FABBRICANOVE is an architecture studio based in Florence and directed by Enzo Fontana and Giovanni Bartolozzi. The studio is structured as a multidisciplinary team in which each figure takes different part in the multiple roles of the design process. The fulfillment of numerous public and private assignments, on urban, architectural and interior design scale has developed a consistent and diversified work know-how. The studio carries out a strong research activity by constantly participating in public and international design competitions, where it has obtained important awards.
In 2009 they won the international competition for the redevelopment of Forte San Pietro in Livorno, proposing the reorganization of the space, in terms of creating a strong public vocation through the transformation of the fortress into a museum park, conceived as an urban connection between the maritime station and the historic center. In the following years, the studio has obtained important mentions in international competitions, including the honorable mention in the competition for the construction of an educational complex in the Municipality of Malles (BZ).
FABBRICANOVE won the competition for "The House of the III Millennium", organized by the CNA of Prato and Arezzo, with the project "Luna 9"; while in the 2011 edition the studio was selected for the "alfa 001" table project. Both pieces were made and prototyped, as well as being exposed at exhibitions and design events.
FABBRICANOVE has developed numerous public projects establishing a stable collaboration with public administrations. Among the most recent projects are the restructuring of the monumental complex of Santa Chiara in Sansepolcro (AR), the restoration of the monumental complex Municipio / Municipal Theater of Pieve S. Stefano (AR), the expansion of the elementary and middle school of Fivizzano (MS), which are all interventions on buildings bound by the TU on Cultural Heritage. The study also coordinated the Urban Implementation Plan for the new headquarters of the Muratori and Cementisti Cooperative (CMC) in the context of the urban redevelopment of the Ravenna dockyard.
FABBRICANOVE is also involved in many private projects, including the proposal to convert the historic "Alla Querce" College in Florence into a luxury accommodation complex, The Milan Luiss Hub project, a hybrid space for training and digital manufacturing 4.0, recently completed in the Garibaldi area of Milan. The Auditorium of the Cooperative Credit Bank of San Cataldo (CL) selected for the Italian Archipelago at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, the project of a wine cellar in Baratti (LI).
Among the main works in progress are the renovation of a residential building complex of the 1970s in Via del Campofiore in Florence, the project to expand the nursing home on the Riviera along the seafront of Savona, the extension of an RSA into province of Bergamo, two single-family villas (in Forte dei Mami and Sansepolcro) and a multi-functional building in Anghiari.
Together with the professional activity, the members of FABBRICANOVE carry out teaching activities as professors in architectural design courses at the Faculty of Architecture of Florence and Kent State University of Florence.