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Rome, Italy
SET Architects was founded in Rome in 2015 by Onorato di Manno and Andrea Tanci with a clear brief: strip projects to their essential forms and let architecture speak as a civic act. The studio’s work—ranging from the Bologna Shoah Memorial to a new primary school in rural Tuscany—pairs archetypal geometry with careful study of place, turning complex programmes into concise, legible spaces.
Research and teaching feed the practice. Both founders lecture at IED Rome and Iowa State University, using classrooms as testbeds for the critical-synthesis method they bring to competitions and commissions. That approach has earned the firm Italy’s AIAC Young Italian Architects Award and multiple first prizes, including the New School Complex in Sassa and the Exhib-it! contest for Florim.
Invitations to the Tallinn Architecture Biennale, MAXXI’s Obiettivo Architettura, and the New Generations Festival underline SET’s role in a wider conversation about how small studios can shape future scenarios without losing local grounding. Whether designing a civic square or an art school, the office starts with fundamental questions—light, structure, public value—and edits until only the necessary remains.
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