Night of architecture
The theme "Shadows of the Mediterranean" reflects on the Mediterranean as a spatial condition shaped by the interplay of light and shadow, topography, materiality, and the culture of dwelling. Here, shadow is understood as one of the fundamental means of architecture — through it, space gains depth and measure, establishes thresholds, finds shelter, and forms a subtle relationship with the landscape. The theme presents Mediterranean architecture as a practice of adaptation to climatic conditions, the configuration of the terrain, the logic of materials, and the rhythms of everyday life, where architecture does not impose itself on space, but rather emerges naturally from it.
SOLUM
Lorenzo Campagna
SOLUM
Lorenzo CampagnaSOLUM is an architecture office based in Milan established in 2019 by Mattia Agates, Lorenzo Campagna, Filippo Gismondi and Alessandro Loda after their graduation at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio. The studio works with a diversity of projects at various scales from urban planning to interior projects. It has participated in several national and international competitions, also in collaboration with other architects, winning some prizes and awards. Through its academic background, international experience, and multidisciplinary approach, SOLUM develops architectural work that combines conceptual clarity, contextual and Mediterranean sensitivity, and attention to different scales of design.
Lorenzo Campagna is an Italian architect and co-founder of SOLUM Studio. He graduated in 2019 from Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio USI, in Switzerland. In 2015, he worked for Manuel Aires Mateus in Lisbon. In 2017 he worked for Itten Brechbuhl in Lugano and in Mendrisio, he founded the student association Concreto and Archealizar, a studio for the realization of images of architecture and design. Since 2019, he has been a design teaching assistant at Politecnico di Milano and the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio.
Alexandros Vaitsos
decaARCHITECTURE
Alexandros Vaitsos
decaARCHITECTUREAlexandros Vaitsos was born in 1971, in Peru. He lived in Latin America and Europe before moving to Greece in the age of 10. He studied at Harvard University (B.A Visual and Environmental Studies) and he did his Masters at the University of California at Berkeley (Masters in Architecture). He has taught architectural design as a visiting professor at the university of Thessaly and the University of Patras as well as a teaching assistant at Berkeley. He founded decaARCHITECTURE in 2001, a creative team of architects based in Athens. decaARCHITECTURE aims to engage with a broad subject spectrum (housing, hotels, cultural spaces, urban infrastructure, proposals for urban regeneration, furniture, digital environments) in various locations (Greek islands, Athens, Italian Alps, Great Britain). Its design work and itsresearch focus on two main axes: the sustainable integration of human needs in their environment and the stimulation of human consciousness beyond familiarity. The work of decaARCHITECTURE has been honored with various awards, including: Piranesi International Award (2009), Emerging Architecture Awards (2004, 2009), The Greek Architecture Awards (2004, 2009), Architectural Review Best House Award (2010), Architιzer A+ Award (2014) and has been published in Greek and international magazines, books, online and other publications with most recent: the presentation of our team"s philosophy in the book "What’s Up, 15 young European Architects (Lettera Ventidue, 2012) and the presentation of Aloni house in the 100 Contemporary Houses book series (Tachen 2011).