About
Atelier Crilo is a creative studio based in Rome.
Since we started, in 2010, we have received awards both in archviz that in architecture, working for different media in graphic design, illustration, and CG imagery.
Our goal is to create new forms of digital content that aim to communicate the highest aesthetic values of the architecture and design projects.
WHAT ▾
We create images and illustrations for architecture and design projects.
HOW ▾
Our expertise as architects and passionate about drawing and visual arts is what makes different our approach to visual design and image creation.
SERVICES ▾
We provide 3d visualizations for private projects and competitions, interior visualizations for real estate online and print marketing, VR experience, and virtual tour, CG film and 3d animation for architectural movies and presentations.
> See our works on visualization and illustration
Co-founders
We are a design duo — partners in work and in life — committed to creating high-end CG imagery and artistic illustrations of architecture. We work with the same enthusiasm of the first day, bringing with us, in every project, the passion for drawing and visual arts.
To the professional activity we connected the academic research, coming up to teach and lecture in universities, masterclasses, and academies, read more...
Recently Lorena became director of ViDI, a dedicated Master to Visual Design and 3D illustration at AANT
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As a plus, we are in love with Giulia, a Scottish fold cat that we would never stop looking!
CRISTIAN FARINELLA — cristian@ateliercrilo.com
Design director / CG specialist at Atelier Crilo — Architect, PhD, Teacher (AANT, IUAV, Sapienza, ViDI)
LORENA GRECO — lorena@ateliercrilo.com
Art director / 3d illustrator at Atelier Crilo — Architect, PhD, Teacher (AANT, IUAV, Sapienza), Director of ViDI Master AANT
GIULIA ♥︎ — meow@ateliercrilo.com
Quality Supervisor — Scottish fold, silver tabby, extremely soft but demanding at work…
Achievements / CG Awards
> Venice Architecture Biennale
Exhibited at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale 2021, Italian Pavilion, with the research The Embodiment of Care, in cooperation with Antonino di Raimo (University of Portsmouth). June-Nov. 2021 — Arsenale of Venice
> D2 Holidaytime Spectacular
Speakers for the special event D2 Holidaytime Spectacular - Day Three, 11 Dec. 2020 hosted by D2 Conferences.
> First prize at the d2 Challenge on Hugh Ferriss
Promoted by d2 conference in Vienna and Droquis, November 2020.
> TOP 10 on VWArtclub
Visualization awarded on VWArtclub Top 10, for the week 10, 2019.
> MAXON Cinema 4D Webinar
Webinar for Maxon Cinema 4D on architectural visualization with the companies: Vudumotion, Luxigon, and Slashcube on April 25, 2018.
> CGarchitects 3D Awards
Nominee in the commissioned film category with the CG movie for Superficial Studio. Award ceremony held at the Metropol Theater during the d2 conference in Vienna, 2017.
> NIB TOP 10 Architects
Awarded and exhibited the Atelier Crilo’s architecture projects at NIB (New Italian Blood) in Salerno, 2016.
> Young Italian Architects
Awarded at YIA 2016 promoted by AIAC. Ceremony held in Architects meet in FuoriBiennale at Palazzo Widmann, Venice Biennale 2016.
> D2 Conference in Vienna
Speakers at d2 Conference, between the best archviz company, at Impact Hub, Vienna 19-20 Sept. 2015.
> Finalist Young Italian Architects
Award ceremony at OFF event, promoted by AIAC at Palazzo Widmann, Venice Biennale, 2014.
> Best Visualizations of Year
Best visualization of year 2014 for Mo-Nei House on Ronen Bekerman Architectural Visualization.
> Best of Week
Best visualization of week 36/2014 on Ronen Bekerman Architectural Visualization.
Awards for research
> UID Award - Gaspare De Fiore
Prize for the Ph.D. research Targa Gaspare De Fiore to Cristian Farinella and special mention to Lorena Greco’s Ph.D. research, given during the UID congress (Unione Italiana Disegno) at Perugia, 2019.
> Research Grant
Grant for research activities to Cristian Farinella given by the Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (Sapienza) for the year 2019-20.
> Experts in Design for communication
Cristian Farinella and Lorena Greco declared experts (cultore della materia) of Design for Communication (Cdl Industrial Design) by the Department of History, Drawing and Restoration of Architecture (Sapienza).
> Experts in Digital Representation
Cristian Farinella and Lorena Greco declared experts (cultore della materia) of Digital representation of Architecture by the Department of History, Drawing and Restoration of Architecture (Sapienza).
Exhibitions
> Il disegno Plurale
Exhibition of Atelier Crilo’s works at Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea ai Molini, Portogruaro (Venezia), curated by Marco Pasian. From April 10 to May 22, 2022.
