Davide Fancello

Davide Fancello (Nuoro, 1985) graduated from the Faculty of Construction Engineering-Architecture at the University of Cagliari in 2010 with a thesis on urban regeneration entitled “urban voids and building cells in Dorgali, a project for the sustainable regeneration of the historic centre”. The project won the fourth edition of the Landscape Award of the Region of Sardinia.

Since 2011 he has been working as a freelance professional with an operative base in Dorgali.

Through his activity he promotes the culture of design through a language capable of combining contemporary architecture with the traditional architecture linked to the context in which he works.

During the first years of his profession, he focused his activity on urban and building recovery, firmly convinced that it is necessary to renew urban spaces and recover the built environment, avoiding unnecessary land consumption. He has been active in proposing some projects for the urban recovery of the historical centre of Dorgali, activating a dialogue between the citizens and the administration.

Publications and Awards

2018 – Framing the Landscape: project selected and exhibited at: BIENNALE DI ARCHITETTURA DI VENEZIA 2018 – Curator Arch. Mario Cuccinella – Arcipelago Italia

2018 – FIRST PRIZE IN THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION FOR SCHOOLS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM – Renovation and extension of the school in via Carbonia in Nuoro – group leader: Arch. Michael Tribus www.michaeltribus.com – work group coordinator: Davide Fancello – project group: Eng. Culumbu Francesco , Arch. Filippo Sanna, Arch. Valeria Tupponi, Eng. Luca Demontis, Eng. Francesco Sedda, Eng. Marco Sotgia, Eng. Elia Sedda.

2017 – Framing the Landscape: project selected and exhibited at the DEDALO MINOSSE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE PRIZE

2017 – Framing the Landscape: Project finalist in the international competition The Plan Awards.

2015 – UNDER 35. Meeting with young Sardinian architects by Pierfrancesco Cherchi – VivArchitettura, meetings and events for the School of Architecture of Cagliari

2011 – WINNER PROJECT – International Ideas Competition for the Redevelopment of Block 17 in the Municipality of Macomer

2011 – PROJECT SECOND CLASSIFIED – International Ideas Competition, aimed at defining the architectural and landscape contents for the creation of a museum centre with the extension of the existing civic museum in order to musealize part of the sculptural heritage of the necropolis of MONT’E PRAMA – amount of works € 4.317.817,00 – Municipality of Cabras

2010 – PROJECT WINNER OF THE LANDSCAPE AWARD – IV EDITION – Competition organized by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia – Project: URBAN VACUUMS AND BUILDING CELLS IN DORGALI, PROJECTS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY OF THE HISTORICAL CENTRE

“The commission appreciates the proposals which are the result of a thorough analysis of the urban fabric. The project appears convincing due to the contemporaneity of the proposals combined with respect for the existing context, both in terms of urban planning and the design of the public spaces, as well as the individual architectural interventions”.