Profile
Integrated Design Synonym
Since its foundation in 1994, Progetto CMR has gained solid experience in the national and international market, pursuing constant growth while remaining faithful to its core belief: the customer comes first. To this day, the primary goal is to design flexibly, efficiently, and sustainably, starting with a thorough analysis of the end-user’s needs. The integration of processes ensures constant control over costs, timelines, and project quality.
The Origins
Progetto CMR was born from the collaboration of three professionals with international experience. Drawing on their expertise in office design, the three founders of Progetto CMR immediately set out to transform the very concept of the workspace, reinterpreting it innovatively. From Working Space to Living Space, through a multidisciplinary and integrated approach to design, the partners and the Progetto CMR team have revolutionised the way we think about and experience offices and workspaces.
The Partners
Massimo Roj
Architect
Founder and CEO
“Architecture is definitely a mission, but above all, it is a true passion, the only one capable of transmitting its ideas beyond territorial and cultural boundaries.”
Massimo Roj, architect, founder, and CEO of Progetto CMR, a leading company in Italy in the field of integrated design and one of the top 100 architecture firms worldwide as listed by Building Design World Architecture 100.
A prominent figure in the global debate on architecture and sustainability, his publications include: “Rocktecture,” “InsideOut Design,” and “Less Ego More Eco – Towards Shared Sustainability.” He is a Visiting Professor at Tianjin University, Beijing Jiaotong University, and the Polytechnic School of Design in Milan. Since 2017, he has been an official Ambassador of Italian Design in the World, appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. In 2022, he won the Award of Excellence from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat for De Castillia 23, and in 2024, he received the Compasso D’Oro ADI for CELLIA®, the new patented interactive facade module for flexible and efficient buildings.
Marco Ferrario
Engineer
President
“Architecture and engineering are the two souls of the creative process: the innovation of a project comes not only from the originality of the concept but also from the technical solutions devised to make it efficiently realised.”
Marco Ferrario, engineer, with years of professional experience and deep knowledge of all aspects of integrated design and construction management, specialises in the realisation of complex, highly efficient buildings and the use of innovative, industrialised construction technologies. His expertise covers all phases of the process: from preliminary design to project management, planning, and controlling timelines and costs, ensuring careful supervision for Clients. Marco Ferrario is now one of the leading experts in Digital Transformation in the Real Estate sector and in the implementation of partnering processes between Clients, Professionals, and Contractors.
Antonella Mantica
Architect
Co-founder, Space Planning Manager and Project Leader
“Offices today are the greatest hubs of connections within an urban community, and represent the starting point for technological, social, and cultural transformation.”
With over 30 years of experience, Antonella Mantica is an internationally renowned Project Architect and Space Planner. Her versatile career has led her from industrial building design to residential architecture and eventually to specialising in space planning. Antonella has fully embraced the Smart Working philosophy since the beginning, becoming one of Italy’s foremost experts in workplace strategy, helping businesses navigate the delicate phase of change. As a co-founder of Progetto CMR, she currently focuses on consultancy in Architecture, Workspace Planning, and Interior Design.
the Team
Progetto CMR now has over 200 employees. More than 100 architects and urban planners, 15 civil and systems engineers, space planning experts, project managers, designers, sustainability specialists, and CAD and BIM experts are capable of working with the latest and most sophisticated software systems. Thanks to a multidisciplinary approach, we can offer specialised consultancy and comprehensive professional services for integrated design.
Progetto CMR in numeri
Our History
1994
The logo
Designed by Stefano Pirovano in 1994, the logo describes the roots of Progetto CMR with graphics and architecture: the interdisciplinarity, represented by the five departments that together form the whole pyramid, and the innovation, given by the interplay of the two shadows which invite to look beyond. Over 20 years, this adventure has taken different shapes but never overlooked its principles in its clear vision of the future.
1995
The workplace revolution
Progetto CMR completes the first three important projects: JP Morgan, Howeywell, Schering-Plough. Since the beginning, Progetto CMR has offered a multidisciplinary approach in order to satisfy the needs brought along by organizational changes and technological innovations in the workplace.
1996 - 1997
New horizons
Progetto CMR starts testing new markets, reaching Rome and Athens. It expands with the new industrial design department and new big projects follow one another: Gillette, Canon, Cisco.
