Most Innovative Green Architecture Firm 2024 - Italy - GIANCARLO ZEMA DESIGN GROUP
The Giancarlo Zema Design Group (GZDG) is an innovative architecture firm based in Rome. The studio aims to develop smart eco-sustainable projects, intelligent infrastructure, self-sufficient floating habitats, intriguing yacht and interior design. Founded in 2001 by the architect and entrepreneur Giancarlo Zema as a dynamic and flexible organisation, it covers the entire design process, from concept to the executive details.
The main characteristics of their emotional design are soft lines that clearly recall biomorphic forms. We believe that only when architecture and design blend with each other, something new has been created. With their work group, they research, develop and combine the best technologies available on the global market, enriching their projects with highly innovative systems and contents, becoming pioneers in the various design sectors.
The (GZDG) uses advanced technologies and design software, which allow them to project and calculate different planning solutions. With the use of sophisticated computer-aided
design systems, they can create 3D models, prospective views and renderings, producing a full layout presentation. This offers the client all the necessary information on the project before the realization.
The studio aims to develop smart eco-sustainable projects, intelligent infrastructure, self-sufficient floating habitats, intriguing yacht and interior design, competing with extraordinary hotel and resort projects on the water in Qatar and United Arab Emirates, pedestrian bridges in Bahrain, sports facilities in Libya and Azerbaijan, restaurant chains in Iran and vertiports in China. For ANAS, the public Italian highway company, architect Zema designs the “Green Island” smart electric charging stations for Smart Roads, distributed throughout the country, and the Smart Road Center in Rome.
For Luminexence, a brand owned by the Turkish MITAS Group, he signs innovative collections of solar-powered street furniture, completely off-grid, receiving important international awards.
Pioneering Eco-Sustainable Projects GZDG's portfolio is a testament to its commitment to sustainability and innovation. The firm has developed a wide range of projects that highlight its unique approach to green architecture: The HydrogenForest, an eco-sustainable hydrogen refuelling station designed to promote clean energy solutions; The Levi-Montalcini Foundation, an innovative and eco-sustainable center dedicated to the exhibition and study of the work of Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini and her family; Varese Vertiport HUB, the first intelligent, multifunctional infrastructure in Europe, dedicated to the urban air mobility of the future; Urban Sprouts, an intelligent green parking solution that incorporates vegetation to improve air quality and urban aesthetics.
In the industrial design sector, they collaborates with important Italian companies including: Giovannetti, Runtal, Origami Furniture, Luxyde, SmartKO, iSpace2o, DIRAC Nanotechnology, creating unique and emotional settings and objects for them.
In the years wins the prestigious Chicago Athenaeum GREEN GOOD DESIGN Awards, GREEN GOOD DESIGN Sustainability Awards, the BUILD Architecture Awards in UK, the GLOBAL FUTURE DESIGN Awards in USA, the HYDROGEN Awards in UK, RETHINKING THE FUTURE Awards in India and nominated BLUE AMBASSADOR by Blue Planet Economy, confirming the (GZDG) internationally as one of the most innovative and green architecture firms.
Giancarlo Zema is often a guest at conventions and television programs. Interviewed by the most important international magazines and newspapers in the architecture and design sector, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and Forbes have written about him.
His projects are the subject of international exhibitions and exhibited by cultural institutions including La Triennale Milan Design Museum, The Venice Biennale, Ara Pacis Museum, Farnesina Design, that recognize his bold creativity and profound innovative strength. Such as today, he boasts over one hundred publications and numerous covers.