Spirit

Biography Marco Acerbis Born in 1973 Marco Acerbis graduates in architecture from Politecnico di Milano in 1998. From 1997 to 2004 he lives in London where he works with Lord Norman Foster’s Studio. Over these years he collaborates on the construction of an eight storey high Medical Research Building at the Imperial College Campus in London. He then becomes Project Architect for Capital City Academy, a 250 meter long High School building for 1400 students which was opened by Tony Blair. He sets up his own practice in Italy in 2004. Fascinated by designing at very different scales he quickly moves on to explore with a constant cross over of skills, ideas, tools and technologies all sorts of subjects to achieve a globally designed space. The Vertigo floor lamp, designed for Fontana Arte in 2004, was immediately acknowledged as a best seller and an icon of our time and is now included in Vitra Design Museum permanent collection. Prius door handle designed for Colombo Design wins a special mention at XXI Compasso d’Oro ADI. Kloe Armchair designed for Desalto wins the Red Dot Design Award 2009. His interest for contemporary issues takes him to be directly involved in sustainable architecture with the design and construction management of Xeliox Energy Lab and Polins. Xeliox Energy Lab is designed to be the first industrial building to be certified Class A in Italy. Polins is certified CasaClima Class A+, the best building standard. Awards 2009 - Kloe Armchair Winner of Red Dot Design Award 2008 - Vertigo floor lamp - Vertigo is included in the Vitra Design Museum permanent collection - Prius door handle - Special mention at XXI Compasso d’Oro ADI - Xeliox Energy Lab First Prize Odysseus 2008 Confindustria, Bergamo - Xeliox Energy Lab Special mention at: “Organismi consapevoli: Progettazione e realizzazione edifici a basso consumo energetico” by the town of Lodi City Council -Xeliox Energy Lab Special mention at: “Rassegna di Architettura lombarda under 40. Nuove proposte di architettura.” 2000 - Scaffale Standing Third Prize “Young and Design Competition” at the Milan Forniture Fair Publications 2010 - Laboratorio di Architettura, MADE 2010, by ofArch presenta il progetto POLINS 2008 - Architettura tra sostenibilità ed efficienza energetica, Il Sole 24 ore, Milano - Mostra convegno Luoghi di produzione ecocompatibili, Edicom Edizioni, Bologna - L’efficienza energetica dell’edificio, Modulo, Milano - Casa & Stili, Sky Leonardo TV, Milano - A conversation around Italian design, FontanaArte, Praga - Word Fashion Channel, Fashion channel TV, Milano 2007 - Largo ai giovani!, Design Library, Milano - A conversation around Italian design, FontanaArte, Shanghai, Cina 2005 - A conversation around Italiandesign, FontanaArte, Sydney, Australia