OBR was established by Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi in 2000 to investigate new ways of contemporary living, creating a design network between Milan, London and Mumbai.
The Team of OBR develops its experimental line through the participation in international projects concerning public-private social programs. OBR intends urban design as a discipline whose effects extend beyond the physical boundaries of the project, beyond the public/private and individual/community dichotomy. Their research promotes – through architecture – the sense of community and the individual identities, design being intended as the outcome of a cooperative and evolutive process.
OBR’s projects have been featured in international exhibitions, including the 10th Architecture Biennale in Venice (2006); Architecture: Where to (London, 2007); V Bienal de Arquitetura (Brasilia, 2007); XI Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura (Buenos Aires, 2007); AR Award Exhibition (Berlin, 2008); China International Architectural Expo (Beijing, 2009); International Expo (Shanghai, 2010); 24th UIA World Congress of Architecture (Tokyo, 2011); Gold Medal for Italian Architecture (Milan, 2012); Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design (Chicago, 2012); International Green Building Summit (Istanbul, 2012); MAXXI (Rome, 2013) and 14th Architecture Biennale in Venice (2014).
Tommaso Principi was born in 1970. After studying engineering at the University of Bologna, he studied architecture at the University of Genoa, where he graduated in 1999. He works with Renzo Piano from 1998 to 2000 when he founded with Paolo Brescia OBR Open Building Research, creating a network between Genoa, Milan, London and New York, then extended to Mumbai and Accra. He has been invited as a guest professor at several universities such as Kent State University, University of Genoa, Milan Polytechnic, University of Bologna, La Sapienza, University of Messina, Reggio Calabria University and Chinese University Hong Kong CUHK.
Paolo Brescia is an Italian architect and founder of Open Building Research.He graduated with a degree in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1996 and had his academic fellowship at Architectural Association in London. After working with Renzo Piano, he founded in 2000 OBR with Tommaso Principi to investigate new ways of contemporary living, creating a design network among Milan, London and Mumbai. He combines his professional experience with the academic world as guest lecturer in several athenaeums, such as Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Kent State University, Aalto University, University of Oulu, Academy of Architecture of Mumbai, College of Architecture of Pune, Mimar Sinan Fine Art University, Hacettepe University. He was university professor in charge at the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Politecnico di Milano (2004-2005) and professor of architectural design at University of Genoa (2013-2015).
The Team of OBR develops its experimental line through the participation in international projects concerning public-private social programs. OBR intends urban design as a discipline whose effects extend beyond the physical boundaries of the project, beyond the public/private and individual/community dichotomy. Their research promotes – through architecture – the sense of community and the individual identities, design being intended as the outcome of a cooperative and evolutive process.
OBR’s projects have been featured in international exhibitions, including the 10th Architecture Biennale in Venice (2006); Architecture: Where to (London, 2007); V Bienal de Arquitetura (Brasilia, 2007); XI Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura (Buenos Aires, 2007); AR Award Exhibition (Berlin, 2008); China International Architectural Expo (Beijing, 2009); International Expo (Shanghai, 2010); 24th UIA World Congress of Architecture (Tokyo, 2011); Gold Medal for Italian Architecture (Milan, 2012); Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design (Chicago, 2012); International Green Building Summit (Istanbul, 2012); MAXXI (Rome, 2013) and 14th Architecture Biennale in Venice (2014).
Tommaso Principi was born in 1970. After studying engineering at the University of Bologna, he studied architecture at the University of Genoa, where he graduated in 1999. He works with Renzo Piano from 1998 to 2000 when he founded with Paolo Brescia OBR Open Building Research, creating a network between Genoa, Milan, London and New York, then extended to Mumbai and Accra. He has been invited as a guest professor at several universities such as Kent State University, University of Genoa, Milan Polytechnic, University of Bologna, La Sapienza, University of Messina, Reggio Calabria University and Chinese University Hong Kong CUHK.
Paolo Brescia is an Italian architect and founder of Open Building Research.He graduated with a degree in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1996 and had his academic fellowship at Architectural Association in London. After working with Renzo Piano, he founded in 2000 OBR with Tommaso Principi to investigate new ways of contemporary living, creating a design network among Milan, London and Mumbai. He combines his professional experience with the academic world as guest lecturer in several athenaeums, such as Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Kent State University, Aalto University, University of Oulu, Academy of Architecture of Mumbai, College of Architecture of Pune, Mimar Sinan Fine Art University, Hacettepe University. He was university professor in charge at the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Politecnico di Milano (2004-2005) and professor of architectural design at University of Genoa (2013-2015).