> Venice Architecture Biennale / Italian Pavilion
The Embodiment of Care. Re-thinking the therapeutic settings in Architecture. Research developed in cooperation with Antonino di Raimo (University of Portsmouth); 3D illustration (10x3,85m) exhibited at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale. June-Nov. 2021 — Arsenale of Venice
> Exhibit at MACRO
Exhibit at MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, 2019 for Decennale NIB (New Italian Blood) - Progettare l’Italia.
> NIB exhibit in Portogruaro
Exhibited the series of houses (Mo-nei, Oteiza, V-House), and Mark project in Portogruaro (Venice), 2017.
> Paesaggi Ibridi
Solo exhibition of Atelier Crilo’s projects, artworks and video installations for #futura-memoria, event promoted by Sicilcima, Viale Africa 42, Catania (Sicily), 2015.
> Interno 14 gallery
Young Italian Architects exhibit at Interno 14 gallery, Rome, 2013.
> Architects meet in Selinunte
Exhibit and conference Architects meet in Selinunte, promoted by AIAC (Italian Association for Architecture and Criticism) and PresS/Tfactory, in the archaeological park of Selinunte, 2013.
> Casa dell’Architettura di Roma
Exhibit and presentation of l’Arca mag 278 with illustrations and graphic design by Atelier Crilo of Urban Green Line project at Casa dell’architettura (Ordine degli Architetti di Roma), 2012.
> FAR_Foreign Architects Rome
Exhibit for Architecture festival in Rome, at Tempio di Adriano, 2010.
> LABES in Rome
Exhibit and open table of Labes project. Strategies for the re-use of archaeology at come se, gallery of art and architecture, Rome, 2010.
Interviews
> Meet the Winners
Talk on the Hugh Ferriss + Droquis - D2 Challenge, hosted by D2 Conferences on November 2, 2020.
> Interview for Render IT
Video interview by Lisa Della Dora for Render IT in November 2019.
> Interview at Radio Radio
Conversation on the role of archviz artist and architecture communication in the interview at Radio Radio, live on March 27, 2017.
> Interview at Off Event in Venice
Video interview by Ginevra Selli for Off event / Architects meet in Fuori Biennale at Palazzo Widmann, during Biennale Architettura in Venice, 2014.
> Interview by Roberto Sommatino
Article on Atelier Crilo’s works by Roberto Sommatino for PresS/Tletter, 2012.
Lectures
> Roma Tre University
Lecture on Hugh Ferriss and chiaroscuro techniques in Atelier Crilo’s work, for the Corso di Tecniche della Rappresentazione held by prof. Laura Farroni at Roma Tre University - Architecture Faculty, December 15, 2020.
> Panel Discussion for PhD, Sapienza
Speech on Atelier Crilo's research in the years following the Ph.D. at the Department of History, Drawing and Restoration of Architecture (Sapienza University of Rome), held at Metodi Applicazioni e Tecnologie seminar, I edition - Dec. 14, 2020.
> D&D 2020
Oral presentation: Hugh Ferriss and The Metropolis of Tomorrow through CGI for the study day Documentation & Digital, hosted in 2020 by Sapienza University of Rome, December 4, 2020.
> PhD programme, Sapienza
Lesson: Color theory in the digital imaging for the Ph.D. programme of the Department of History, Drawing, and Restoration of Architecture (Sapienza University of Rome), at Piazza Borghese, February 6, 2020.
> Roma Tre University
Lecture: Tecniche della rappresentazione nei lavori di Atelier Crilo, for the Corso di Tecniche della Rappresentazione held by prof. Laura Farroni at Roma Tre University - Architecture Faculty, ex-Mattatoio December 20, 2019.
> Roma Tre University
Lecture: 3D Animation and editing video techniques used in archviz for the Laboratorio di costruzione dell’architettura, held by prof. Gabriele Bellingeri, at ex-Mattatoio, Rome, April 17 2019.
> 3D Modeling & BIM conference
Oral presentation: Style issues. The relationships between photography, cinema and CG films in 3D visualization by Cristian Farinella.
Oral presentation: From the photographic set to the 3D visualization. Modeling of light sources and relationships with photography by Lorena Greco at 3D Modeling & BIM. Models and solutions for digitalization. Conference held at the faculty of Architecture (Sapienza), Valle Giulia/Aula Magna, April, 10-11 2019.
> MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome
Speech: Progettare l’Italia. Confronto sul futuro dell’architettura, promoted by NIB (New Italian Blood) at MACRO - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, 2 March 2019.
