traverso-vighy architetti

Giovanni Traverso (Bolzano, 1969) and Paola Vighy (Vicenza, 1969) graduated from IUAV of Venice in 1994, with Arrigo Rudi and Marina Vio as advisors. They completed their studies at the Bartlett, University College of London with a Master of Science in Architecture “Light and Lighting”. In 1996, developing the interaction between light and architecture, they founded the traverso-vighy architetti firm in Vicenza. Their projects develop along a coherent trajectory that leads to the creation of light buildings based on experimentation, prefabrication and a sparing use of resources; they cooperate with local craftsmen and try to establish an equilibrium between traditional knowledge and technological optimisation. This design process leads to the creation of close ties with the context, without thereby renouncing a strong identity and formal independence. In recent years this attention to the local territory has turned into a true design commitment. The firm continues to keep abreast on developments in the lighting design sector, keeping an attentive eye on sustainability issues and seeking to maintain a balanced relationship between natural and artificial light, conscious of the importance of illumination in the life rhythms determined by seasonal and circadian cycles.