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Spazio ha ricevuto finanziamenti dal CNR per la ideazione e produzione di un prototipo di un sistema di illuminazione dinamico (SIVRA: Sistema di Illuminazione variabile a regolazione automatica).
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Spazio offers highly specialised Consultancy Services for a multitude of sectors, especially for Control Buildings & Digital Command Centre Design, through Architectural Innovation.
We mastered our unique expertise by designing more than 100 Control Room projects over the last 40 years. This has allowed us to develop our know-how based on continuous feed-back and evaluation of design results by clients and end users. At the same time, we have carefully followed the transformation of Control Building environments from manual to analogical and finally to a digital one.
Through our work with International Industry Leaders, particularly in the Energy Sector, we are widely regarded as the world leader in Control Centre Design. Our goal is to provide bespoke and leading edge solutions to our Clients.
Piera Scuri has been working in the field of Architectural Design, Ergonomics, New Human Factors, Interior Design and Lighting Design since 1988.
During her training years, Piera studied and collaborated with architects, architecture historians and critics such as Manfredo Tafuri, Bruno Zevi, Eugenio Battisti, Umberto Eco, Vittorio Gregotti, Cini Boeri, Piero Castiglioni.
Piera has published numerous articles on architecture in journal magazines such as Domus, Rassegna, Abitare, Flare, Le Scienze (Scientific American), Ufficio Stile, WOW digital magazine, as well as three books, on the topics of skyscrapers, the design of offices, and work spaces centred on man-machine system interactions.
As a researcher for the Italian National Research Council, Piera has worked on research projects regarding the realisation of digital manuals on workspace design for the advanced tertiary sector, and the realisation of the prototype of adynamic and automated lighting system, alongside Douglas Skene.
Douglas Skene His expertise in Ergonomics and Control Room Console design set new industry standards and pioneered the design of Digital Command Centres, expanding Spazio’s market reach to India, Russia, and Turkey.
Born in Canada, Douglas Skene pursued his passion for design by studying Industrial Design at Carleton University. His career began with an international focus, gaining valuable experience at the Philips Design Center in the Netherlands before returning to Canada to work at Scott Gibson Product Design office in Ottawa, Canada.
Seeking deeper engagement with the world of Italian Design and creativity, Douglas moved to Milan, where he worked with renowned designer Denis Santachiara on both product and interior design projects. In 1988, he began a long-term collaboration with Piera Scuri, marking the start of his specialization in Control Room design and Architectural projects.
As co-founder, Douglas played a key role in Spazio’s evolution, designing, alongside Piera Scuri, its first control rooms for the Himont in Italy and developing the first dynamic lighting systems that enhance operator alertness.
Today, at Spazio, he oversees commercial and administrative operations while continuing to drive forward design concepts, technical details, and construction for cutting-edge digital command/control environments.
Spazio was founded in 1987 by Arch. Piera Scuri. Ever since its inception, Spazio specialised its work in the niches of command center design, lighting design and ergonomics. In its early years, Spazio patented the SIVRA Illumination System, aimed at improving work efficiency in difficult environments. In the year 2000, Spazio’s work reached the international market and began to operate in a variety of countries, such as UAE, India and Oman. Around 2016, Spazio’s conceptualisation of the workspace evolved to integrate digital and AI technology. In 2019, Spazio completed the State of the Art Panorama Digital Command Center, in Abu Dhabi, which best exemplifies their pioneer work on digital command centers.
Spazio, negli anni, ha ottenuto numerosi riconoscimenti che testimoniano l’impegno costante verso qualità, innovazione e sostenibilità. Di seguito una selezione dei principali achievement che raccontano il nostro percorso di crescita e successo.
Spazio ha ricevuto finanziamenti dal CNR per la ideazione e produzione di un prototipo di un sistema di illuminazione dinamico (SIVRA: Sistema di Illuminazione variabile a regolazione automatica).
Spazio obtained patents in Europe and the USA for the SIVRA Illumination System.
Spazio obtained the INTEL award in the Innovation Technology Design category for the SIVRA in 1999.
Spazio was featured in the ADI Design Index 1988-’99 and Nominated for the Compasso D’oro Award.
Spazio’s Sivra Illumination System was featured in publications by The Scientific American and the International Journal Lighting Research and Technology
Spazio received a finanziamento to conduct applied research on the impact of the SIVRA Illumination System on work productivity in difficult environments, with the Lighting Research Centre Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY.
Spazio achieved golden LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certifications for the following projects: TUPRAS, in Turkey and Reliance, in India. TUPRAS’s achievement of the Golden LEED Certificate was a global first for Control Room buildings.
Spazio’s Panorama Digital Command Centre achieved the 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award which recognizes its ability to leverage artificial intelligence (AI), big data and other advanced technologies to enhance efficiencies, optimize performance and unlock value.
Collaborazioni che hanno dato forma a progetti ambiziosi e visioni condivise. Una selezione di clienti con cui sono stati sviluppati incarichi significativi, in diversi contesti e ambiti progettuali.
Spazio is a highly specialised firm on Control Building and Command Center Design. Piera Scuri and Douglas Skene are the Co-founders and CEOs.
With 30 years of experience Spazio developerd a unique know how and innovative design capabilities in this field, thus providing bespoke and leading edge solution for its Clients. Spazio recently completed the first Digital Commanf Centre of the Oil&Gas sector for Adnoc Group, in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
