RIC -
CARDO
ROBUS -
TINI
BREATH DESIGN STUDIO
Riccardo Robustini holds a Postgraduate Course in Smart
Cities at MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
and a Master’s Degree in Advanced Architecture Design in
Collective Housing, held by the Universidad Politécnica of
Madrid (UPM) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH).
He obtained his architectural and engineering degrees at the
University of Bologna while spending two years as a
visiting student at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
(UPV).
At the core of his design philosophy lies an unwavering
commitment to exploring innovative approaches that
prioritize the human experience. From the very beginning of
his career, he has been profoundly influenced by nature,
recognizing the vital role it plays in our lives as a fundamental
component of our well-being.
In a world that is constantly evolving, he holds a strong belief
in a design that finds a balance between the primordial
and the modern. It represents a delicate dance between our
primal instincts - where our homes are seen as both
shelters and caves - and the demands of modern society,
that drive his thoughts.
This approach is reflected in the constant temptation to play
with opposing elements, in a harmonious way, to
develop a design that enables us to experience ourselves as
complete, embodied, and spiritual beings.
Before relocating to Dubai, Riccardo was involved with Juan
Herreros Arquitectos in Madrid and with Open Building
Research OBR in Italy, on significant large-scale projects
around the world, spanning Europe, the USA, China,
and South America. Before founding Breath Design 2014
(formerly working under the name of UNICA Architects),
he worked as Design Director for the office of H.H. The Crown Prince of Dubai.
THE SHORElow table
165 (d) x 16 h
165 (d) x 16 h
The Shore is a continuous, shifting boundary
that exists through change rather than stability - never fixed, never the same
twice, always becoming. It endures by transforming. A table like
an eternal shoreline, where center and edge, mass and boundary, convex and plane
coexist in unresolved tension. Thick to thin. Matte to mirror. Curved to flat.
Each transition is almost imperceptible, as stone dissolves into reflection.To survive is
not to resist, but to drift.