Studio KUADRA
Andrea GROTTAROLI _ architect
Roberto OPERTI _ designer
Staff
Manuel GIULIANO _ architect
Giorgia ANGONOVA MENARDI _ architect
Gian Piero TUOZZO _ architect
Werner KRIPPES _ architect
Mattia GALLIANO _ architect
Francesco ROVERA _ architect
Andrea CARLEVARIS _ designer
Claudio MARTINI _ designer
Ivan SORDELLO _ designer
COMPANY BACKGROUND/ PROFILE
Kuadra was established in 2001 by Andrea Grottaroli and Roberto Operti. We are a young and multitalented firm providing architectural design (civic, commercial and residential), industrial design and furnishings, interior design (residential, commercial and exhibition stands). We also offer graphic design solutions (from an integrated image for organizations and businesses, to the development of company logos, brands and internet sites). In addition to our professional services for clients, we also participate in many architecture and design competitions, winning many commendations and prizes for our entries.
In architecture, as well as various private and public clients, it includes many years of experience gained from working directly on some BOFILL Arquitectura sas Barcelona’s projects, among which:
Centre de Congresos y Exhibiciones Konstantinovsky (San Petersburgo),
Centro Ferial y de Exposiciones Gazprom (Sant Petersburgo),
Complejo de Viviendas y oficinas Novgorodskaya (Sant Petersburgo),
Porto di Savona, Italy
The Reflections, Residential Yuyuantan, Beijing, China
Hotel Goreè (Dakar Senegal),
W Hotel Barcelona (Spain)
Residencia La Paz (Casablanca, Marruecos),
Airport T1 Barcelona (Spain).
Among our most significant architectural projects are:
AUDIFREDDI Square – Cuneo
MERIDIAN Square – Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN)
SAN GIOVANNI Square – Sant’Albano Stura (CN)
SANT’ANNA Square – Boves (CN)
CASALGRASSO Bank – Fossano (CN)
FOSSANO Bank – Turin
CARAGLIO Bank – Caraglio (CN)
AREA ALLENA Commercial and residential project – Mondovì (CN)
SANTAMARTA Restaurant – Chivasso (TO)
MEMORIAL OF THE JEWISH DEPORTATION – Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN)
LUCIANO MOTO Showroom -Casalgrasso (CN)
VIA MARENE 33 Commercial and residential project – Fossano (CN)
NEW PRODUCTION FACILITIES MICHEL RETTILI (HERMES) – Cuneo
In the interior design sector, the following projects are worthy of mention:
REALE MUTUA INSURANCE New officies and hall – Torino
VIP LOUNGE OPEL-MILAN CALCIO – Meazza Stadium – Milan
BAUME & MECIER SHOP – Dubai UAE – Beijing CHINA
CALVIN KLEIN SHOP – Bologna
TWO HOTEL IN DUBAI
MANY BANK INTERIOR – Piedmont
SUNCITY BOARDSHOP – Cuneo
STILELIBERO WELLNESS CENTER – Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN)
CUNEO CATHEDRAL PINACOTECA’S – Cuneo
MUSEUM LAY-OUT FORTE DELL’ANNUNZIATA – Ventimiglia
DIVISIONE ALPINA CUNEENSE MEMORIAL – Cuneo
FABIO PERINI HEADQUARTERS – Shangai
Among our prestigious clients for exhibition stand design are:
MASERATI, AZIMUT YACHTS, ATLANTIS YACHTS, FIAT GROUP, ALPITOUR
TRAVEL, KLINKER SIRE TILES, ALENIA AREOSPATIAL AGENCY, TELECOM
ITALIA, ENEL GROUP, PIAGGIO GROUP, APRILIA MOTORCYCLES, MOTO GUZZI
MOTORCYCLES, YAMAHA, MBK MOTORCYCLES, BENELLI MOTORCYCLES,
BTICINO, LEGRAND, CALVIN KLEIN, VODAFONE ITALIA, BAUME & MERCIER,
UNIVERSAL GENEVE WATCHES.
