Ruggero Lenci Space Lab (RLSL)

Profile of Ruggero Lenci Space Lab (RLSL)

Business Name

Ruggero Lenci Space Lab (RLSL)

Location

Italy

Services

Architecture

Website

http://www.ruggerolenci.com

Ruggero Lenci

Principal(s)

Ruggero Lenci (1955)

Philosophy

Integrate architecture, Engineering, Sculpture into a single discipline.

Ruggero Lenci is interested in the following fields of research: designing the 'empty spaces'; designing architecture at the urban scale; history, memory and innovation in didactics, theory and construction; inserting new buildings in existing and/or historical urban fabrics; housing design; function and expression (language) of architectural design; fractal geometry; structure and architecture; realism and abstraction; an open dialogue between architecture and sculpture.

Background

• Founded: 1983
• Offices: 1
• Design team: 4

Key projects

• Italia Pavilion, Shanghai 2010 Expo, Shanghai, 2008 (design)
• Urban Park, Park, Santarcarcangelo di Romagna, Italy, 2005 (built)
• Siena Stadium, Soccer field, Siena, Italy, 2004 (design)
• Salvo d'Acquisto housing, 40 dewllings, Rome, Italy, 2004 (design)
• Bic Lazio Headquarters, Office spaces and incubator, Rome, Italy, 2003 (built)
• Europan Houses, 18 dwelling units, Favaro Veneto (Venice) Italy, 2001 (built)
• Hardware & Software Tower, Rome, Italy, 1998 (design)
• Housing in Bergamo, 40 dwellings, Bergamo, Italy, 1997 (design)
• Europe Cafe, Coffee bar, Arles, France, 1995 (built)
• Quintel Service Center, 40.000 sq.ft laboratories and offices, Ferentino (Frosinone) Italy, 1993 (built)

Key publications

• Didactics and Architecture - Theses in Architectural Design, Prospettive Ed., Rome, 2007 - 384 pages in color, 24, 5x27 cm., English and Italian texts (ISBN: 88-89400-18-8)
• Lenci Valentin - theorematic architecture, Mancosu Ed., Rome, 2005 288 pages in color, 21x24 cm., English and Italian texts (ISBN: 88-87017-43-3)
• Monument to the Victims of Nassiriya, Rome, In: l'ARCA, n. 219, Nov. 2006, pp. 80-81
• "Terrazze sul Tevere", In: l'ARCA, n. 198, Dec. 2004, p. 99
• Unita abitative "Europan 1" a Favaro Veneto, In: l'ARCA, Sept. 2003, n. 184, p. 90
• "Due bianche presenze", In: ARCHINGEO, Jan. 2002, Text by Franco Purini, pp. 14-15
• "Centro servizi Quintel a Ferentino", In: ARCHITETTURA CRONACHE E STORIA, June, 2001, pp. 334-336
• "Dall'Unita di abitazione all'Unita abitativa - 18 alloggi nel comune di Venezia", In: ARCHITETTURA CRONACHE E STORIA, June, 2001, pp. 326-333
• "Hardware & Software Tower", In: L'INDUSTRIA DELLE COSTRUZIONI, may 2001, pp. 73-75
• "Dal concorso alla realizzazione: alloggi in cooperativa per Europan 1", In: EDILIZIA POPOLARE, Text by Massimo Biln, n. 267/268, Oct./Nov./Dec. 2000, pp. 118-123

Key awards

• National competition for an Elderly housing in Guidonia, Italy, First prize, 2007
• National design competition for a sculpture in Pomezia, Rome, Second prize, 2006
• National design competition for an Housing complex for Carabinieri in" Caserma Salvo D'Acquisto" Rome, First prize, 2004
• Maurizio Sacripanti Prize - "Rome Architecture", Mention, 2001
• International competition for the urban district of San Lorenzo, Rome, First prize, 2000
• International design competition for the Jubilee pedestrian bridge, Rome, Among the six winners, 1999
• National design competition for a New Housing development, Bergamo, Mention, 1997
• Redesigning the "Old Sport Field" Park in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy, First prize, 1991
• International competition for the New Alexandrina Library, Honorable mention (fourth prize ex-aequo), 1989
• International Housing competition Europan 1, Prized, 1989 (built in Favaro Veneto in 2001)