bio

Matteo Vercelloni was born in 1961 in Milan where he graduated in architecture with honors from the faculty of the Milan Politecnico in 1986.                                                      

His professional career began while still at university, working with his father, Virgilio Vercelloni, and the company Uniplan of which he was director.

He works as architect to design buildings, masterplanning, interior design and industrial design.                                                                                                              

In 1991 he received a special mention in the Caoduro journalistic architecture competition for the ‘architectonic critical’.

He is a professor of History of Design at Polidesign (Politecnico University, Design in Milan) and he also teaches at NABA, ISAD, IED, and Brera Arts Academy in Milano.      

He has been a regular contributor to architecture and design magazines such as INTERNI, Abitare, Costruire, Flare, Domus, D-Donna, Lotus International, Casabella, etc.

From 2000 onwards he is an editorial adviser for INTERNI magazine, architecture section.

In 2008, he began collaborating on all architectural projects with arch. Stefano De Feudis.

 

 Works

2013             Site engineer for renovation of Auletta Didattica in Orto Botanico of Brera, for arch. Luca Scacchetti

2010-2011   Project for a residential Master Plan (mc. 15.000) in Gaggiano , Milan

2011             Fitting-out Project for the Fashio Design Week Installation, Piazza Mercanti, Milano

2011             Fitting-out Project for the INAX exhibition at the Superstudio FuoriSalone, Milan

2010            Project of reconstruction of rural building along the Naviglio chanel, in the Ticino Park, Abbiategrasso, Milan.

2009           Project for the flagship Vespa store in via Vittorio Veneto, Milan

2009 Fitting-out Project for the Japan Design Selection exhibition at the Triennale, Milan

2009 Direction of works for INTERNI DESIGN ENERGIES international architectural event in Milano (temporary pavilions building in the Cà Granda university in Milan)

2008-2009 Project for a public garden on the surface of the underground parking in via Benedetto Marcxello in Milan

2008-2009 Refurbishment of CGIL Trade Union Headquarters in Legnano, Milan

2008-2009 Project for two residential building in Varallo, Vercelli

2008 Direction of works for GREEN ENERGIES DESIGN international architectural event in Milano (temporary pavilions building in the Cà Granda university in Milan)

2008 Project for a residential and commercial Master Plan (mc. 40.000) in Varallo, Vercelli

2007 Direction of works for DECODE ELEMENTS international architectural event in Milano (temporary pavilions building in the Castello Sforzesco in Milan)

2006 Fitting-out Project for the G MARK Japan good design 50th anniversary exhibition at the Triennale, Milan

2006 Project for a motorbike shop (Aprilia e Moto Guzzi) in viale Montenero, Milan

2006-2007 Project for a industrial building in Abbiategrasso, Milan

2006 Direction of works for HEAVY LIGHT international architectural event in Milano (temporary pavilions building in Milan)

2005 Direction of works for OPEN AIR DESIGN international architectural event in Milano (Triennale garden, Milan)

2005 Project for a public Music Pavilion in Abbiategrasso, Milan

2004-2005 Project for a office and commercial bulding in Abbiategrasso. Milan

2004-2005 Project for a Master Plan (industrial, offices and commercial, mc.190.000) in Abbiatregrasso, Milan

2004 Project fo two residential buildings in Milano viale Certosa

2004 Refurbushment of a private apertment in the center of Milan

2003 Refurbishment of CGIL Trade Union Headquarters in Magenta, Milan

2002 Refurbishment of CGIL Trade Union Headquarters in Abbiategrasso, Milan

2002 Project of several underground car-parks in Milan (via Benedetto Marcello, via Cechov, via Don Calabria, via Serrati – built / via Zarotto, piazza Repubblica, Largo Tel Aviv – unbuilt)

Executive projet for Freshfields operative office in Milano

2002 Project Competition for ten underground car parkings in Milano with landscape design

2002 Project of an underground car-park (one floors) in Rozzano

2002 Direction of works for INTERNI IN PIAZZA international architectural event in Milano (temporary pavilions building)

2002 Project of an underground car-park (three floors) in Rozzano

2001 Refurbishment of the Milano Headquartes office for Heidrick & Struggles (project with Studio Architetto Antonio Zanuso e Associati)

