VILLA LAVA

Here´s the last pictures of the amazing NáBITO architects VILLA LAVA, Santa Tecla, Acireale.

Villa Lava is a private residence located in Santa Tecla, in the province of Acireale, on the eastern coast of Sicily. The project is a unique architectural blend - the union of two houses in one big Villa. On one side is an old fisherman's house dating from around 1900, which has been completely restored by Nábito Architects, maintaining its essential character and carefully uncovering and preserving the original lava stone vaults. On the other side, the old restored house is connected to a modern extension that opens to the sea, designed to blend seamlessly with the surrounding landscape of coastal lava stone, local vegetation and the ever-present Mediterranean horizon bringing the sea inside the complex.

This duality is the soul of Villa Lava. One part looks inwards, towards the historic heart of Santa Tecla, holding on to its past and memory. The other part looks outwards, towards the open sea, with contemporary lines and large openings that connect the interior to nature. The villa is squeezed between three powerful forces: the sea, Mount Etna and the Timpa nature reserve, creating a setting that is both dramatic and intimate.

Textures play a central role throughout the project. From rough stone exterior walls to azole plaster interior partitions and lava stone vaults, to raw metal details and stair, to terracotta pots and micro-cement floors, they form a natural transition between old and new materials, Nábito Architects deliberately kept the surfaces vibrant and authentic.

Texture is not just decorative here; it's the tactile language that bridges time, place and memory, allowing the villa to speak to both its past and its present, while respecting the environment.

Discreet details add a handcrafted, personal touch. Outside, selected Mediterranean vegetation, including prickly pear cactus, enhances the villa's relationship with its rugged volcanic context. The client wished to preserve select original furnishings from the old fisherman’s house, seeing them not as relics, but as living traces that connect the new villa to its Sicilian roots.

Villa Lava is more than a residence: it's an architectural story of contrast and harmony, a liveable tale of Sicilian landscape, history, culture and spirit.

New Marsala Waterfront

Lungomare Capolilibeo competitiion, 3RD PRIZE

NáBITO architects is proud to announce third prize for the international competition of Capolilibeo, Marsala, Italy.

Take a look to the On going proposal.

Cara Marsala,

Ti immaginiamo così, aperta e luminosa, senza confini tra te e il tuo Mediterraneo. Il nostro sogno per te  è una grande piattaforma pacificata, dove camminare, sostare e respirarti senza ostacoli. Uno spazio di condivisione e contemplazione, in cui il paesaggio si distende senza interruzioni. Un abbraccio continuo che invita a fermarsi, a guardare lontano, a sentirsi parte di un equilibrio ritrovato tra terra e mare, a sentirsi parte di te. Ti restituiamo il tuo orizzonte, limpido e infinito, perché tu possa essere ancora e sempre luogo d’incontro, di pace e di accoglienza.

This project concerns the urban environmental and landscape redevelopment and enhancement of Marsala's urban waterfront near Capo Lilibeo.At present, the stretch of waterfront has critical issues related to the discontinuity of pedestrian spaces, poor accessibility and lack of adequate street furniture. The project intends to respond to these critical issues through an inclusive and sustainable design that favours a new relationship between the city and the sea, emphasising Marsala's historical vocation as a crossroads of Mediterranean cultures. The main objective of the intervention is to enhance the relationship between the city and the sea, strengthening the public usability of the spaces and their historical, cultural and landscape value.

The intervention takes the form of a large, open, barrier-free, pacified platform that restores the city's link with the sea, making the seafront a place of social, cultural and recreational aggregation. A clear transition from the current barrier to a great resonant embrace with the Mediterranean Sea.

The project is developed with the intention of creating a welcoming entry point that invites visitors to explore and fully experience the surrounding environment. The pedestrian connections are not only functional, but become true welcoming gestures, designed to accompany those arriving towards the sea, almost as an invitation to discover a landscape that slowly reveals itself. The ramps and walkways are designed to be visually open, so that the passer-by can immediately perceive an atmosphere of openness and contact with the territory.

New Ognina Waterfront international competition, Catania

Here´s NáBITO architects proposal for this Settled urban competition

A key goal of the project is to integrate the historic village of Ognina with Catania's waterfront and revitalize the suburb. The master plan proposes removing the existing flyover that disrupts connectivity. In its place, a bicycle and pedestrian walkway will enhance views and create seamless access between the village, waterfront, and city.

