Andrea Sensoli

Andrea’s background roots from the so-called Florentine School, from which belonged prof. Pier Luigi Spadolini, who tutored Andrea to his Degree with honors, in 1993. After fi ve years of apprenticeship with renowned firms like Studio Archea and Claudio Nardi, he started his own practice developing residential and retail projects, where among his clients appeared brands like Gucci, Sergio Rossi, Yves Saint Laurent, and Alexander McQueen. In 2008, following the increasing workflow towards worldwide commitments, Andrea started its branch in the Middle East. Now, he is the Architect Principal that supervises both ASZ and SFD* teams.

Iacopo Mannelli

He obtained his degree of Civil Engineer in the University of Florence, together with abroad studies in the department of architecture of the Strathclyde University of Glasgow, merging his technical skills with the sensibility of architecture. Later on, Iacopo started working in the municipality of Campi Bisenzio, and following, in the office of arch. Alessandro Luzzi. He started working with ASZ in 2007 becoming over the years responsible of numerous projects in the retail, office, commercial and residential sector working with luxury brands such as Burberry, Gucci, Prada, Dior, Sergio Rossi, Hogan. He became a partner in 2012 and he now holds the responsibility of the General Manager of both Milan and Florence offices.

Andrea Rettori

He started his career as a freelance graphic designer in 2001, after finishing his studies at the school of Architecture of the Florence University. He worked with architects and industrial designers ranging from urban scale projects to furniture and interior design, focusing on the aspects of digital representation and rendering, and developing a growing interest upon virtual architecture. In 2006 he quitted freelancing and began working permanently in ASZ. In 2009 he became an associate and one of the partners in 2012. His skills in Architectural Render & 3D Visualization have led ASZ to stand out. Currently, he holds the responsibilities as the Art Director in all projects worldwide.

Helene Daher

Helene is a British qualified Architect who achieved her RIBA Part III at the Bartlett School of Architecture and became a member of ARB in 2001, after obtaining her degrees in Architecture with honours at the University of Bath. Her career started at various London based practices, namely the world-renowned Future Systems, where she lead high-profile internationally published projects; Chapman Taylor where she worked on the reconstruction of the retail hub in Birmingham; and Quantic Associates where she became an Associate director. She had set up her own practice and realized to work for private developers prior to moving to Dubai, where she worked as Associate Architect at the award-winning X-Architects. She joined ASZ in 2019 where she leads the design of various projects in its creative counterpart SFD*.