Open Building Research

Open Building Research is an Italian architecture and design company founded in 2000 by Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi. The company was established as a research-oriented design practice concerned with the relationship between architecture, landscape, and changing ways of living. Its stated purpose is to investigate design networks and emerging forms of habitation, then integrate those ideas into architectural and landscape frameworks. The available reference material presents Open Building Research primarily through its design work and competition results rather than through a detailed corporate history or financial profile. The practice has been associated with projects in Italy and internationally, including the design of Ghana’s first technology park, Hope City in Accra. It also received a 2012 Green Good Design Award for the Milanofiori Housing Complex and an award connected with the international design competition for Via XX Settembre in Genoa, Italy. These projects indicate a practice working across architectural design, urban development, housing, technology-oriented environments, and landscape-related questions. The company’s name and founding description emphasize openness, research, and the development of alternative approaches to the built environment, although the available source does not provide a detailed account of its organizational structure, current leadership, office location, employee base, or present operating status. Open Building Research is therefore best characterized as a research-led architectural and design services firm rather than as a consumer-facing product brand. Its publicly documented profile is limited, with recognition deriving mainly from design awards and selected international projects. No reliable information is available in the supplied material about a corporate parent, ownership, stock-market listing, official website, current executives, or current commercial activities.

Open Building Research was established in Italy in 2000 by Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi. The company was created as a design and research organization exploring networks of design, new ways of living, and the relationship between those subjects and broader architectural and landscape settings. Rather than being documented primarily as a manufacturer or consumer brand, Open Building Research is presented as a professional architectural practice. Its work extends across building and urban design contexts, with available references highlighting residential development, technology-oriented infrastructure, and competition-based urban proposals. One of the practice’s internationally noted projects is Hope City in Accra, Ghana, described in the reference material as Ghana’s first technology park. The project reflects the company’s involvement in large-scale environments intended to support technology and innovation-related activity. In Italy, the Milanofiori Housing Complex received a 2012 Green Good Design Award, providing recognition for the project’s design and environmental or sustainability-related qualities. The company also received an award in the international design competition for Via XX Settembre in Genoa. The available information does not establish a complete chronology of the firm’s commissions, organizational development, partnerships, or current activities. It also does not identify a current headquarters, parent company, ownership structure, official website, listed status, or current executive roster beyond the two named founders. Consequently, the documented history of Open Building Research remains focused on its founding purpose, selected projects, and design recognition.

• 2012

  Green Good Design Award for Milanofiori Housing Complex

  [1]Open Building Researchen.wikipedia.org

  The Milanofiori Housing Complex designed by Open Building Research received a Green Good Design Award.

• 2000

  Company established

  [1]Open Building Researchen.wikipedia.org

  Open Building Research was established in Italy by Paolo Brescia and Tommaso Principi as a research-oriented architecture and design company.

• Hope City technology park design recognized

  [1]Open Building Researchen.wikipedia.org

  Open Building Research was identified as the design winner for Hope City, described as Ghana’s first technology park, in Accra.

• Via XX Settembre competition award

  [1]Open Building Researchen.wikipedia.org

  The company received an award in the international design competition for Via XX Settembre in Genoa, Italy.

A research-led Italian architecture and design practice focused on new ways of living and their integration into architectural, urban, and landscape frameworks.

• Technology park and urban development design

  Hope City

  Open Building Research was named the design winner for Hope City in Accra, Ghana. The project is described in the available reference as Ghana’s first technology park, placing the practice’s work in the field of large-scale technology, innovation, and urban-development environments.

• Residential architecture

  Milanofiori Housing Complex

  The Milanofiori Housing Complex is a residential project associated with Open Building Research. It received a Green Good Design Award in 2012, indicating recognition for the project’s design and environmental qualities.

• Urban and architectural competition design

  Via XX Settembre competition proposal

  Open Building Research received an award in the international design competition for Via XX Settembre in Genoa, Italy. The available material does not specify the proposal’s detailed program, implementation status, or final built outcome.

1. 1Open Building Researchen.wikipedia.org