Giancarlo Zema

GIANCARLO ZEMA

Born in Rome in 1973, Giancarlo Zema graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the “La Sapienza” University in Rome, with professor and architect Giovanni Zuccon, one of the most important naval architects on the international scene. Since the beginning, Giancarlo showed his highly futuristic style but, at the same time, a style that is embedded in nature itself as to be unconsciously attractive. This is how the new housing on water types were created. They are the result of fervent creativity combined with a rigorous method and were imposed on the international scene as examples of a new way of living. With constant personal research, kept alive with by his endless passion for architecture and love for soft shapes with clear biomorphic references, architect Zema expands onto new architectural horizons and boldly blends architecture and design into innovative projects that are impossobile to catagorise in pre-existing schemes.
Therefore, in 2001, he started creating his “sea creatures” in the field of architecture. These are the futuristic Trilobis 65 (an innovative eco-yacht with underwater “visionarium” and hydrogen fuel cell motors) and Jelly-fish 45 (a floating house with underwater “visionarium”), both c...

BIGS 2017
Manama | Bahrain | 22 – 24 February 2017
Bahrain International Convention & Exhibition Center
www.bigs.com.bh

15th Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice | Italy | 28 May – 27 November 2016
Arsenale Nord – Spazio Thetis
www.labiennale.org

Luxury Cardboard Design
Milan | Italy | 8-13 April 2014
Boutique Mimì
www.mimimilano.com

Fuori Salone al MA-EC
Milan | Italy | 5-16 April 2014
Milan Art & Events Center
www.ma-ec.com

Opening Collective Exhibition
Milan | Italy | 15-21 October 2013
Milan Art & Events Center
www.ma-ec.com

1st Cortona Design – 51st Cortona Antiquaria
Cortona | Italy | 24 August – 8 September 2013
Complesso di Sant’Agostino
www.cortonantiquaria.it

Recycled Planet – Milan Design Week
Milan | Italy | 9 – 13 April 2013
Showroom Teatro Olimpia
www.breradesigndistrict.it

13th Biennale di Architettura – Casa Sensoriale Domotica
Venezia | Italy | 19 October – 25 November 2012
Padiglione Italia
www.nealineandpartners.com

EcoSoluzions2 for Everyday Design
London | UK | 26 July – 12 August 2012
Casa Italia – Queen Elizabeth II – Conference Centre
www.qeiicc.co.uk

EcoSoluzions for Everyday Design
Helsinki | Finland | 5 June – 2 July 2012
Musiikkitalo – Music Centre
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