2000 Refurbishment of Spazio Intermot-Piaggio Center Showroom in Corso Sempione a Milano

2000 Direction of works for refurbishment Fashion Showroom “Piombo” in via della Spiga 34 in Milano

2000 Project of an underground car-park (three floors) in via Cechov in Milano

2000 Project Competition for a tenement building housing unit in Casorezzo (Milano)

1999 Project Competition for the upgrading of piazza Gabrio Rosa and viale Omero in Milano

1999 Project Competition for the upgrading of piazza Cittadella in Verona and for the creation of a new underground car-park

1999 Refurbishment of the industrial unit trasformed in apartment in Milano

1999 Project Competion of ideas for the renewal and expansion of Idroscalo Park in Milano

1999 Winner of a competition for two underground parking in Rozzano (Milano)

1999 Executive project for a residential building in via Pareto in Milano

1998 Refurbishment of two apartments in Milano

1998 Landscape Refurbishment project for a central urban area in Milano (Conca del Naviglio)

1998 Project Competition for six underground car parkings in Milano with landscape design

1998 Project for a private house in Los Angeles, Pacific Coast Hwy with Yang Chung -Yi.

1998 Executive project for GPF & Associati Headquarters in Corso Buenos Aires, Milano

Executive projet for Telefield Headquarters in Milano

1998 Design of the “Adele C.” exhibition stand at the Furniture International fair in Milan, with T. Kita

1997 Refurbishment of industrial building in office units

1997 Joint participation in designing of prefabricated wood house system with Arch. Matteo Thun

1997 Executive project for a multifunctional building in Viareggio (Italy) for Paolo Riani Architect

1997 Project for a House in Pipa, Brasil.

1996 Refurbishment of industrial building in office units

1996 Project for a new entrance building of the Municipality of Rozzano

1996 Project for an underground car parking in Milano with landscape design (via Benedetto Marcello)

1996 Project for a new residential and office building in the center of Milano

1995 Design of a housing estate in the Parco del Ticino, at Casorate Sempione

1995 Design of housing estate for 400 one-family houses at Tegucicalpa in Honduras

1995 Lot division plan design for a housing estate on the hills above Lake Garda, at Toscolano Maderno

1995 Preliminary Master plan and fasibility study for a Music theme park at Sesto San Giovanni (Milano).

(Joint Partecipation with Roberto Gavioli & Partners).

1995 Preliminary Master Plan for an Holiday Resort in Kao Yo Yai Island, Thailandia.

Marina, Villas and Touristic Harbour.

1995 Final pilot plan design of the Municipality of Rozzano

1994 Fitting-out of exhibition on Guglielmo Ulrich at the Verona Trade Fair “Abitare il Tempo”

1994 Town-planning and architectural proposal for a

housing estate of one and two-family houses in Moscow

1994 Refurbishment of two apartments in Milan

1994 Design of a tower building for offices in Rozzano (Milan)

1993 Design variant of the new piazza for the Bollate Civic Centre

1993 Joint participation in designing the RZ6 tenement building housing unit in the Municipality of Rozzano (Milan).

1993 Joint participation in designing the landscape system of the RZ6 district of the Municipality of Rozzano

1993 Design of an extension to the SIGMA office building in Milan

1993 Design for a hotel and private club in Shanghai in China

1993 Design for a residential building with 12 apartments in via Pareto, Milan

1993 Design for an office building in viale Certosa, Milan

1992-93-94 Artistic management work for completion of the Bollate Civic Centre

1992-93 Work on drafting the master plan for an extension to the Milan Linate airport

1992-93 Work on rebuilding of the architectural façade on the aircraft apron at Milan, Linate airport (with study by Aldo Rossi)

1992-93 Work on the preliminary design of a Music Park in south Lombardy

1992 Design included among the first thirty for the international architecture competition “The Finest House in the World”, with Amedea Sanguini and Luciano Ronchi

1992 Design of the “Ecopiano” exhibition stand for the XVIII Triennale exhibition in Milan

1992 Refurbishment of a 1930’s house in Milan

1992 Refurbishment of the Show Biz TV offices in Milan

1991 Design of the TV set for the RAI3 programme ‘Cos’è la Patria?” (What is a nation?)

1991 Design for converting a boat on Lake Garda into a restaurant

1991 Landscape art design of a beach lido on a section of the shore of Lake Garda at Toscolano Maderno

1990 Work on the design of a new residential district of Milan (planivolumetric project)

1990 Joint participation in designing the new FNME railway museum at Laveno on Lake Maggiore

Joint participation with IDK Design (Osaka) in designing a holiday village located one hundred kilometres from Osaka