The raised walkway will ensure safe passage for walkers and cyclists, highlighting harbor views and Ognina's history. Below, gardens will promote relaxation, while a refreshed main square with seating and shade trees will foster community gatherings and celebrate local culture. The project emphasizes local materials, using lava stone to outline pathways and the square, enhancing cultural identity and connecting to Catania's geological heritage.

New Competition settled

Here´s our proposal for Ventalló primary School, Girona, Spain

The Infant and Primary School in Ventalló, Spain, is a sustainable learning environment designed as a "building machine" that harmonizes with its rural surroundings.

Constructed with an Xlam wooden structure and rammed earth panels, the school embraces natural materials for durability and thermal efficiency. The roof, a dynamic composition of square volumes at varying heights, facilitates natural light entry and air circulation, ensuring comfort and energy efficiency.

S3MBRA

a sustainable school that germinates and grows with you

Inspired by the agricultural patterns of the landscape, the roof design mimics the surrounding fields, integrating the school seamlessly into its environment while fostering a strong connection between nature and education.

Pato’s spirit appartment, Barcelona

Here’s some pictures of the work in progress.

NABITO architects are currently working on an interior design project that harmoniously blends cement, wood, and brass, creating a sophisticated minimalist atmosphere. The design uses beige tones to soften ambience, achieving a timeless elegance.

Concept scheme: bricks modules activating the space

Cement offers a robust, textured foundation, while the warmth of wood adds an organic touch. Brass accents subtly reflecting light and elevating the space. The overall aesthetic is inviting, with a focus on balance, contrast, and understated refinement. The walls are treated with a lime-based finishing material, featuring interesting deep textures.

Oasis 2nd prize, Cesa, Italy

Second phase for Cesa square settled, we are proud to announce and show our proposal!! Another award for this season. second prize 🏆

The proposal aims to create an urban public space that acts as a bio-climatic shelter, a protected oasis within the city. The main objective is to realise an inclusive, green, sustainable and a safe public space that can improve the quality of life of residents and visitors, promoting social interaction and a sense of community. Through the adoption of design strategies aimed at environmental sustainability, the use of eco-compatible materials with respect to the circular economy and reuse, it is expected to significantly improve the quality of life of the inhabitants, favouring a stronger sense of community and social interaction. The square will be a landmark for social sustainability and a pole of attraction, while respecting its history and context.

The garden is formed by creating a different elevation, raising a portion of the square, providing privacy and protection from the two driveways that lap the lot. The curved and sinuous forms symbolise an embrace, conveying a sense of welcome and inclusiveness for people of all ages; the space accommodates flexible and variable functions. The raised plaza fits harmoniously into the urban context, offering a quiet space protected from vehicular traffic. Designed with ecological materials such as corten steel, local stone and permeable paving, it creates a welcoming and sustainable atmosphere.

The prevalent presence of a garden with native vegetation, with plants reflecting local biodiversity, enriches the environment and promotes biodiversity. This bio-climatic refuge, sheltered from the noise and dust of driveways, becomes a green oasis where residents can enjoy a favourable microclimate, thanks also to the choice of shrubs and trees that provide shade in the hot months, optimise rainwater management (which will be collected for irrigation and cooling), and improve air quality and comfort for users.

NAMA building, Podgorica, Montenegro

International settled competition for a technological hub building.

The conversion project of an old building in the historic centre of Podgorica, Montenegro, aims to revitalise a space with history, transforming it into a #creativehub for innovation and a #businessincubator •This new centre will become a beacon of creativity and progress, serving as a reference for the community and a symbol of contemporary innovation. Its design will be the perfect balance between the modern and the preservation of the past, maintaining the memory of the original building while being open to the needs of the future.

Architectural #concept: The building is conceived as a ‘lantern in the sky’, a metaphor that expresses its intention to illuminate and guide the community towards the future of innovation. This idea is materialised through a facade that protects the original structure of the building, dressing the skeleton and making room for large windows and open spaces that invite #collaboration and the exchange of ideas. The #skirt acts as a bioclimatic filter, a warm air chamber for the winter that transforms into a ventilation space in summer. At night, the building is a light in the urban landscape, projecting an aura of modernity and dynamism, reinforcing its role as a centre of creative energy a place where new ideas are born and transformed into businesses. The skirt is also a symbol for the female name of the old building #Podgoricanka and a tribute also to improve the women empowerment and entrepreneurship.

