Through minimal gestures, we reaffirm the importance of our design philosophy,
which is multidisciplinary and open minded.
We believe that there is no division of roles and that the architect and designer must be able to move with confidence as much between different scales of a project as between different disciplines. From the concept to construction and up to the detail of a door handle, we believe that the borders established between different disciplines are dynamic, interactive, and susceptible to osmotic processes.
Satellite disciplinary areas, like illustration, art, cinema and design, can reveal many points of contact with the Architecture.
The condition for certain contaminations to be activated is that the borders of these disciplines are more like membranes than walls.
Only through this continuous osmotic process is it possible to create unique design,
where every element is in balance, is properly orchestrated and is part of a timeless language.

Martina Palocci

Martina is an Italian architect with extensive experience in both architecture and interior design. She attained her Master’s degree in Architecture from Accademia di Architettura  Mendrisio after studying at Valle Giulia University in Rome and the University of Lisbon.

Martina has collaborated with prestigious architecture firms in Portugal and Switzerland on projects of various scales. She spent nearly a decade with the Pritzker Prize winners Herzog & de Meuron, contributing to the design and development of numerous projects for private and public clients worldwide, including locations such as Hong Kong, America, Australia, and Switzerland.

This experience was fundamental in shaping her journey as an architect and designer.

In 2020, Martina founded her own architecture firm, Studio Tropicana. Since 2022, she has been appointed as a visiting professor at the DAAP School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati.

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