Heliopolis 21 – founded by Alessandro Melis (curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale) and Gian Luigi Melis – is a design studio known internationally for its high rate of technological innovation and its attention to climate.
Heliopolis 21 – with partner Nico Panizzi, associates Ilaria Fuzzetti, Filippo Mariani, Laura Luperi and a team of about ten engineers and architects – is responsible for the general setup project of the Italian Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale (2021) in the name of reuse, recycling and resilience.
Currently engaged in Italy, Mexico, UK, Germany, USA and New Zealand, the studio is active in the fields of sustainable architecture, urban planning, landscape, research, university education, management of participatory processes, and is based in in Pisa, Portsmouth and Berlin.
Among the most recent projects, the exhibition center and the new sports hall in Riva del Garda (TN), the new hospital of the Stella Maris Foundation (PI), the new SR1938 – Polo della Memoria of the University of Pisa, the multifunctional center of Fonte Mazzola (PI), while numerous are the awards obtained and the competitions won in Italy and abroad.