This lecture discusses a selection of both built and unbuilt projects—exploring how environmental factors such as time, climate, and water influence ELASTICOFarm’s design process. Buildings like the SlowHorse hotel exemplify Pujatti’s approach to sustainability through a masterful design that integrates natural elements like snow in the building tectonics, providing a distinctive appearance.
Stefano Pujatti is an Italian architect and the founder of ELASTICOFarm. His project SlowHorse was short-listed at the Mies Van der Rohe Award in 2013 and winner of the Plan Award in 2015. In 2023, S-LAB by ELASTICOFarm (featured as the second image above) won the Italian Architecture Prize by Maxxi and Triennale di Milano as best built project in Italy. He has taught at Politecnico di Torino (2004-2014) and the University of Toronto (2014-2015) and exhibited at the Architecture Biennale in Venice for multiple years (2006, 2010, 2014, 2021). He won the INARCH-ANCE Young Designer Award in 2006 and Architect of the Year by AIAC in 2021.
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