DONTSTOP architettura

DONTSTOP architettura is an architectural practice that was founded in Milan in 2011, by Michele Brunello and Marco Brega. Thanks to the contribution of an international team of architects, designers and planners, and an extensive network of collaborators, DONTSTOP architettura produces cultural and technical contents related to space, and provides the key and the appropriate tools to understand each project.

From the architectural to the urban planning scale, through BIM (Building Information Modeling) design, DONTSTOP architettura masters the complex process of design, management and production of each project.

The horizontal structure of the studio encompasses three departments: Architecture, Design, and Research. The most recent projects in DONTSTOP architettura’s extensive portfolio include the redevelopment of the San Siro Stadium; the corporate identity and the construction of three new buildings for the FC Internazionale in Appiano Gentile; the Cluster of Spices, and a collaboration with the Austrian pavilion at EXPO 2015; numerous residential projects such as “Abitare in Maggiolina", the Parco dell'Abitare district in Lodi and the models of prefabricated wooden buildings for eco-friendly social housing; urban interventions including the new Town Plan of the Municipality of Pordenone, and "Venice Opportunity Lab", a strategic project for the development of sustainable tourism in Venice, in dialogue with the City Hall and Airbnb.

The office has also designed various set-ups for exhibitions, temporary installations and staging for prestigious private clients and institutions such as Beijing Design Week, the Salone del Mobile and La Biennale di Venezia. Participation in the latter earned the office the ADI Design Index Award 2015 and a Domus nomination as a best project of 2014, for “Across Chinese Cities Beijing”.

DONTSTOP architettura also devotes itself to research through participation in seminars, workshops and international academic debates between Italy and China, such as the strategic plan for the Sant'Erasmo Island and the "Across Chinese Cities" study on the theme of resilience.