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Architalks Armando Bruno: Materials & Architecture

Armando Bruno

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Explore Armando Bruno's insights on materials as sensory language in architecture. Studio Marco Piva CEO shares design philosophy.

What is the role of materials in contemporary architecture? Through the perspective of Armando Bruno, founding partner and CEO of Studio Marco Piva, we explore how matter becomes a sensory language, memory, and emotion. A journey through history, perception, and sustainability reveals how materials can transcend function to shape space and influence our experience of the world.

Armando Bruno

He is currently the founding partner and CEO of Studio Marco Piva, a company specializing in architectural design, interior design, and product design, with approximately a hundred collaborators in Milan and operating on an international level.
Among the various activities of architect, interior designer and product design he teaches at the Polytechnic of Milan, SPD Polytechnic School of Design, Tongji University_Shanghai, Shenzhen University_Shenzhen Tsinghua University_Shenzhen, Barreira A + D_Valencia JURIES and collaborates with SDA Bocconi and other international universities.
He has been a member of several juries and has been coordinating the Young & Design award since 2015. He has collaborated with some fashion brands such as Aspesi, Bvlgari, Jil Sander, Larusmiani, Maison Martin Margiela, Marni and MSGM. He was founder and artistic curator of the Spaziootto art gallery in Milan. He is the founder and director of BrUTO magazine.