> Science of Representation, Sapienza
Lesson: Light and shadow in the communication of the architecture project for the course of Scienza della Rappresentazione II by prof. Graziano Mario Valenti (Sapienza), 15 April 2019.
> Faculty of Architecture, Genoa
Lesson: From rendering to photo insertion for the course held by prof. Cristina Candito at Università degli studi di Genova, Stradone di Sant’Agostino, 3 Dec. 2018.
> Landscape Architecture, Sapienza
Seminar: Drawing and digital illustration for vegetation at the course of Landscape representation by prof. Leonardo Baglioni (Sapienza), 19 and 26 Nov. 2018.
> Digital representation, Sapienza
Lesson: The role of light in Computer Graphics for the course of Rappresentazione digitale dell’Architettura by prof. Fabio Quici at Architecture C.U. (Sapienza), Dec. 2018.
> Master in Communication of Cultural Heritage, Sapienza
Lecture: Graphical rendering of 3d models and lighting techniques for the Master in Comunicazione dei Beni Culturali (Sapienza), Rome, May 2018.
> AANT - Academy of Arts and new technology
Lecture: Representation of architecture project and expressive potentiality of information technology at AANT, Piazza della rovere, Rome, April 2018.
> Visual Culture, Sapienza
Lesson: The relationship between vision, physiology and natural visualization for the course of Cultura Visuale held by prof. Fabio Quici, at the faculty of Architecture (Sapienza), Dec. 2017.
> Design for communication, Industrial Design
Lesson: Expressive possibilities in Graphic Design for the course of Disegno per la Comunicazione held by prof. Fabio Quici, at Industrial Design (Sapienza), Nov. 2017.
> Immagini? Brixen
Oral presentation: Dynamically Sublime, Vision and Image in Architecture for Immagini? international conference held in Brixen, 27-28 Nov. 2017.
> Science of Representation, Sapienza
Lecture: Modello e Immagine. Il rapporto tra computer grafica, disegno e progetto nella costruzione dell’immagine by Cristian Farinella
Lecture: Modellazione della luce in computer grafica e relazioni con le arti visive by Lorena Greco, for the courses of Scienza della Rappresentazione dell’Architettura, at the faculty of Architecture (Sapienza), Valle Giulia/Aula Magna, Oct. 2017
> UID 2017, Territories and frontiers of representation
Oral presentation: Modello come immagine mentale. La diffusione dei modelli matematici nell’arte d’avanguardia e la superficie sviluppabile di Antoine Pevsner
Oral presentation: Riflessioni intorno alla forma del Padiglione di Osaka di Maurizio Sacripanti at UID (Unione Italiana Disegno), conference in Naples, 14-15-16 Sept. 2017.
> Selinunte Summer School
Lecture: Selinunte Summer School After Earthquakes, constructing stories, generating events, organized by AIAC (Associazione Italiana di Architettura e Critica) at Selinunte, parco archeologico, June-July 2017.
> OCAD University
Lecture: Computer graphics and architectural visualization for OCAD University (Ontario College of Art and Design) at Inhabiting Workshop in Sapienza, June 2017.
> 3D Modeling & BIM conference
Oral presentation: The expressivity of sign in digital representation, at 3D Modeling & BIM. Applicazioni e possibili futuri sviluppi. Conference at the faculty of Architecture (Sapienza), Valle Giulia/Aula Magna, 20-21 April 2016.
> NIB, Salerno
Lecture: Atelier Crilo’s projects in architecture and visualization at NIB (New Italian Blood), Salerno, 2016.
> Paesaggi Ibridi, Catania
Lecture: Representation and design process in Atelier Crilo’s projects and artworks, at Paesaggi Ibridi, exhibition in Catania, viale Africa 42, 2015.
> d2 Conference in Vienna
Workshop / Speed painting live session by Lorena Greco
Lecture: From Sketch to Digital. How to use traditional techniques in 3D environment at d2 Conference (Digital Design Conference), Impact Hub, Vienna 19-20 Sept. 2015.
> Tirana Design Week
Lecture: Atelier Crilo’s projects in design and architecture for Polis University, at Tirana Youth Center, 2015.
> Young Italian Architects
Presentation of Atreo and works of Atelier Crilo for Young Italian Architects promoted by AIAC, at Casa dell’architettura (Ordine degli Architetti P.P.C. di Roma), 2013.
> Tirana Design Week
Lecture: Strategies and solutions for urban historical contexts for Polis University at Tirana Design Week 2013.
> Architects meet in Selinunte
Speech for Architects meet in Selinunte at parco archeologico of Selinunte, Sicily 2012.
