aCHICAGO

5445 N. SHERIDAN RD - CHICAGO, IL 60640

aROMA

VIA DEGLI ORTI D’ALIBERT 27 - 00165 ROMA

ABOUT THE STUDIO

aSTUDIO is a full-service architecture, interiors, and planning practice with a humanistic, user-centered approach to design.

OUR MISSION is to improve the human experience through the built environment.

OUR PROCESS is rigorous and fluid.. We work collaboratively with the clients and are involved with the execution of the project from conception to completion.

We start with an analysis of the client's needs and the site opportunities, conceptualize into an initial design, with the input of the client and collaboration with our technical team, develop a constructible design, and select the best technical solutions and materials. We navigate through the construction dust phase and commissioning and post-occupancy evaluation.

THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE of working with an Italian Architect with international experience opens infinite opportunities. We offer an aesthetic sensitivity rooted in history, an original approach to contemporary design, a multi-faceted response to nature and the physical environment and socio-cultural factors. Our search for artistry and craftsmanship is continuous and our designs incorporate ancient and new techniques to bring innovative ideas to life. We work very closely with Italian artisans, industrial designers, and manufacturers of building materials, finishes, and furnishings.

Because life should feel like summer in Italy.

VALENTINA GAGLIO

Valentina is the founding principal of Astudio Architects LLC. She is NCARB certified and a Registered Architect in the State of Illinois and in Italy.

Her experience is highly diverse, with an international range of locations and a variety of scales and project types. She has lived and worked in Chicago for over fifteen years and has led projects in retail, hospitality, public and private residential, community structures, and event design.

Her recent work includes a mixed-use building in North Lawndale with CHA residential units, offices, a community music school, an 800 seat auditorium, and a community garden.

Originally from Rome, she received her M. Arch. with a thesis in Interactive Architecture under the direction of Arch. Francesco Cellini. While at the University of Rome, Valentina was awarded scholarships and grants to study at the Architectural Association in London, The Fay Jones School at the University of Arkansas, Oxford Brookes University, and Strathclyde University in Glasgow.

As well as design and architecture, she has -for a long time- used traveling and urban exploration as a source of inspiration and likes to use video as a creative outlet. Her video art was exhibited at Chicago Women in Architecture “Architects doing other things” event.

Valentina also enjoys collaborating with the new generation of architects and serves as a guest critic at IIT’s student reviews.