PAOLO CAPECE · PhD
Architecture.
Landscape.
Ecology.
More than twenty-five years of study, interwoven with practice and international experience. Paolo Capece has devoted his professional journey to bringing ecology, architecture, agronomy and landscape together. His studies in Japan are part of the education that has informed his independent practice since 2004.
Landscape is a living part of the design: it informs decisions, accompanies architecture and evolves over time. The Studio translates this approach into villas, farmhouses, parks, gardens and interiors.
EDUCATION · JAPAN · LANDSCAPE
One journey.
Many perspectives.
Paolo Capece’s education spans ecology, agronomy, architecture and landscape. Study runs alongside practice and international experience, including Shimane University in Japan and the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
The experience of Japan informs a way of looking: at solid and void, the continuity between inside and outside, the changing seasons. These considerations find their own expression in Sardinia, through its light, stone and Mediterranean vegetation.
庭の時間THE PEOPLE
Designing together.
Growing over time.
Architects, agronomists and urban planners work with structural engineers, geologists and other practices. A stable team, with employees and collaborations that have grown over the years, some for more than a decade. The pleasure of working together, mutual understanding and continuity support every project.
Some clients return after twenty years. Revisiting a home, a garden and the people who live there means following a project through the life that unfolds after construction.
Research and landscape ↗WORKING WITH THE CLIENT
The project begins with listening.
Before drawing, we seek to understand how a house and a garden will become part of the lives of those who inhabit them. Wishes, habits, the pleasure of welcoming others and the need for a quiet space: a personal project grows from this conversation.
We observe the place and bring sketches, materials and alternatives to the table. Light, planting and surfaces are considered together, so each choice belongs to the whole house and landscape.
We accompany the client from the first ideas to construction details and the building site. The dialogue continues through practical decisions: proportions, colours, finishes and ways of using the spaces.
Explore the projects ↗Collaborations and technical services ↗
Recognition
Premio Aurea
Third prize · 10 paesaggi
Premio Aurea
First prize · Yucche, graniti e basalti
JURY · SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS
Premio Aurea
Paolo Capece served on the jury for the second edition of Premio Aurea and is a jury member for its third edition. His official profile highlights the connection between his understanding of ecological processes and his architectural practice.
«I suoi studi accademici, svolti in parte all'estero, gli permettono di integrare le conoscenze dei processi ecologici con l'architettura contemporanea.»
Our thanks to Schüco PWS Italia for sharing this account of our work.
YOUR NEXT PROJECT
It begins
with your place.
A villa to imagine, a home to transform, a garden to inhabit. Tell us where you would like to build and what you have in mind.
studio@paolocapece.comCall the Studio
+39 389 540 3917SARDINIA, ITALY
Olbia · Via Montale
Sassari · Strada Vicinale Giagumona