Senior Associate
BArch, ARB
London, UK
Mario Mattia
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Specialising in delivery and construction, Mario’s portfolio traverses typologies, including residential, transport, cultural, mixed-use, hospitality, and office projects. Before relocating to the London office in 2013, he was based at ZHA’s Italy office, working on-site for the MAXXI: National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome.
Prior to joining ZHA, Mario gained invaluable experience at architectural practices in Italy, the US, and beyond, including Studio Fuksas in Rome and Eisenman Architects in New York. He also established his own practice, Mario Mattia Architetto.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Featured Projects
Designed to alleviate traffic congestion, shorten travel times and improve quality of life for Riyadh’s growing population, the Riyadh Metro network is the world’s longest driverless transit system.
Mario completed his Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Florence and studied at the Technical University of Braunshweig in Germany for one year.
Coming from Italy, Mario is inspired by the synthesis of ancient cities’ historic depth and the modernity of contemporary urban life, where lives are experienced at different paces and qualities. Outside work, he finds joy in jazz music and live concerts.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Mario has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Culture
Located on a narrow strait, separating continental Italy from Sicily, the Regium Waterfront marks the city of Reggio Calabria as a Mediterranean cultural capital. Drawing inspiration from the radial symmetry of the starfish, the structure, housing museum and performing arts centre, stands as a beacon visible from land and sea.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Exterior View, Dusk
Culture
MAXXI supercedes the notion of the museum as ‘object’ or – presenting a field of buildings accessible to all, with no firm boundary between what is ‘within’ and what is ‘without’. Central to this new reality are confluent lines – walls intersecting and separating to create interior and exterior spaces.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Generali Tower
Offices
Tall Buildings
Generali Tower is within the CityLife masterplan that has redeveloped Milan’s abandoned trade fair grounds following the fair’s relocation to Rho Pero in 2005.
Photograph by David Bombelli
City Life Milano Residential Complex
Residential
The Residential plot is composed of 7 linear buildings set along a continuous path around two land areas: Rc1, including buildings C1- C2-C3 and Rc2 with buildings C4-C5-C6-C7. The land areas are divided by a strip of public park.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Transport + Infrastructure
The new rail station at Napoli Afragola is designed as one of southern Italy’s key interchange stations serving four high speed inter-city lines, three inter-regional lines and a local commuter line.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Transport + Infrastructure
KAFD Metro Station will serve as a key interchange on the new network for the Blue Line (Line 1) with the terminus of the Yellow Line to the airport (Line 4) and the Purple Line (Line 6) as well as a skybridge connecting to the local KAFD monorail.
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