FTA has developed renovation and ground-up projects of various scale: from residential and commercial to office, service and mixed use spaces and exhibition and industrial design.

FTA's works are characterized by energetically efficient consciousness and sensibility toward context and topology, implementing a delicate balance between innovative technologies and the use of exiting traditional materials, translating the limits posed by energetically conscious design into a creative opportunity. This approach has been recognized through various awards, exhibitions and conferences in both Italy and abroad. The Studio is also actively engaged in research and education directed toward Sustainable Design.