Name Gianmarco Cavagnino | Role Architect | |
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Education Polytechnic University of Turin | ||
Gianmarco Cavagnino (born in Asti, Italy, 25 October 1964) is an Italian architect.
Biography
Cavagnino graduated in February 1989 from the Politecnico di Torino and in 1990 passed his professional certification exam.
In 1991, while studying for a masters in communication and design at the Domus Academy (Milan), he had the opportunity to meet such personalities of international design as Andrea Branzi, Anna Castelli, Massimo Morozzi, Denis Santachiara and Aldo Cibic. He established with Aldo Cibic a cooperative relationship which is nowadays consolidated. Their first important joint project was "Canelli and the golden Lands" for tourist and cultural improvements to a 160 square kilometer area in Piedmont.
Gianmarco Cavagnino has always committed himself to research in the field of design, with a concern for users' comfort and needs. In 1995-1996, he received an honorable mention from Colorado State University in the International Small Home Competition; in 1997, he won the Architecture competition at the Academy of Architecture, Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. Focusing his attention on the requalification of the environment, many of his works are involved in promoting the identity and memory of his native territory.
In 2004, he designed Valente Jewellers' main shop in the famous Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, with the intervention of Aaron Demetz, thus launching into an international activity that has led him to found the design and communication company Gianmarcocavagnino Srl.
In December 2006, he won the international interior design competition for the realization of a charming luxury hotel in a completely restructured 18th century building in the center of Saint Petersburg (Russia). His proposal was chosen for his "emotional and sensorial approach to the project." The hotel has 110 rooms in modern, minimal design, where the five senses and the customer's art sensibility will be exalted. Saint Petersburg's colours will be proposed in each floor and six emerging contemporary artists will be involved in interpreting the city's essence.
Among his most recent works:
In July 2013 Gianmarco Cavagnino started work on the Krasnodar International Airport project for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics games with Paolo Bodega and Giuseppe Rustignoli. On 15 January 2014 the new international terminal was opened.