Massimiliano Fuksas

Massimiliano Fuksas always says that he would like to be able to design an architecture without time and space; he has certainly been searching for it for fifty years. This book presents a rich collection of ideas, concepts, and intentions, stripped of any context, scale, or other details that might limit their expression. From this, we can conclude that the author has indeed succeeded. This collection features architectures that are detached from both time and space, creating a transcendent realm where his deepest concerns and sensitivities reside. He says that his projects always begin with drawing and painting, which have been his passions since childhood. When tackling a new project, he observes nature for inspiration. He continues to paint for material, differentiating it from "drawing architecture." Even when he lectures students at university, he instinctively starts painting. He prefers not to delegate the creative phase, as he wants to control the entire process to express his vision. Initially, he worked only with his signs, later adding model creation, starting with a parallelepiped and exploring its form by creating voids and studying the resulting relationships.

The work of Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas enjoys a well-earned reputation for the artistic talent it expresses and for its capacity to surprise with the most risky and spectacular projects. With offices in Rome, Paris and Shenzen, the Fuksases have completed projects of contrasting scales and typologies: airports, theatrical scenographies, urban planning, large infrastructure, housing projects This companion book to Fuksas Building features works by the studio which are focused on product design, interior design, scenography, furniture and jewelry. Perhaps the less known aspect of Fuksas' work, their product design emphasizes a natural condition in changing scales, materials and uses. Research is also very present behind every piece. The richly illustrated projects include the Armani stores, the Alessi collection and the furniture for Haworth Castelli, among many others."

This project represents the development of a new poetic of lightness. Rather than a building, we can talk about the creation of a new landscape, a new geography: the water, the bamboo, the use of ecological materials, the extreme attention to biotechniques which make the working spaces more pleasant. In the end, water becomes the vehicle of change in the building. This publication depicts and allows the reader to discover all aspects of this building by Italian architects Massimiliano Fuksas.