Publications
> Deja-vù. The pictorial and architectural imagery revisited in the graphic novel by Cristian Farinella and Lorena Greco (2020), in I linguaggi grafici dell’illustrazione, Publica, [Pending publication].
> Around the complexity of 3D visualization and light in the natural landscape by Lorena Greco (2020), in Complexity and contradiction in landscape, Springer, Milano.
> Experience of landscape in the natural visualization by Cristian Farinella (2020), in UID Connettere/Connecting. Drawing for weaving relationships. Proceedings of the 42th International Conference of Representation Disciplines Teachers. Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 445-466.
> The simulation of error as fil rouge between rendering and photography by Lorena Greco (2020), in UID Connettere/Connecting. Drawing for weaving relationships. Proceedings of the 42th International Conference of Representation Disciplines Teachers. Milano, Franco Angeli, pp. 529-550.
> Style issues. The relationships between photography, cinema and CG film in 3D visualization by Cristian Farinella (2019),
in Dn Building Information Modeling, Data & Semantics, n.4 April 2019, DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile, Rome, pp. 75-86, ISSN 2610-8755.
in Collana 3d Modeling & BIM. Modelli e soluzioni per la digitalizzazione, a cura di Tommaso Empler e Alexandra Fusinetti, DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile, Rome, pp. 400-419, ISBN 9788849619423.
> From Photographic set to 3D visualization. Modeling of light sources in IT environment and relationships with photography by Lorena Greco (2019), in Dn Building Information Modeling, Data & Semantics, n.4 Aprile 2019, DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile, Rome, pp. 87-98, ISSN 2610-8755.
> From the photographic set to the 3D visualization. Modeling of light sources in an IT environment and relationships with photography, by Lorena Greco (2019), in Collana 3d Modeling & BIM. Modelli e soluzioni per la digitalizzazione, a cura di Tommaso Empler, DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile, Rome, pp. 380-399, ISBN 978 8849619423.
> Strategies for the representation of vegetation in images and animations generated in computer graphics by Cristian Farinella and Lorena Greco (2018), in 3D Modeling & BIM. Nuove frontiere, a cura di Tommaso Empler, DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile, Rome, pp. 382-393, ISBN 978 8849619416.
> Intorno al “mantello”. Considerazioni sulle geometrie della copertura del padiglione di Osaka di Maurizio Sacripanti by Lorena Greco, Maria Laura Rossi, and Marta Salvatore (2018), in Disegno, Territories and frontiers of representation n.02, pp. 77-88, ISSN 2533-2899.
> The dynamically sublime, vision, and image in architecture. The relationship between 3D graphics and physiology of vision in the construction of rendering images by Cristian Farinella and Lorena Greco (2017) in Proceedings of the international and interdisciplinary conference Immagini?, MDPI, Basel (Switzerland), article n. 951, ISSN 2504-3900.
> Riflessioni intorno alla forma del mantello del Padiglione di Osaka di Maurizio Sacripanti by Lorena Greco, Maria Laura Rossi, and Marta Salvatore (2017) in UID Territori e frontiere della rappresentazione (Napoli, 14-16 Settembre 2017), Gangemi Editore, Roma, pp. 937-944, ISBN 978 8849285079.
> Photography and photorealism, on the origin of photographic rendering Cristian Farinella (2017), in 3d Modeling & BIM. Progettazione, design, proposte per la ricostruzione, a cura di Tommaso Empler, DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile, Rome, pp. 370-383, ISBN 978 8849645019.
> Modeling with light. The role of light in the construction of the rendering image Lorena Greco (2017), in 3d Modeling & BIM. Progettazione, design, proposte per la ricostruzione, a cura di Tommaso Empler, DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile, Rome, pp. 414-425, ISBN 978 8849645019.
> Published Oteiza House in Landscape Representation. Digital and analogue techniques, by Cureton Paul (2017), Routledge, London, pp. 152-153, ISBN 978 1138940987.
> The expressivity of the sign in digital representation by Cristian Farinella and Lorena Greco (2016), in 3D Modeling & BIM. Applicazioni e possibili futuri sviluppi, a cura di Tommaso Empler, DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile, Rome, pp. 277-295, ISBN 978 8849619317.
> Scavi archeologici come motore attivo del progetto urbano by Cristian Farinella and Lorena Greco (2011), in Architettura & Information Technology, a cura di Antonino Saggio, Mancosu, Rome, pp. 270- 279, ISBN 978 8896589052.
> Published Biennial infographics map in Biennali, laboratori di design, by Ambrosetti Rosanna, Domus, n.952, pp.71-74 (November 2011)
> Published Eva concept tower by Shah Nikita (2011) for Drawing Architecture in Arhitekton building of illusion, n.10, p.59.