Although the approach is contemporary, the project will respect and preserve key elements of the original building, integrating some architectural details that evoke its history (like the first mechanical stair) and its entire armed concrete structure with its rhythm and form adding a new layer of functional modernity.The main idea is to design a building that resonates with the environment and the community and incorporates public spaces at all levels.

An architectural space designed with a holistic approach that not only physically integrates with its surroundings, but also fosters a deep connection with the surrounding #context

B&A New Barcelona Collection

NáBITO architects welcome the new B&A entire stainless steel collection designed for DFN The Outdoor furniture company

Introducing the Essential Barcelona Furniture Collection, where sleek design meets durability. Crafted with a stainless steel structure, this versatile line is perfect for both outdoor and indoor spaces, as well as nautical environments.

Barcelona collection with Eternal central coffe table

Each piece features a minimalist aesthetic that complements any setting, while the weather-resistant materials ensure longevity and easy maintenance. Whether lounging by the pool, enhancing your living room, or outfitting a boat, the Barcelona Collection offers style and functionality for all your needs. Elevate your space with furniture that stands the test of time and the elements.

Cycle of life garden

NàBITO architects complete, cycle of life Garden at Torlonia senior living residence, Rome, Italy.

Cycle of life garden, villa Torlonia,Rome, Italy. 2023-2024

#nabitoarchitects #landscapearchitecture #architecture

Pictured by Claudia Pescatori / Bebo Ferlito

In the midst of a bustling #city , there lies a serene, peaceful and #impermanent #garden that celebrates the circle of life. As you enter, you are immediately transported into a world of tranquillity, where the sounds of the city fade away, and the gentle rustle of leaves becomes the only sound you can hear.

The garden works as a service of a #seniors living #hotel in #rome. A place for people who have decided to leave home and live the last period of their lives in relaxation and #peace .

The garden is an excuse to reflect about the #cycleoflife and has been carefully designed to represent it. As you walk through the winding paths and tunnels of flowers, you will see a wide variety of plants and trees, each representing its different stage of life and growth.

The Garden has been designed to symbolize different stages and aspects of life trough diverse garden areas.

Each section offers unique experiences, fostering community, learning, doing sport, playing and reflection.

The first area is a #ludic space with interactive elements, designed for both children and adults to share a space of kindness.

The central area encourage social interaction, shared meals and community events.

The garden is full of #intimate spaces, with cosy seating, aromatic plants like lavender and rosemary, a serene secluded areas for quite reflection and personal time for meditation and reading and a corridor to play #social games.

There are two areas dedicated to both vegetable gardens and fruits trees to teach gardening skills, sustainable practices and provide fresh produce; in those areas is possible to plan interactive workshops and seasonal planting schedules.

Curving paths connects each area representing the journey of life revealing different plant and tree species to emphasise life. The paths are made of natural materials like binded earth and gravel, and are deliberately left weathering with an absolute impermanent character.

Gorgonzola new urban Park

NàBITO Architects proposal for a new urban park in Gorgonzola, Milano.

International competition settled, Milan, Italy

The design of the new #urbanpark in #gorgonzola offers us the opportunity for deep reflection and debate regarding the renewed idea of the relationship between the citizens of a community to provide a harmonious coexistence. This idea aims to design in the proposed intervention area, a pacified island of resting and walking, completely pedestrian and bicycle friendly, that will serve as a powerful node of urban connection and social #cohesion and that can trigger resonance mechanisms generating a model to be emulated and developed in the whole neighborhood. The main objective is to promote soft mobility, completely disincentivize private vehicular traffic by eliminating parking areas.

It aims to enhance the strategic areas of the municipal territory by connecting the main urban spaces of the neighborhood with the entire city

through bicycle and public pedestrian mobility alternative to the use of private motor vehicles.

The idea is to “attract” the main axes of the neighbourhood within the project area by transforming them into paths that relate and give a hierarchy to the spaces and create different “holes” and squares of multiple and heterogeneous activities for the use of all age groups.

The project, in addition to upgrading , attracting visitors and giving new life to the park space, blends fluidly into its context. This system of spaces (defined by holes and pathways) lowers and rises to allow a multi-level promenade to define a varied “natural landscape” surrounded by trees. This generates a fresh, evocative, dreamy place completely surrounded by greenery that has the ambition to inspire the imagination of all its visitors.

