CRISTIANA LOPES AND GIACOMO BRENNA MET IN LISBON IN THE STUDIOS OF FRANCISCO AND MANUEL AIRES MATEUS, FOR WHOM THEY WORKED BETWEEN 2003 AND 2007. SUBSEQUENTLY, IN 2011, THEY FOUNDED THE STUDIO LOPES BRENNA. THE STUDIO IS CURRENTLY BASED IN CHIASSO, SWITZERLAND. 

THEIR WORK HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ARCHITECTURE AWARDS, INCLUDING THE “MAESTRI COMACINI” AWARD, WHERE THEY WON FIRST PRIZE IN THE CATEGORY IN 2016 AND 2023, AND THE “LEONARDO” AWARD AT THE MINSK BIENNALE, WHERE THEY WON FIRST PRIZE IN THE CATEGORY IN 2017 AND 2019. RECENTLY, THEY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE “SWISS ARCHITECTURAL AWARD 2022” AND FOR THE “COMPASSO D’ORO ADI”, IN ITS XXXVIII EDITION.

PARALLEL TO THE DESIGN WORK, THEY ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN TEACHING. SINCE 2022, THEY HAVE BEEN TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GENOA AND HAVE HELD THE ROLE OF VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE POLYTECHNIC OF MILAN FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-2024. THEY HAVE ALSO TAUGHT AT THE ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE IN MENDRISIO FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023 AND HAVE BEEN GUEST CRITICS AT SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES IN ITALY AND SWITZERLAND.

IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL LECTURES HELD, AMONGST THE MOST RECENT AT THE HEPIA UNIVERSITY IN GENEVA AND THE UDK IN BERLIN, THE STUDIO’S WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINES AND HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN ITALY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY.

OFFICE 2026
CRISTIANA LOPES, GIACOMO BRENNA, CAMILLA MAITAN, CRISTIANO SPEROTTO

SINCE 2011
AMBRA CHIESA, ALESSANDRA CAVALLARO, ALESSIA RAPETTI, DIEGO VINCENZ, DILETTA RUMI, ELA ZDEBEL, EMANUELE ZANICHELLI, FILIPPO BRAMBILLA, GIUDITTA PORRO, GIULIO DELLE SEDIE, LORENZO FASSI, MATTEO CLERICI, MATTEO VALENTE, MARGHERITA SCHIVAZAPPA, MARTA LOCARNO, MARTINA BALZARINI, MICHEL LUPPI, SIMONE MARMORI, STUART PORZI, VERENA ARGENTI, YANG SHINAMOTO, YIYUAN SHI.