Luigi Rosselli is an Italian born[1] architect who practices in Australia. He was born in Milan in 1957.[2] Coming from a long line of engineers,[3] he studied architecture at the Ecole Politechnique Federale in Lausanne, where he met Alvaro Siza and Mario Botta, who offered Rosselli a job in 1979.[2] He left the next year to work for Mitchell/Giurgola in their New York office at the age of 23.[4] That firm won a commission to design the Australian Parliament House, and Rosselli moved to Canberra in 1981 to work on that project.[2] He met his wife there, and the two of them moved to Sydney in 1984.[2] A year later he joined Furio Valich's firm, then opened his practice a year later. When he founded his Sydney practice in 1985, he developed a ritual of showing his freehand design concept sketches using black felt pens and white Tipp Ex (correcting fluid) on translucent yellow tracing paper, torn from small rolls.[5]
In 1989, two musicians from INXS contacted him to design their houses. One was a bush house on the Hawkesbury River, the other was an addition to a 1930s brick duplex. They were published in 1191 in Vogue Living and Architect Australia.[6]
His work has primarily been residential, but in the 1990s he worked on a series of restaurants.[2] His approach to architecture is "humanist, where people and environment take precedence over preconceived design dogmas"[7] and his main concern is designing for the humans: for their daily lives, for the human senses, for the psychology of the users, to create a sense of comfort and satisfaction and aiming for the "Architecture of Happiness"[8]
Family homes like The Books House, which is a series of stacked terrace platforms following the steep sandstone topography of Sydney's northern shore. Or the five-bedroom Curraghbeena House that languors along the serpentine shoreline of Mosman Bay and sold at auction in 2016 for a reported $12 million.[9] To this end, many of the projects exhibit a seamless transition between old and new, achieving balance so the outcome is simply a better version of what it once was.[10]
The Great Wall of WA[11] an ambitious structure featuring 12 musterers' quarters built into a sand dune in the Pilbara region,[12] won several awards such as the Terra Awards[13] Architizer A+ Awards[14] & Archdaily Building of the Year.[15]
In 2004, a house he designed in Mosman won a commendation from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (AIA),[16] and in 2006, he shared the AIA's NSW Wilkinson residential award for a farmhouse in Mount Minderoo, near Mittagong.[17][18]
The Luigi Rosselli Architects team work out of The Beehive[19] Design Studio in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills.[20] Its honeycomb facade was a joint effort with his architect son Raffaello Rosselli, who is also interested in sustainability and re-use.[21][22] Luigi Rosselli Architects is a carbon neutral practice applying sustainable building practises, as demonstrated by their expertise in rammed earth, air-conditioning-free spaces and energy efficiency.[20]
Other award winning projects include, the Triplex Apartments,[23] Homage to Oscar,[24][25][26] Heritage Treasure Chest[27]
In 2015, Luigi Rosselli published a compilation of his hand drawn designs. Titled 'A Perspective: 30-year of Sketches by Luigi Rosselli Architect', the exhibition features more than 1,000 of Rosselli's translucent yellow illustrations as a veil of 'windswept leaves' layered through a sculpted and internally lit portal that visitors may walk through.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c d e Helen Greenwood for Domain. 9 September 2004 Luigi's list
- ^ "Interview with Architect Luigi Rosselli | Australian Design | est living". Est Living Free Digital Design Magazine. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Luigi Rosselli: from Malcolm Turnbull's gate to Sydney's best houses and apartments - realestate.com.au". www.realestate.com.au. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Construction & Architecture News". Architecture & Design. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Luigi Rosselli & Raffaello Rosselli: The two of us". Sparkkle. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "5 Minutes With... Luigi Rosselli | Indesignlive – Architecture & Design". Indesignlive | Daily Connection to Australian Architecture and Design. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Luigi Rosselli Interview". Fanuli Furniture. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Luigi Rosselli: the A-listers' architect who works magic with Tipp-Ex and a pen". Australian Financial Review. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Luigi Rosselli And His Approach To Residential Design | Habitus Living". Habitusliving.com. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Brown, Jenny. "Luigi Rosselli's WA rammed earth project one of 40 finalists in world". Domain. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "The Great Wall of WA - Luigi Rosselli Architects | Habitus Living". Habitusliving.com. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "LAUREATE COLLECTIVE HOUSING // The Great Wall of Western Australia". TERRA Award. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Architectural Details: The Great Wall of WA - Architizer Journal". Journal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Material Focus: The Great Wall of WA by Luigi Rosselli". ArchDaily. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Australian Institute of Architects 2004 1 Bayview Ave, Mosman
- ^ Anne Susskind for the Sydney Morning Herald. 29 June 2006 Split decision
- ^ Australian Institute of Architects 2006 Single Housing New - Wilkinson Award: Mt Minderoo House, Mittagong
- ^ "The Beehive in Surry Hills by Luigi Rosselli + Raffaello Rosselli". Yellowtrace. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Luigi Rosselli Architects | Studio Profile | Surry Hills, NSW, Australia". The Local Project. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Shaw, Karen McCartney, Rob. "Designer profile: Luigi Rosselli". Homes To Love. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "NSW architecture awards stars sustainability and innovation". The Fifth Estate. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "2018 NSW Architecture Award winners announced". News & Media. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Awards 2019, Woollahra Design Excellence (29 August 2019). "Luigi Rosselli Architects - Homage to Oscar". www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "A Voluminous And Organic Home Set in a Subtropical Garden". Habitusliving.com. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Homage to Oscar by Luigi Rosselli Architects | Renovation of a Classic Modernist Home". The Local Project. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Luigi Rosselli Architects - Address withheld | Woollahra Design Excellence Awards 2015". www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 14 August 2020.