The following products are testimony to our success in the product design field:
ARKUA awning/car port with built-in solar panel – CITYDESIGN – Treviso
ZTL complete range of street furniture – CITYDESIGN – Treviso
BLOW complete rage of sign/marking – FLEX – Brescia
DOT complete rage of sign/marking – FLEX – Brescia
JOY complete range of outodoors playground equipment – CITYDESIGN – Treviso
KOO-KOO watch – PROGETTI – Monza
FATTI PIU’ IN LA’ watch – PROGETTI – Monza
CUGINO IT watch – PROGETTI – Monza
Awards
First prize• “COSMOPACK INTERNATIONAL PRIZE” 1995 Bologna
• “A LOGO FOR CELEBRATIONS OF THE EIGHTH CENTENARY OF THE
FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OF CUNEO” 1996
• Competition for the new rest home “CASANOSTRA” Beinette(CN)
• Urban renewal project for the TOWN HALL SQUARE IN CUNEO – 1997 Cuneo
• MAURO MACCOLINI PRIZE in the competition “innovative building“ awarded by
“Costruire” magazine Published in issue no. 185 in 1998.
• Urban renewal project for ST. ANNA’S SQUARE – 2000 Boves (CN)
• Invitational competition for an urban renewal project for a mixed development of
residential and commercial property on the “ALLENA” site in Mondovì (CN) – 2004
• New bank of BANCA DI CREDITO COPERATIVO DI CASALGRASSO E
SANT’ALBANO STURA - project competition to invitation – 2005 FOSSANO (CN)
• “VUOTO A COLMARE”, a competition organized by the association of engineers
and architects in Turin, an award for quality of work by young architects. – 2006
• Project for new “MOVICENTRO of MONDOVI’ PIAZZA” project competition – 2007
Mondovì (CN)
• Prize of Architecture and Engineering “PAI 2008” category urban space with
MEMORIAL OF THE JEWISH DEPORTATION – Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN)
(Order of the architects and engineers of Cuneo, Savona and Imperia)
• WORLD ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION for The National Library of Czech Repubblic –
PRAHA 2006
21° classified with Giorgio COMOGLIO architect (Turin) and Mika DeHaas architect
(Amsterdam).
INARCH/ANCE – architects under 40Th -category new builidings – new bank headquarter BCC CARAGLIO
PUBBLICATIONS:
architecture rewiew
ALMANACCO DI CASABELLA 2007 With NEW BANK of BANCA DI CREDITO
COPERATIVO DI CASALGRASSO E SANT’ALBANO STURA -FOSSANO)
CASABELLA N°770 – OTTOBRE 2008 w i t h MEMORIAL OF THE JEWISH
DEPORTATION – BORGO SAN DALMAZZO (CN)
official catalogue of 6° national convention of Italian architecture - Florence – 2008
OFFICIAL CATALOGUE “DRAW FOLIGNO BEHETWEN HISTORY AND UTOPIA – Foligno - 2010
DESIGPLAZA N° 17 (LOUNGE EUROFIERE – TORINO 2008)
OTTAGONO n° 238 - MARCH 2011 (BCC BANK FOSSANO AND MEMORIAL OF JEWISH DEPORTATION)
CORPORATE DESIGN -CHINA- - (BCC BANK FOSSANO) -2011
DESIGNERBOOKS -CHINA– RESTAURANT & BAR DESIGN – (SANTAMARTA RESTAURANT- CHIVASSO)- 2011
UTET- LineaGiArch 2011 – Young italians architects - (MEMORIAL OF JEWISH DEPORTATION – Borgo S.Dalmazzo)
BE ONE MAGAZINE –KOREA- BCC BANK FOSSANO 2011
PROGETTI N°3 ( MEMORIAL OF JEWISH DEPORTATION – Borgo S.Dalmazzo) 2011
THE ART OF FINANCIAL DESIGN –CHINA- BCC BANK FOSSANO 2012
BANK BUILDING-CHINA- BCC BANK FOSSANO 2012
STILISH RESTAURANT -CHINA- ( SANTAMARTA RESTAURANT- CHIVASSO)- 2012
BANK INTERIOR CHINA -BCC BANK BOVES - Cuneo 2012
C3 n°323 -KOREA-( MEMORIAL OF JEWISH DEPORTATION – Borgo S.Dalmazzo) 2012
UNICO N°24 - ( SANTAMARTA RESTAURANT- CHIVASSO)- 2013
L'INDUSTRIA DELLE COSTRUZIONI N°440- DECEMBER 2014 (new bank headquarter BCC CARAGLIO)
THE PLAN – APRIL 2015 (new bank headquarter BCC CARAGLIO)