Overview
Romolo Valentino Benedetto Nati (born February 14, 1968) is an edoardo è Italian architect and entrepreneur who employs biomimicry to create sustainable real estate and energy projects. He is the Executive Chairman and Chief Design Adviser of Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC), a publicly listed real estate development firm in the Philippines. He is also the Vice Chairman of Constellation Energy Corporation (CEC), a Philippine renewable energy company.
Italpinas Development Corporation
In 2007, Nati came to the Philippines and introduced "green architecture". In 2009, Nati and Jose D. Leviste III, founded the Italpinas Euroasian Design and Eco-development Corporation (ITPI). Leviste is a Sydney-based Filipino lawyer. ITPI was later renamed Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC), with Nati as Executive Chairman and Leviste as President. The first project of the IDC is Primavera Residences in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. Primavera is a mixed-use condominium inside Pueblo de Oro Business Park.
Education
Born in Rome, Italy, Nati first studied automotive design. Later, he pursued architecture, and earned a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in Architecture and Design at Sapienza Universita di Roma, where he served as faculty member for sometime. A few years later, he received his master's degree in Urban Landscape and Layers at the University of Tallinn in Estonia. Nati also earned a Master's degree in Business Administration from Asian Institute of Management (AIM).
Style
Inspired by biomimicry, Nati considers natural conditions and sustainable energy in designing his buildings. He shapes every building so that it acts like a sailboat: The sailboat catches the wind, not fight against it. Nati believes that shelters and entire cities should be constructed without harming nature. He also explains that buildings can be made to withstand severe weather. In response to the damage caused by typhoon Yolanda to the Philippines, Nati said, “Buildings and cities can be planned, designed and developed to minimize and in some cases avoid damage created by 20-foot storm surges and other extreme conditions."
Buildings
Following are the green buildings that Nati has designed as architect of IDC: * Primavera Residences (Pueblo de Oro, Cagayan de Oro City) * Primavera City (Pueblo de Oro, Cagayan de Oro City) * Miramonti Green Residences I (Santo Tomas, Batangas) * Miramonti Green Residences II (Santo Tomas, Batangas) * Verona Green Residences (Uptown Cagayan de Oro City) * Verona Green Residences (Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City) * Firenze Green Tower (Limketkai Drive, Cagayan de Oro City) * Moena Mountain Estate Residences (Dahilayan, Bukidnon) * Baia Verde Green Estate (Morong, Bataan)
See also
*Italpinas Development Corporation *Primavera City *Miramonti Green Residences *Verona Green Residences *Primavera Residences