Gianmarco Cavagnino

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.^[1] 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^[2][3] (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:

• The restructuring of apartments in Paris^[4][5] and Riga (Latvia) (monographic article on the review AD Balthia)
• The requalification of a 19th-century industrial area of 50,000 square meters in the center of Riga into a residential area (with mention on latvijasarchitectura)
• The Domina Vacanze's management offices in Milan
• The restructuring of Ca' Zusto in Venice, a 14th-century Byzantine building transformed into a luxury hotel
• The realizations of Valente Jewellers' shopping shop in Budapest
• Valente's stand in Basel (2007)
• The new Valente's store in Lugano (Switzerland)
• The restructuring of the Giudecca hotel in Venice
• The restructuring of the Piccolo Hotel in the prestigious Portofino
• Artistic supervision in the coordination of the Domina Hotels Group's image in Italy

In July 2013 Gianmarco Cavagnino started work on the Krasnodar International Airport^[6] project for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics games with Paolo Bodega and Giuseppe Rustignoli. On 15 January 2014 the new international terminal was opened.

External links

• Gianmarcocavagnino
• Dominarussia
• Villaret-immobilier

References

1. "Cavagnino: ŤNei miei progetti ricreo la vita delle personeť" (in Italian). B2b24.ilsole24ore.com. 1995-06-20. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
2. "San Pietroburgo forever" (in Italian). iltempo.it. 1995-06-20. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
3. "Un hotel bomboniera a San Pietroburgo" (in Italian). milanofinanza.it. 1995-06-20. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
4. "mini mansarda in bianco" (in Italian). living.corriere.it. 1995-06-20. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
5. "Un vrai coup de foudre" (in French). leparisien.fr. 1995-06-20. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
6. "l'idea di un architetto astigiano per un aeroporto sul Mar Nero" (in Italian). llastampa.it. 1995-06-20. Retrieved 2011-06-13.