Mattia De Lotto

I am an Italian architectural designer currently based in Basel, Switzerland. I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Architecture at IUAV University of Venice and my Master’s at the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft, graduating CumLaude with a score of 10/10. My thesis explored the transformation of Alpine landscapes and the potential value of post-industrial structures that populate the Italian Dolomites, specifically with a proposal for the re-generation of the former cement factory of Castellavazzo (BL), Ex-Cementificio Marchino.

I am currently working at Kooperative E45 in Basel, after gaining professional experience at GEZA Architettura in Udine, and majoral·tissino architects in Barcelona, together with a continuous effort on research and architectural project as a freelancer.

Alongside practice, I collaborated with the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft as an assistant in the research project Port City Future, within the Chair of History of Architecture and Urban Planning, led by prof. Carola Hein.

My recent research, "The (Im)possible Palimpsest", reflecting on Piranesi’s Campo Marzio, has been published by Drawing Matter.

I am open to professional opportunities and collaborations and welcome you to get in touch.

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Title
Type
Year
Category
001
Venetian Tale
Pavilion
2020
Academic (Iuav Venice)
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Academic design project for an Ephemeral Architecture in Venice.

Model view View with rain View with water
002
Palimpsest Tower
Pavilion
2020
Competition
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Competition for ArkxSite in collaboration with Alessandra D'Acunto.

Outside view Inside view
003
+House
House and Atelier
2021
Academic (Iuav Venice)
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004
Save the Kiln!
Restoration of national Heritage site
2021
Academic (Iuav Venice)
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005
Reconstructions
School and heritage restoration
2022
Academic (graduation project - Iuav Venice)
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006
In continuity
Pavilion and heritage restoration
2022
Competition
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Competition for ReuseItaly in collaboration with Alessandra D'Acunto and Edoardo Ambrosio.

In Genezzano, in Rome’s countryside, hidden on a steep and enclosed site, by a small stream, almost pretending of being an inhabitable extension of the land, the monumental ruins of a Nymphaeum can be found. Built in different stages, one of them by the hand of Bramante, was never effectively completed and in the late 16th century was left abandoned along with its surrounding park. It’s right in the meaning of ruin that our design finds its roots; a witness of time and its passing, whose memory must be preserved at any cost. The design proposal aims to build a new centrality of the Nymphaeum and its park in the community of Genezzano, creating a space of leisure open to everyone, where to find restoration from the heat and shelter from the sever weather. The visitor is shepherd throughout his entire journey in the park, where the only designated spaces are the restrooms, laid on the hill’s back, by the themes of nature and water, strongly eradicated in the Nymphaeum’s essence; with the vegetation growing spontaneously around the paths, barely drawn onto the ground, and the water, in the form of steam, sprinkled from some thin arches that mark the paths, filling the air, refreshing the hot summer days and submerging the Nymphaeum in a magical atmosphere. Following the paths, small oasis can be discovered, where only some chairs are found, where the visitor can rest and feel the overwhelming atmosphere of the newly found space.

Axonometric view Section Outside view of the park and the new facade Outside view of the park and the new facade Inside view
007
Portes Obertes
Restoration of Castle in Llinars del Valles
2023
Competition @majoral·tissino architects
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008
Beyond urban
Architectural and urban restoration
2023
Academic (TU Delft)
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009
A new continuity
Masterplan for Lignano Sabbiadoro Waterfront
2024
Competition
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Competition for Terraviva in collaboration with Alessandra D'Acunto. Awarded with a Golden Mention.

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The (im)possible palimpsest
Research on Piranesi's Campo Marzio
2024
Academic (TU Delft)
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Research project reflecting on Piranesi’s Campo Marzio. Published on Drawing Matter.

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Post-extraction scenarios
Underground mine
2024
Academic (TU Delft)
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Academic Design project for a post-extraction scenario in Kiruna (SE).

axo elevation detailed axo image
012
Transfigurations
Master Thesis
2025
Academic (TU Delft)
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Master Thesis project reflecting on the topic of transformations of the Alpine landscapes and the value of post industrial structures that populate the Italian Dolomites. The research work translated into a design effort that imagined a future scenario for the former cement factory of Castellavazzo, in a matrix operation of territorial digestion, urban re appropriation, and architectural transformation.

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Park Apartment
Renovation
2023-2025
Freelance
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Design for a complete renovation of a 48sqm apartment.

renovation plan plan atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere
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Salt Museum
Museum - Learning center
2026
Freelance - Selective competition
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