The objective is to create a relationship and a dialogue with the site, a strong connection with the building and the land, that responds to the environment as well as to the client taking in account climatic regionalism. We are interested in buildings that make a place, that mark a place, belong to a place.
Each building should have use of sustainable materials and incorporate sustainable design, really, this just makes for good architecture.
Architetto Pty Ltd values clear and considered design as the key to commercially sound, environmentally sustainable development. The complex concerns of quality, budget, time frame, building practice, council requirements and environmental performance are resolved with unique and 'hands on' solutions.
Constant reinvention of our architecture brings surprising diversity to the completed projects, with an on-going sense of exploration and discovery. Low-energy use and a durability of design and construction give each project a sustainable basis.
The experience of architecture is heightened through a building's engagement with landscape and climate, the interplay of light, and the sensuality of materials. The art of architecture is achieved through meaning and metaphor, light and sculpture, counterpoint & contrast as in music, recalling of memory and embodiment of ideas.
We are passionate about the use of the most sustainable of all materials: Rammed earth both on its own and in combination with appropriate materials to create the ideal solar passive living environment.
Rammed earth continues to live up to its reputation through the centuries as a sustainable and thermally efficient construction method when combined with correct solar-passive design principles.
The many advantages of building with Rammed earth include superior insulation, strength and durability, low maintenance, fire proofing, load bearing, pest deterrence and a healthy & pure non toxic environment.
Its beauty and the pleasure of building with this ultimate sustainable material is described in the results achieved in Australia & worldwide.
Giuseppe Calabrese is an award winning architect and has recently published chapters in two books both in italian and english, articles for the Architects Association of Australia and magazines focusing on sustainability such as 'About People' and 'Dirt' of the Earth Building Association of Australia. He attends and presents at seminars and workshops in Australia promoting sustainability & the informed use of unfired earth as a building material within Australia and the world.
Architetto proposes that earthen homes are the healthiest housing in the world; and establishes the appropriateness of earthen building in every cultural context, under all socio-economic conditions, from third-world communities to first-world countryside, from Arabian deserts to American urban jungles. In the age of collapse and converging emergencies, the solution to many of our ills might just be getting back to basics, for material reasons and for spiritual reasons, both personal and political. Regrettably, architecture in out times has become increasingly mechanized, yet, a quarter of the world population do not have access to adequate housing. On the fringes of environmental issues, a range of disciplines in study, research, and practice associated with building structures of earth have re-emerged in the modern era.
Giuseppe Calabrese
NSW Registered Architect No.8079
Educated in Italy as an Architect and Violinist, Giuseppe worked in Italy with the studio of Giuseppe Mario Spina for several years. In Sydney Giuseppe worked for a number of major award winning architectural firms as senior project architect. At Architetto Pty Ltd he is now committed to provide a sustainable, lasting, built environment with a legacy of quality design.
Prized Winner in 2011 of the International Competition by the NKA Foundation in Ghana, Africa - Entry "Gye Nyame" to design and build units of a Model Arts Village in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, Africa for replication in other parts of the sub-Sahara. The design entry was to include a Multipurpose Arts Center, Residential Courtyard that sleeps 21 persons, Community Kitchen,Courtyard for arts studios and a Recreational Sports Ground on a 10-acre lot integrating Art in Architeture. Construction of the prized design is scheduled to commence in 2012 in Accra, Ghana.
He has recently been published in two books in italian and english, has been invited to publish articles for the AAA Architects Association of Australia, the EBAA Earth Building Association of Australia and magazines that have sustainability at their core such as 'About People'. He also presents at seminars and conferences worldwide.
Giuseppe's passion for Earth, the most sustainable of materials, with its innate thermal and environmental characteristics has been expressed in his monumental thesis and analysis undertaken throughout Italy, his work, conferences, seminars and publications. Giuseppe was the Project Architect for the restoration and adaptive reuse to museums of the earth walled city of Atturaif near Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
Architetto Pty Ltd specialises in offering clients a personalised architectural service with a focus on quality sustainable design.
Irma Calabrese
Interior designer / Artist
Irma Calabrese holds a Bachelor degree in Set Design (Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts) and an Advanced Diploma in Interior Design (Design Centre Enmore, Sydney Australia).
Creates contemporary, experiential spaces, where raw materials, earthy and monochromatic colour schemes and organic forms are used. Her design philosophy is to create comfortable and multifunctional environments. Created production design for numerous theatrical productions and short films in Sydney. Her work in Australia includes solo and group exhibitions of her visual art, symposiums, workshops, further studies and research in colour and design.
Currently focusing on kitchen designs, while collaborating with one of Sydney’s leading kitchen manufacturers. In 2009 has established an architecture and interior design company Architetto Pty Ltd with primary focus on sustainable contemporary built environments and design.
Architetto Pty Ltd
PoBox 1357
Meadowbank 2114
Sydney Australia
Email: info_architetto.com.au
Ph: 041 578 3160
Ph: 042 457 3260
