The studio

Two perspectives, one shared project

Volpi Piccoli Architettura was founded in Sirmione in 2018, bringing together Elisa Piccoli’s sensibility for the recovery of historic and landscape settings and Andrea Volpi’s technical and regulatory expertise.

Who we are

Rooted in southern Lake Garda

The studio is based in Sirmione and works every day across the provinces of Brescia, Verona and Mantua: a territory we know house by house, with its historic centres, its morainic hills, its landscape restrictions and the planning instruments of each municipality.

This first-hand knowledge — of the municipal technical offices, the landscape commissions, the local contractors and craftsmen — is part of the service: it shortens timescales, avoids wasted steps and produces projects that genuinely belong to the place where they stand.

How we work

Every commission begins with listening and verification: before drawing, we check the current state of the property and the rules that apply to it. The design then grows through steps shared with the client, from the first ideas to the choice of materials, down to the construction details.

For us, regulations and form are not two separate worlds: the administrative soundness of an application and the quality of a well-proportioned space are part of the same result. It is the method with which we follow private homes, hospitality spaces and building recovery projects across southern Lake Garda.

  • Listening to the client and reading the context
  • Preliminary planning, building and landscape checks
  • Design from the first idea to the construction detail
  • Handling applications and dealing with the authorities
  • Construction management and assistance through to handover

The founders

The people behind the projects.

Architect Elisa Piccoli

Elisa Piccoli

Architect · Founding partner

Architect and founding partner of Volpi Piccoli Architettura. She works on architectural design, construction management, metric surveys, 2D and 3D drawings and BIM processes.

Within the studio’s work she brings a particular focus on the recovery of existing buildings and on the relationship between architecture, historic settings and landscape.

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Junior architect Andrea Volpi

Andrea Volpi

Junior architect (Architetto iunior) · Founding partner

A 2017 graduate of the three-year degree course in Architectural Sciences in Mantua, he has been registered since February 2018 with the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservators of the Province of Brescia, section B · Architecture, under no. 3369.

Junior architect (Architetto iunior) and founding partner of Volpi Piccoli Architettura, he follows the technical and regulatory side of each project, from building and landscape applications to consultancy and client assistance. He has gained institutional experience in planning matters, including as chairman of the Urban Planning Commission of the Municipality of Sirmione during the Mattinzoli administration.

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