Interview with Francesca Silvi and Mattia Santi of SASI Studio

Francesca Silvi and Mattia Santi are the founders of SASI Studio, both architects and engineers with extensive experience in architecture, real estate and design. 

What studies or training did you pursue to become an architect?

Mattia holds a MArch in Architecture and Urbanism (DRL) from the Architectural Association and a MEng in Architectural Engineering with honours from University of Rome Tor Vergata. He also accomplished a professional training about Commercial Real Estate Finance Analysis and Investment from MIT SA+P (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Mattia is a Part III Architect registered at RIBA and ARB as well as a registered Engineer at OdIR (Ordine degli Ingegneri di Roma).

Francesca holds a MArch Architecture Design from the Bartlett School of Architecture (University College of London UCL) and a MEng in Architectural Engineering from University of Rome Tor Vergata. She also accomplished a professional training about Real Estate Economics and Finance from LSE (London School of Economics). Francesca is also a Part III Architect registered at ARB and a registered Engineer at OdIR.

What was your career path leading up to your work today?

Mattia Santi previously worked as Senior Architect at Zaha Hadid Architects, after having worked at Robofold, Farshid Moussavi Architects, Alvisi Kirimoto & Partners and SPSK. Francesca Silvi also previously worked as Senior Architect at Zaha Hadid Architects, after having worked at Foster and Partners, 3D Reid, Coffice.

Why did you choose this profession, and what makes you love your job?

We chose this profession to work on projects at different scales, in the field of architecture, interior design and urban developments. At SASI studio, we are interested in people and the way they interact with the space. Our mission as a company is to deliver projects that can better respond to clients needs by making use of available data predicting the building usage and social interactions, to create better spaces for people to live and work.