Studio

Founded in 2007 by Nicola Cabiati and Maya Ben Amar. They chose Roma to be the foundation of an international multidisciplinary Design Studio.

AIR the abbreviation of Architects in Rome was created with a vision of offering an evolutionary style of design; combined with a specific approach to sustainability and technologies.

While the roles of the two Senior Architects at times intertwine; Maya is the one who oversees the technical aspects of AIR creations around the world; while Nicola manages the artistic creations and the day-to-day productions at the Studio in Rome.

Team

Nicola Cabiati
Artistic Director; Manages the Studio in Rome, heading the design and production teams.

If there’s no project on line, Nicola will invent one! Experimenting constantly with new technologies, yet everything starts on the classic drawing board. “The Goal is to constantly create the balance between contemporary society flow and my profession of an Architect”.

He began his work experience in1999 becoming from 2006 to 2018 the Artistic Director of Massimiliano Fuksas; he was in charge of the Work Shop at the design Studio.

Nicola Managed large scale international projects including Rome’s Convention Centre “Cloud EUR”, Fontvieille in Monaco and Gelendzhik’s Airport in Russia; He coordinated international teams throughout concept, schematic, and design development phases.

Nicola Cabiati Born was in Rome in 1973, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of Rome "La Sapienza".
Maya Ben Ammar
 
Head of Projects; Maya is the connection of the trident; Clients, AIR and the implementation teams of our projects.

Prior to co-founding AIR; Maya has been part of World-famous architect firms,
Collaborating Internationally with agencies such as Zaha Hadid Architects and Studio Massimiliano Fuksas, where she met Nicola Cabiati then the Artistic Director at Fuksas.

Participating in the realization of high scale projects from the Shenzhen International Airport – Terminal 3 in China; The New Trade Fair Milano; Greenwich Gardens in London, to the Gardens of a Minneapolis Museum.

She has launched he career in Paris with Michel Desvigne in Landscape architecture getting along her experience a nomination at Le Grand Prix de l’Urbanisme.

Maya Ben Ammar was Born in Paris in 1977 and received her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Architecture of Florence, Italy.

Massimo Mazzone 
Massimo is a Sculptural Artist with a unique approach to research.
His work privileges relations between body, sculpture and the architectural models he works on.

He is an art professor teaches Sculpture Technique at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera.

Massimo is an Activist at heart and he’s the spokes person of the collective Escuela Moderna / Ateneo Libertario.

His literary productions are books and articles published with the ApArte, Artslife, Artribune, Libertaria, Bordeaux, Mileu, Prospettive and others.

Massimo Mazzone is almost a fixture of the new century at one of the world’s most prestigious cultural instituons; La Biennale di Venezia. (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, and yearly from 2016 to 2023)  
Zhenru Liang 
Artist and independent curator. Holds the Master's degree in Visual Arts from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. Served as a teaching assistant in the sculpture department during the 2019 academic year. Researcher at the Art in context Institute of the Berlin University of the Arts till 2024. Participated in group projects at the Venice Biennale in 2022, 2023 and the session of poetry in 2024. Assisted in the project of EMBT architecture studio in Shanghai.

Took part in various international artist residency programs in cities including Berlin, Athens, Girona, Balearic Islands, Prague, Rome, and Sicily. Co-founded the art association “Forme" in Milan and engaged in numerous art activities and exhibitions.

Zhenru Liang is currently the responsible @ AIR , for projects in the East.