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Interviews Interview with Roberto Sacco | Interview with Roberto Sacco |
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 AW Contest Winner Roberto is known on our forums as ‘speedline’, but I refer to him as speedy. Roberto was the Grand Prize Winner of our ‘Architectural Wonder’ Contest and has been a valued and prolific contributor to the forums. TheAllusionist: Roberto why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself in a brief bio.  DYDH Honorable Mention TheAllusionist: This is one of my favorite questions to ask, what is your process for creating such great work? Roberto: It's very simple to explain. The first step is the idea. This sometimes comes instanctly like flashes or visions in my mind or by reading-watching on architecture or design works, viewed on magazines or directly: this provokes a "planning stage reasoning". Also an artistic and architectural conference or exhibition often gets the same effect. Then starts the sketching phase: I try to find lines or shapes for the function of the idea, I work with the space, the dimension or with technical solutions. I do feedbacks from the large to the smaller scale and vice versa. If you see I like so much the dynamic sketches! Sketching for me is essential, an exercise that "opens my mind". Sometimes I use my extemporary sketches when I see the right opportunity: this happened with The Guardian, where the initial different sketches were joined in the same concept. All this phase I like to call "Pre-Forma", because the result is a first proof of the concept. A little trick is to leave the idea/sketch alone for a little while and then instanctly retake it for a suitable testing of conviction. If it is good I go ahead, otherwise it will be rejected. Next step is to scan the main sketches and start the modelling process, where I setup the object/s dimensions and proportions. Now the idea takes the shape that I want, matching with the technical solutions. Somethimes I see that what I've sketched is not so good in 3d, but only in a 2d view. In this case I modify partially or totally the initial shape, changing the main lines of the concept. I plan directly on the 3d model and it is an exciting exercise for measure it by sight. When I'm totally satysfied by the model, I finish it with renders and post-production. TheAllusionist: What do you see as your strengths and what are you currently working on to improve? Roberto: The passion on what I conceive is my most important strength. Also the perseverance, the patient and the constant pursuit of improvement are my special qualities. Always we test many changes to improve our skills. The best think is, for me, the consciousness to need improvements and this pushes me up to test new things and methods. This incites me a lot to get better. However I wish to: render better my sketches in Photoshop, someone are very ridiculous for me; conceive a car like a pro and learn better the softwares that I'm using. In the way of thinking, I would to explore the architecture and the design, automotive included, not in the academic manner but through aimed experiences and in-depth studies. This is never simple to do. TheAllusionist: What is your favorite subject matter to work on? Roberto: In architecture I like to work on the "feeling of the space", either on a small scale (houses) or in a big scale. The space, for me, is the first material of an architect, I mean a "measured space" inside or outside. I like to show an "architecture of significance" with the "value of the signs" and the frame support. I aim to obtain the lightness in the plastic shapes. In car-design my favorite subject is the "dynamism", that I would to attach importance to all the shapes, and the hi-tech showiness. TheAllusionist: Who do you look up to and who has influenced you? Roberto: There are lots of architects that I look up to, from a remote past the Emperor Adriano, Bramante, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Borromini, Bernini....from a recent past Louis Kahn, Le Corbusier, FL Wright, Mies, Aalto, Terragni... nowadays Tadao Ando, Peter Eisenman, Richard Meier, Zaha Hadid, Alberto Campo Baeza...the list could be very very long, because the Masters are always a good reference for everyone. I think that each work of them could influence us directly or indirectly, but I want to answer at your question. I think that 3 architects I could mention: Wright for the energetic lift of the shapes, Kahn for the expressiveness of the signs and the poetics of the "light and the silent", Tadao Ando accordingly for the light and the wall consideration. In the automotive field I look up to Giugiaro, Bertone, Pininfarina, Chris Bangle and I admire so much the Harald Belker's and Hussein Al-Attar's concepts and renders. TheAllusionist: Is there a question you wished you were asked or anything you want to say to the community? Roberto: I could say: "feel and believe on your own skill and your talent, anyone has lots of, with good will, you will see the results come out". Passion, practice, exercise and an open mind could help to increase these (skill and talent). I wish you all the best! TheAllusionist: I am sure you will have a great career, where do you hope to be in five years? Roberto: Thanks a lot for that, but I should be also content with a normal career: I like to "keep my feet on the ground" and be concentrate on "how could I express my works". Should be good if sometimes I will have little satisfactions, like I had in this last years. Yes, I hope to work in a little automotive firm, but this is a little impossible, I think, because I haven't the right background, but who knows? I continue to hope on my dream. Really I want to enlarge my experiences or in a firm-study or by myself like a freelancer, we'll see! Be sure that in five years I wish to be also a member of your site as Speedline!  Peugeot Eclat              |
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