1989 Work on drafting of a master plan, and town-planning and architectural working designs for holiday facilities for Trieste, Pula, Kelibia (Tunisia); Brioni (former-Yugoslavia)

1988 Joint participation in redesigning Piazza Castello in Milan with an underground car park system

1988 Participation in competition for the building of the light urban railway system for Brescia

1987 Participation in competition for an underground car park in the centre of Milan

1987 Work on the design of a services and industrial centre in the south of Milan.

1987 Work on the design of a park with facilities for the city of Padua

1986 Participation in competition for a fish and flowers wholesale market in Milan

One the theme of industrial design, Matteo Vercelloni has designed furniture for Driade, Ultima Edizione, UP&UP and Italcomma

He was been a regular contributor to architecture and design magazines such as INTERNI, Abitare, Costruire, Flare, Domus, D-Donna, Lotus Intarnationalr, etc.

In 1991 he received a special mention in the Caoduro journalistic architecture competition

 

He is author of the following books:

“Il Paradiso Terrestre – Viaggio tra i manufatti del Giardino dell’uomo” (Heaven on Earth – Journey among structures in the garden of man), Milan 1986, Jaca Book.

He wrote the chapter on the design work of Umberto Riva in the book “Pioneers of Product Design” by Fumio Shimutzu, Creo Corporation, Tokyo 1994.

He wrote the chapter “The Stadio’s Tower, three italian examples” for the catalogue of the exhibition “Il mondo delle Torri da Babilonia a Manhattan” Milano, 1990.

He wrote the chapter concerning Ignazio Gardella in the catalogue of the exhibition “Less is more” minimalism in architecture and the other arts, Barcellona 1996.

He wrote the chapter concerning ‘architecture as communication’ in the book “La Comunicazione d’Impresa” , by Giampaolo Fabris, Milan 2003

“DESIGN” Guide Cultura Mondadori (with Riccardo Bianchi), 2004

He wrote the chapter “Foppa Pedretti an outsider of the italian design” in the book “Foppa Pedretti”, by Decio Carugati Milan, 2005.

He wrote the chapter “Land Architecture” in the book “TECH INSIDE”, by Cristina Morozzi Milan, 2006.

For Electa he wrote the book “Trend in Villa” (2006)

He wrote the texts for the catalogue of the exhibition “50+2 YEARS OF ITALIAN DESIGN” by INTERNI magazine, National Art Museum of China, Beijing 2006

He wrote the chapter “The Design of the Island” for the book “Design in Japan-50 creative years with the Good Design Awards”, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization, Tokyo 2007.

For Carocci he wrote “Breve Storia del Design Italiani” ( A short History of Italian Design), 2008.

He wrote the chapter “Topotek 1 the architecture of the surface” in the book “Progetti & Paesaggi”, by INTERNI magazine Milan, 2008.

He is co-author of the book “L’Idea del Giardino d’Occidente” (The idea of the European Garden), Jaca Book, September 2009.

He was director of the series “Italy & Design” for Mondadori Arte Edition.

He wrote the introduction for the catalogue of exhibition “Aqua” – the drawings works by Sergei Tchoban Architect, Galleria Jannone, Milan 2009

He wrote for the “Master of Design” series, 24 ore Cultura edition, the books “Achille e Pier Giacomo Castiglioni”, “Piero Lissoni”, 2011.

He wrote the chapter “Museum and Cultural Communication” for the book “MONUMENTUM, l’abitare, il politico, il sacro”, Archivio Julien Ries, Jaca Book Editore, 2011.

 

For L’Archivolto publications:

“Nuovi Negozi a Milano” (New Shops in Milan), Milan 1988

“Nuovi Negozi in Italia” (New Shops in Italy), Milan 1990

“1990 Stadi in Italia” (1990 stadiums in Italy), Milan 1990

“Grand Hotel in Italia” (Grand Hotels in Italy), Milan 1992

“Nuove Abitazioni in Italia 2” (New houses in Italy 2), Milan 1995

“Urban Interior in New York & USA”, Milan 1996

“New American Houses”, Milano 1997.

“New Restaurants in Usa & East Asia”, Milano 1997

“New Offices in Usa”, Milano 1998

“Showrooms and Art Galleries in Usa”, Milano 1998

“New Lofts & Apartments in NYC”, Milano 1999

“New Shops in Usa”, Milano 1999

“New American Houses 2”, Milano 2001

“Offices for the Digital Age in Usa”, Milano 2002

“New Restaurants in Usa 2”, Milano 2002.