Senior Associate
BArch, MArch, ARB
London, UK
Massimo Napoleoni
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Generali Tower - Shopping Centre (Podium Interior - lower ground floor)
With extensive experience in design development, management, and coordination, Massimo has successfully led many projects from early stages to completion. With expertise in on-site construction supervision, BIM, and technical oversight, he has played a key role in delivering major ZHA projects, including Morpheus Hotel & Resort at City of Dreams in Macau and King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia. Massimo is currently working on the Yidan Foundation in Shenzhen,
China.
Prior to joining ZHA, Massimo worked on large-scale projects in Asia and the Middle East, as well as transport infrastructure developments in the UK.
Featured Projects
From the world’s first free-form high-rise exoskeleton in Macau, to a metro station that has been designed to prioritize connectivity in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, discover highlights of Massimo's notable projects at ZHA.
Massimo completed his Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture in Sustainable Architecture from ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome.
Massimo studied in Italy and is passionate about art and archaeology, and values craftsmanship in the digital age. Beyond architecture, he enjoys cooking and hosting dinners for loved ones, bringing people together through food and joy.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Massimo has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Hospitality
The world’s first free-form high-rise exoskeleton optimises the interiors by creating spaces that are uninterrupted by supporting walls or columns. Three horizontal vortices generate the voids through the building and define the hotel’s dramatic internal public spaces.
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.
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.
Render by Negativ
West elevation
Tall Buildings
Residential
The renovation and redevelopment of Mercury House integrates residential apartments and a boutique hotel within Malta’s most dynamic urban environment. Creating new public spaces and amenities for the island’s residents and visitors, the design responds to Paceville’s key urban challenges by investing in its civic realm and increasing its limited housing supply.
Mixed Use
Residential
Offices
Serving as the gateway to the Cityzen community, a new civic hub in the west of Tbilisi, Cityzen Tower is ZHA's first project in Georgia.
Courtesy of ZHA
Offices
Conceived as four interconnected towers reaching a height of 200m (42 floors), the 185,000 sq.m design incorporates two towers of flexible, open-plan spaces linked by a 20-storey vertical lobby, and two external service towers providing vertical circulation.
Courtesy of CAT-OPTOGRAM 猫瞳
Culture
Integrating three distinct cultural institutions for the city, each venue within the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Arts Centre incorporates unique characteristics that create differing visitor experiences, yet all are united by a coherent formal and structural logic that spans 170 meters wide from east to west and 270 meters long from north to south.
Render by Atchain
Culture
Mixed Use
A place of convergence and collaboration, the Yidan Center will be home to the Chen Yidan Foundation in its work to promote lifelong learning and innovation in education.
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