Team Members: Rossana Atena and

Fabio Cibinel

Short listed FinalistFirm: ATENASTUDIO and modostudio

Location: Rome, Italy

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ATENASTUDIO and modostudio are two architectural practices based in Rome, Italy.

ATENASTUDIO works within the cultural context of Roman architecture. This gives the firm a strong sense of place which is reflected in its attention and sensibility to the environmental and sustainability context of a building. The practice was founded in 2005 by Rossana Atena and Marco Sadella. ATENASTUDIO focuses on the fields of architecture and urbanism.

Rossana Atena studied architecture at the University of Rome, graduating with honours in 1999. She received a Master of Excellence in Architecture degree in 2003 from the Berlage Institute, Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 2005 she co-founded ATENASTUDIO with Marco Sadella. The practice modostudio is a multi-disciplinary practice specialising in architecture, urban planning and industrial design. The firm profits from the diversified skills of the founding partners and continual collaboration with experts from various fields.

Fabio Cibinel graduated from the University of Rome in 1996 with a Masters degree in Architecture. From 1998 to 2006 he worked in the practice of Massimiliano Fuksas. In 2007 he founded modostudio with Roberto Laurenti and Giorgio Martocchia as a dynamic collective which is able to work on projects of different scales.