Ruffo Wolf: The Architecture Project in the Exhibition Experience. The Role of References

The exhibition project on Luigi Bonazza at the MART in 2026, developed by Ruffo Wolf, is a concrete opportunity to reflect on the role of “references” in a specific project. In this case, the strong presence of Secessionist culture in the artist’s formation gives rise to a series of cultural references that become “materials” underlying the project, without ever giving in to naive formalism or issues of “style.”

Ruffo Wolf

He studied architecture at IUAV in Venice, where he also engaged in teaching activities. From 2002 to 2015, he was an assistant and then a lecturer in architectural and urban design at the Politecnico di Milano. He has lectured and given conferences at several universities, including Politecnico di Milano, University of Venice, T.U. of Innsbruck, and Tongji University in Shanghai. He is a RIBA Chartered Member (Royal Institute of British Architects, UK); a member of ARB (Architects Registration Board, UK); and registered with the Ordine degli Architetti of Trento. He is the owner of the architecture firm RWA_RUFFO WOLF ARCHITETTI, with offices in Rovereto, Milan, and Vienna. He has designed projects in Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Italy, Qatar, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Russia, Vanuatu, and Zambia. From 2012 to 2015, he designed over 60 shops for the GIORGIO ARMANI brands in many cities worldwide. Recently, he designed the new PASTIFICIO FELICETTI headquarters in Val di Fiemme, the new VALMORA Mineral Water headquarters in Turin, and the new FLIS Biscotti headquarters in Warsaw. In 2023, he was selected by Architettura21 and the FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency) for an “Impact Innovation” project to requalify a building with 100 apartments in Vienna. He has published “Sequenze – Architetture” (Alinea, Florence 2002) and “RWA_WIP – Citogenesi e altri progetti” (List/Actar, Rome/Barcelona, 2007). He is a founding member of SINERGIE – an Interprofessional Group based in Trentino. He holds a diploma in music. Currently, he is the director of the RWA_architettura della produzione division at Lombardini22 in Milan.

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