Portrait / studio — Martino Stelzer

Founded in 2023, the studio is based between Bozen, Trento, Garda Lake area and Tuscany, and operates across a variety of environments. While closely connected to the Alpine region, it moves between scales, from the domestic to the territorial, and engages with diverse collaborators, treating architecture as a form of care. Before earning a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in 2019, he collaborated with José María Sánchez García in Madrid and later joined the teams of architect Walter Angonese and Flaim Prünster Architekten in Bolzano, between 2019 and 2023. Since 2022, he has been a member of the editorial board of Turris Babel, and in 2023 joined the artistic board of Foto Forum, expanding his engagement with architecture beyond the built environment. Young in age but clear in intent, the studio draws its approach from the material and social fabric of each place, with a focus on local resources, shared processes and long-term relationships.

collaborations

  • 2024 – Cooperativa Lungomare
  • 2022 – Walter Angonese Architekt & Flaim Prünster Architekten, Bozen (Italy)
  • 2016 – José María Sánchez García architects, Madrid (Spain)
  • 2015 – WMR arquitectos, Santiago (Chile)

research

  • 2019 – Jack Fisk. Realism at the service of imaginary worlds, with professor Marco Müller

exhibitions

  • 2018 – Biennale di Architettura, Reporting from the front exposition in Arsenale with JMSG architecture office.
  • 2018 – Biennale di Architettura, Freespace exposition in Arsenale with professor Frédéric Bonnet

teaching

  • 2024 – IUAV, WaVe, Walkable Architectures teaching assistant for Weber Winterle Architetti

workshops

  • 2023 – Paesaggi abitanti with DOM, Acropoli Trento, Aidel Architetti and Alberonero
  • 2023 – Building with Air, with artist Hans-Walter Müller
  • 2016 – Porto Academy summer school, with architect Tatiana Bilbao
  • 2018 – Filmare l’Architettura, with professor Marco Müller and director Heinz Emigholz

publications

  • 2018 – LEVELS, Obras + Frédéric Bonnet, LAC (France). Publication of my work done during the semestre with professor
  • 2017 – El Croquis. Alfredo Paya, Toni Gironès, José Maria Sanchez Garcia. Publication of my work done in the office JMSG architects.