ITER IS AN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN STUDIO FOUNDED IN 2018 IN ZURICH AND BASED IN MILAN, LED BY CARLA FERRER AND MARCO JACOMELLA.
THE STUDIO OPERATES ACROSS ITALY, SWITZERLAND, AND SPAIN, SUPPORTING PRIVATE AND INSTITUTIONAL CLIENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX RESIDENTIAL AND URBAN PROJECTS.
OUR WORK FOCUSES ON TRANSFORMING HOUSING PROGRAMS INTO CONCRETE PROJECTS, INTEGRATING EXPERTISE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, FEASIBILITY STUDIES, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF APPROVAL AND PERMITTING PROCESSES.
THE INTERNATIONAL BACKGROUND OF THE FOUNDERS, DEVELOPED THROUGH EXPERIENCES AT HARVARD GSD AND ETH ZURICH, HAS SHAPED A STRUCTURED DESIGN APPROACH FOCUSED ON PROCESS CONTROL, FROM THE STRATEGIC PHASE THROUGH TO APPROVALS AND ARTISTIC DIRECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION.
RESEARCH IS A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF OUR PRACTICE, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELDS OF HOUSING SYSTEMS AND WOOD CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES, DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE OF CATALONIA AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE SWISS FEDERAL OFFICE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
OUR PROJECTS RANGE FROM COOPERATIVE HOUSING (COMMON HOUSING©) AND STUDENT RESIDENCES TO URBAN DENSIFICATION STRATEGIES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WITH THE AIM OF DEVELOPING HOUSING MODELS CAPABLE OF INTEGRATING SPATIAL QUALITY, FEASIBILITY, AND URBAN IMPACT.