The urban design focuses on three key aspects: safety, accessibility and #sustainability

The project has the will to stand as a connective urban node of urban and social integration, among the citizens themselves, but also stimulating tourism, amplifying the activities and functions of communication of the cultural and eno-gastronomic heritage (for example by inserting a small interpretation centre of Gorgonzola cheese production, a forum with kiosks for tasting and promotion activities, a museum of the city, etc.).

We would like to send a strong and clear message to the administration to help us, to permeate the contemporary idea that a city does not need private transport (that the car is a luxury good and not a basic necessity, that it pollutes, clutters up space, and that traffic and parking, whether wild or orderly, should be completely disincentivised in the central, polar and green areas of cities, offering alternative public services, limiting parking to inter-modal areas near metro or train stations or to peripheral neighbouring areas so as to enhance cycle and pedestrian networks throughout the territory.

These measures are seen as an incentive for social sustainability, enhancing civic sense and raising the standards of social behaviour that allow for a more peaceful coexistence in the long term.

Thanks to the team for this settled #international completion @sena_miray @raczkarasia , Oriol Llach, Orazio Pellegrino.

LIL is in Rome

NàBITO architects designs LIL first popupstore in Rome Stazione Termini.

LIL Milan is a fresh new pure gold jewels brand with an essential and elegant style.

The project aims to create the first ephemeral retail space in Rome's Central Station, encapsulating a dreamlike ambiance that invites customers into LIL’s enchanting world.

The design focuses on a fresh, eye-catching visual experience, using the superposition of transparent and translucent colors to evoke a sense of wonder and allure.

The store’s exterior façades will be enveloped in dichroic film, creating a dynamic play of colors that shifts with the changing light and movement of passersby. This treatment will catch eyes and draw people in with its ever-changing, iridescent glow, reflecting a vibrant, fresh summer vibe.

NàBITO architects designs LIL first store in Rome Stazione Termini.

Soft pastel colors dominate the interior, enhancing the fresh and dreamy atmosphere. The pastel hues are carefully chosen to be soothing yet captivating, encouraging customers to explore the space.

The use of transparent and colorful supports for jewelry displays will create an airy and light-filled environment. These supports, combined with the superposition of colors, will give the illusion of floating jewels in a kaleidoscopic world, adding lightness and softness to the dreamlike ambience.

Gentle, diffused lighting will be used to highlight the jewelry and create a warm, inviting glow. The interplay of light and color will enhance the suggestive and magical feel of the space.

Jewelry and merchandising will be displayed on multi-layered, translucent platforms, adding depth and intrigue. These displays will be arranged to encourage exploration by storytelling messages, making customers feel like they are embarking on a journey through LIL’s world.

A colorful, translucent space will greet visitors, immediately immersing them in the store’s unique atmosphere enlightening the Giant Pearl on the back. This entry point sets the tone for the journey within, promising an escape from the mundane into a vibrant, dynamic space.

The overall atmosphere will be suggestive and fresh, evoking the essence of summer and the playful nature of dreams. Every element, from the exterior dichroic film to the pastel color palette and translucent displays, will work together to create a cohesive and enchanting experience.

Rome’s Central Station.

The goal is to create a memorable and attractive space that stands out in the bustling environment of Rome’s Central Station.
By leveraging innovative materials and a unique design approach, LIL Jewels store will offer a sensory escape that draws in customers and leaves a lasting impression of whimsy and delight.

Thanks to: LIL MILAN, Officine Design, Novaprisma, Aslan, Polistudio.

Milan Design week 2024

B&A for I CONCI at Salone del mobile Milano

A new entire telluric collection of bath and wellness essential elements melting with the floor and exalting the Travertine character.

La collezione Splash (con vasca, lavello, doccia e complementi) si fonde con il suolo e con la superficie entrando in continuità con le venature del travertino e formando un vero paesaggio fluido di pietra.

Come anche la collezione Combi che propone lo stesso concetto ma variando i materiali in un gioco di differenti combinazioni.

In definitiva il nostro design vuole mettere in luce l’essenza del lavoro dell’impresa I Conci:

Il travertino, la tradizione, l’innovazione, la lavorazione della pietra, l’attenzione al dettaglio e la varietà delle combinazioni.

B&A deigned for I CONCI SL

Retail design lab 24

Back to retail design lab in collaboration with IED and LIL Milano

Retail design Lab @Ied Roma

An insightful exploration of innovative retail concepts.

BIBA Barcelona

Please to announce collaboration with BIBA shops Barcelona to design the new image of retail shops