The [M] studio is an open office operating in urban design, architecture, and material culture. It is notable for its research-driven approach.
Founded by Prisca Arosio, The [M] studio engages in collaboration with numerous individuals and entities.
Prisca is a Swiss-Italian architect and urban designer. She holds an MSC in Architecture, Building, and Planning from the Technical University of Eindhoven and a BSC in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano. Her expertise lies in design processes that intersect architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture.
She gained experience in diverse Amsterdam-based offices, focusing on landscape architecture and architecture projects at Kettinghuls Office, as well as urban design approaches at Basta Urbanism. She currently serves as an academic advisor and supervisor at Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUAS), Faculty of Built Environment, in the Netherlands.
Furthermore, she has actively participated in various architecture-related organizations and events. She played a role in organizing the AA Visiting School and the House of Politics in 2018. She also served on the jury panel for the 'Tamayouz Award' for Iraqi Graduation Projects Awards in 2018 and the International Graduation Projects Awards of 2021 and 2020. Prisca acts as an advisor on public space at the City Space Architecture organization as of 2021.
In 2016, Prisca founded Melita Studio, her own architectural practice. The studio has since expanded its scope of architectural projects, social and cultural research, media operations, and interior design developments. Consequently, the studio has changed its name to The [M] Studio due to the broadening of its activities.
Dutch Register of Architects - 1.141015.037
Collaborators:
bobby born / marketing and pr
a multi-talented artist, author, filmmaker, and educator, captivating audiences through thought-provoking narratives, visually stunning creations, and innovative storytelling. Born has also served as the driving force behind the marketing strategies for the majority of the projects at the [M] studio.
elisabetta bono / Architect specialised in green and sustainable solutions
elisabetta is a dutch architect based in italy. she hols a bachelor from politecnico di milano and a master from tu/eindhoven.
Projects: Rovereto
Vittoria Rossi / Urban designer and Architect
Vittoria is a milan base architect. she hols a bachelor and master from politecnico di milano. she also studied at the school of architecture of atlanta, georgia - usa, where she became an expert in reuse of abandon Shopping malls and their real estate economical value.
Projects:
oggetti socievoli, social project / 2020-2021
the gotlandic mix salad, visby, sweden / 2019
dressing the nature, cranendonk, the netherlands / 2018
sell local to (un)locals, sittard, the netherlands / 2015-2016
Caroline Urberger / Architect
Caroline is a french architect. She worked for many years in renowned amsterdam offices such as Rijnboutt and kettinghuls.
Projects:
Mix|C|ity, Tirana, albania / 2016
Collaborations with offices:
Honors and Awards
2019 - 2nd Prize - Invited Competition “Clash of the Titans“ organized by Phidias Community Cooking, Project: Dressing Nature, Team Melita: Prisca Arosio & Vittoria Rossi, Cranendonck, The Netherlands
2016 - 1nd Prize - Competition Redevelopment of Atriumterrein organized by IBA, Gementee Kerkrade, Wyckerveste BV en Heton, Project: Center Court, Team: KettingHuls, COUP , Kerkrade, The Netherlands
2016 - 2nd Prize - Competition “Set Foot in Sittard“ organized by Phidias Community Cooking, Project: Sell local to (un)locals, Team Melita: Prisca Arosio & Vittoria Rossi, Sittard, The Netherlands
Lectures
2021 - presentation of ‘oggetti socievoli’ project and book at bookshop spazio terzo mondo, bergamo, italy
2021 - presentation of ‘oggetti socievoli’ project and book at libreria di quartiere di milano, milan, italy
2019 - Guest Speaker ‘ Sleepcity’ at Tamayouz Design Talks, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
2018 - Guest Speaker ‘ The city of the Future’ at Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
2014 - Guest Speaker at the 1st En-Route Seminar ‘Landscape observatories in Europe II’ organized by Uniscape on the 22-23/092014, University of Torino and Politecnico of Torino, Torino, Italy
Publications
2020 - Prisca Arosio and vittoria rossi, La stagione degli oggetti di casa| the season of home objects, oggetti socievoli powered by melita studio, https://oggettisocievoli.club/[amsterdam 2020]
2019 - Prisca Arosio, Fit for the Future, InteriorPH, Sping Edition 2019, 15th Issue, pp 54-57, http://www.interiorph.com/ [Amman 2019]
2017 - Davide Ponzini and Prisca Marta Arosio, Urban Effects of the Transnational Circulation of Branded Buildings: Comparing Two Skyscrapers and Their Context in Barcelona and Doha, URBAN DESIGN International, February 2017, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp 28–46, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/udi.2016.11
2015 - Prisca Marta Arosio, A Linear Buitenplaats. A route across the Dutch border lands, UNISCAPE En-Route publication issue n.1. Landscape Observatories in Europe II, May 2015, Issue01, pp 37-43, http://www.uniscape.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/UNISCAPE-EN-ROUTE-n.pdf [Firenze 2015]
2014 - Davide Ponzini, Christian Novak and Prisca Marta Arosio, I grattacieli non conoscono crisi?, Il giornale dell’architettura, n.117, spring 2014 [Milano 2013]
2014 - Book editor and publication of university research in the book “Border (E)scape”Supervised by Prof. ir. Gijs Wallis De Vries and ir. Mark Eker, Tu/e [Eindhoven 2014]
Exhibitions
aug 2022- Exhibition screenings, Project: exhibiting architectural content - aa visiting school zurcih, at bosquereal, zurich, switzerland
Dec 2021- Exhibition & presentation of the book and initiative “Oggetti Socievoli” at the bookshop spazio terzo mondo, Project: Oggetti Socievoli, Team Melita Studio, bergamo, italy
Oct and Nov 2021- Oggetti Socievoli Project was part of the Japanese travelling exhibition “A city as a work of art” organized by For Cities initiative, Project: Oggetti Socievoli, Team Melita Studio, Tokyo, Kyoto
Oct 2021- Exhibition & presentation of the initiative “Oggetti Socievoli” at the bookshop libreria di Quartiere, Project: Oggetti Socievoli, Team Melita Studio, Milan, italy
Oct 2016 - Selected project for the competition exhibition “Transformations that matter” organized by Tirana Architecture Week TAW 2016 and Albanian Ministry of Culture, Project: Mix|c|ity, Team: Prisca Arosio, Caroline Urberger, Tirana, Albania