something about me

Arabella is an award winning Venice based architect and designer.

Her work focuses on the synergy between art, architecture and complex geometry. This contributes to her experience in practising across different disciplines and scales especially in retail design.

Her work for fashion companies have earned her experience in all stages of design, on a wide variety of prestigious projects around the world that range from objects and installations, to stores and corner, pop up store, outlet and visual display for shop window.

For Industries s.p.a., she had the opportunity to develop project for its brands: Moncler, Henry Cotton's, Marina Yachting, 18CRR81, MCS. After this experience she's been temporary consultant for the brand AW Lab among others.

She studied architecture at University of Venice, where is now collaborating as teaching assistant in interior design.

Always keen to learn and improve facing new challenges.

Education:
2003
University degree at IUAV, University of Architecture of Venice, with the thesis titled ‘Fractal labirinths. Algorithmic landscape for the Cavallino’s coast’. Supervisor Arch. Roberta Albiero.
This thesis experimentally presents a design method based on mathematics and fractal geometry as a tool able to analize the site and design the urban spaces and the architectures. A method able to understand urban phenomena and the morphology of the places through mathematical models and recursive geometry. This studies has developed over time through competitions and has been presented in some lectures at IUAV(2006-2008).

1994

Diploma at the school of Art, Liceo Artistico Statale of Treviso.

Experiences and Awards:

2020

Special Mention Decoration

DiamArt Luxury Design contest on Desall

'Wonderwall' concept design for a wallpaper made in and for DiamArt.

2020

Finalist project

More that backpack NAVA Design

Project for the concept of a new backpack.

2014

Second prize at the contest RES-TILE by Mirage Ceramica Design Sustainability with the project 'Sfumate Geometrie' (soft geometry)

European Glass Experience 'Autopoiesis meets Handmade' , project selected.
First Exhibition – The Finnish Glass Museum 28.3 – 8.6.2014

2011

First prize at the Contest OltreLaMateria organized by CottoVeneto S.p.A. for the design of a coating surface.

‘Visioni labirintiche’, architecture video inserted into the telecast ‘Archi Live – Architettura dal vivo’ broadcast by the channel 813 of Sky.

2010

First Prize at the Contest for young Critics III edition, organized by presS / Tfactory, the Italian Association of Architecture and Criticism and the website Professione Architetto, with the essay ‘Fractal logic’. The award ceremony took place as a side event at the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice the day 27/8/2010.

Publication in the journal of architecture L’Arca n°264 of an article regarding the greek/american study of architecture Ahylo.

2008

Restoration of a small palace in Venice for a private client.

Lecture at IUAV (University of Architecture of Venice) regarding the relationship between Venice and fractals, the workshop titled 'The Other Venice or Venice upside down' by Prof. Arch João Luís Carrilho da Graça and Prof. Arch Roberta Albiero.

‘Fractal Labirinth.0’, video and fractal music selected for the Contest Under Forty and presented at UIA, World Congress Of Architects in Turin in July 2008.

2006
Lecture at IUAV (University Institute Of Architecture Of Venice) regarding the fractal geometry, in the workshop titled 'Waterworld' by Prof. Arch R. Albiero.

2004

Finalist in the U33 competition to 'I ° International Festival of Architecture in Parma' with the project 'Harmonic labyrinth', a mobile discoteque for the lagoon of Venice. Exhibition and catalogue.

2001

“Errando. la città invisibile” ("Wandering. The invisible city"), short film on disused industrial spaces of Porto Marghera.

Betacam format, produced by IUAV in collaboration with spi communication.

Collaboration in digital editing, co-writer and direction.

- First prize in the contest "Videopolis", Vicenza

- Presented at 'Circuito off', Venice

- In competition at ‘Toni corti’, Padua

- Presented in 'Venetian lounge' at the 60th International Art Exhibition Venice Film Festival 2003

- Broadcast by some networks

2000

First prize in the contest “La cittadella della logistica” ("The city of logistics") organized by Interporto Padova S.p.A. and Student Senate of IUAV, with the project "Seriality vs Arhythmia" for the color and exterior decoration of the buildings of the intermodal and logistics centre, built and opened in 2001. The project it has been realized.