Mara Servetto


Margherita Servetto, better known as Mara, is an Italian architect and designer.

Biography

She studied at the Polytechnic University of Turin where received her degree in Architecture under the supervision of Achille Castiglioni. When Castiglioni obtained a teaching position at the Polytechnic University of Milan, she moved to Milan where she collaborated with Castiglioni until 1990.
In the early 1990s she worked on research, architectural and design projects alongside Ico Migliore. In 1992 she designed some objects for Alessi. In the meantime, she developed researches and trials on the use of fiberglass both in architecture and design. Moreover, together with Ico Migliore and Giovanna Piccinno she began to produce “AA.VV. Autorivari” objects, which started to be distributed in Italy.
In 1997 she co-founded, with her husband Ico Migliore, Migliore + Servetto Architects, an architecture firm which creates, together with an international team of architects and designers, projects on various scales: from architecture to interior design; from urban design to temporary exhibitions; from museum to communication projects. These projects, diversified as they are, create innovative places that have a major impact on people. Architectures, interior and exhibition design projects characterized by an expressive use of light and new technologies.
She has been awarded many international prizes, such as the XXI, XXIII, XXV ADI Compasso d’Oro, five Honorable Mentions ADI Compasso d’Oro, eleven Red Dot Design Award, two German Design Award, two FX Interior Design Award, the Annual Exhibit Design Award, two International Design Award and the ASAL Exhibition Design of the Year.
Mara Servetto is Visiting Professor at Tokyo Joshibi University of Art and Design.

Main works

Museums

As a result of more than 20 years of research in interior and spatial design, she has held several solo exhibitions, mainly with Migliore + Servetto Architects, including: