June 2017

118 BUILD / June 2017 , Extraordinary Attention to Detail Founded in 2000, the firmMichela Reverberi Studio is strongly influenced by the founder’s experience in the yachting industry. The studio develops every project entirely, from the arrangement of layouts to the tiniest detail. After their inclusion in the 2017 Architectural Innovation Awards, we interviewed the firm’s founderMichela Reverberi to find out more. Michela Reverberi believes that the capability to listen and that working on any project, from the arrangement of layouts to the tiniest detail, is what sets her firm apart from other firms in the industry. Accepting any challenge and enjoying developing the project is also key she explains, before revealing her thoughts on Michela Reverberi Studio being a part of the 2017 Architectural Innovation Awards. “I am extremely flattered and excited. It represents a precious acknowledgment and confirmation that the path we are running on is a good one.” When undertaking a new client or project, Michela explains how the firm ensures the best possible outcome, as well as what overall aims and strategies are employed to achieve these, plus the extent to which innovative solutions contribute towards her own success as an architect. “Every project bases its unicity on the achievement of the highest synthesis between the owner’s desire and culture, plus the style and culture of the designer, always filtered by the overcoming rules. “I am not sure we have a real strategy, but I only try to maintain and share the great enthusiasm and amusement that this job has always given to me, that is providing a serious and professional service.” “In terms of innovative solutions, I believe the important point here is that I only try to work hard, maintain curiosity for what surrounds me and I fill my life with interests and the quality of beauty. In this creative field, it is my view that innovative solutions only happen spontaneously.” Michela is keen to tell us about her firm’s most successful project to date and what she has learnt from this. “Stella Maris is probably one of the most successful projects I have ever realised. I learnt from working on this project to accept any challenge, without limits and barriers, without provocation. Working on a project free from contamination and without prejudice, its potentiality was in my view welcome and enhanced by adopting unexpected solutions plus achieving a style balance with unique, sophisticated and innovative solutions.” Michela is keen to provide a final comment, this time on what the future has in store for the industry and the firm, including any future projects on the horizon. “It is required a greater awareness of the importance to adopt responsible and sustainable solutions. All the choices shall tend to a merge and integration with the environment and a much greater respect for the natural elements that the boat will cross. “I hope to keep on working on interesting projects, enjoying them. The ones I am developing now are very stimulating projects indeed.” 1705BU06