1998 - 2000
DIVERSIFICATION AND NEW ACTIVITIES
The range of consultancy expands thanks to the newborn Process Management department. During this period, Progetto CMR starts working for the Public Administration, realizing an innovative project for the Chamber of Deputies. The experience in the workplace world leads to the first publication on the workplace space planning “Workspace/Workplace”
2001
THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATING
In 2001 Progetto CMR with other five European architecture practices (Altiplan Architects, Arte Charpentier Architectes, Estudio Lamela, HOK, TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten), establishes EAN – European Architects Network: a flexible versatile network which, by virtue of the solid experience of its associates, guarantees excellent results in all Europe.
2002 - 2003
EXPLORING THE LAND OF THE DRAGON
In 2002, Progetto CMR enters the Chinese market exploring new opportunities in Tianjin, where it participates with great success in a series of competitions for the regeneration of some areas of the city.
2004
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The portfolio of projects in the industrial, cultural, hotel and master planning sectors broadens as the collaboration with both major public Italian institutions and international businesses becomes more habitual. Aereal Property, Beni Stabili, Carlyle, CBRE are some of the big collaborations during this period. In Milan the regeneration of the complex of offices “Arconati 1” officially terminates and Progetto CMR publishes “WorkWideWords”, a reflection on the culture of the Project and the words that define it.
2005 - 2006
Sustainability leads the way
In few years more than 500 projects for offices have been developed with focus on sustainability. In the meantime, Progetto CMR reinforces its presence in China by being awarded several big projects as well as with the opening of a new office in Beijing. The activity in the cultural debate continues by publishing “Design on Human Scale”.
2007 - 2008
BUILDING INNOVATION MODELING
Big opportunities start to emerge in the real estate requalification, Progetto CMR gets appointed from Beni Stabili to re-design the complex of the Torri Garibaldi in Milan. Constant innovation brings Progetto CMR to introduce a new planning system based on Building Innvoation Modeling (BIM).
2009 - 2010
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Progetto CMR keeps on exploring new areas and in 2009 a new office in Istanbul sees its inauguration. Progetto CMR enters for the first time the list of the top 100 design firms in the world, drafted by the International magazine BD. It designs the Pavilion of the Ministry of the Chinese Railways for Shanghai’s Expo and officially terminates the new offices of the Industrial Group Maccaferri in Italy. The office planning continues to be one of the main pillars of the company which works for clients like Accenture, Lexmark, Credit Suisse.
2011
NEW FRONTIERS
New projects, new frontiers: Progetto CMR opens its new office in Singapore. In the meantime, the experience in the retail sector strengthens with the completion of important projects of shopping malls in Italy and abroad.
2012 - 2013
SUSTAINABILITY ON EVERY ASPECT
The involvement in the divulgation of sustainable planning continues with the “Less Ego More Eco Towards Shared Sustainability” publication in Italy and China. The Garibaldi Towers in Milan are officially inaugurated as well as the offices of La Stampa in Turin, the Dulwich College in Beijing and the new offices of the giant HKE in Ningbo. The activities in Asia increase and a new office opens in Jakarta.
2014 - 2015
THE BIG MASTERPLANS
Progetto CMR gets awarded important jobs: the first slow village in the north of China, the regeneration of a 50sqKm rural area in Zhenjiang, the Bugatti Resort in Bali and the International Specialized Hospital of Uganda in Kampala. In 2015, Progetto CMR also gets the prestigious Mipim award for the Oxygen Eco Tower.
2016 - 2017
ARCHITECTURE 2.0
The involvement in regeneration projects continues, even at urban scale, for important Italian firms such as Unipolsaiand BeniStabili. Progetto CMR has a clear vision of the future, which is inspired by the 2.0 universe: new ways of working, energy efficiency, net zero energy buildings, smart cities.
2019
A NEW GREAT GOAL
Progetto CMR opened the new headquarters, designed to be the "Italian House of Architecture", a milestone in the company's first 25 years of activity and a starting point for upcoming projects. A new sustainable project, with a rock soul, which tells about the design thinking and the integrated approach of Progetto CMR.