ABOUT
Born in 2011 as an architecture studio, atelier nido was founded by Taro Sakurai (Japan, Gunma, 1981)
and Andrea Scheuber (Switzerland, Nidwalden,1984) having both graduated in 2010
from USI - Accademia di architettura Mendrisio.
A short time later in 2013, the atelier opened a food shop in Mendrisio.
We propose design & food as a joyful moment in your daily life.
MEMBER
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Taro Sakurai
studied architecture at USI - Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio and ETH, Zurich and graduated with honours in 2010 from the Accademia, under Prof. Jonathan Sergison.
He also holds a BA in music from Shobi University, Japan, which he obtained in 2004.
He had an internship at Mario Botta architetti in Lugano 2005-2006.
After his graduation, he worked for Sergison Bates architects in London before establishing atelier nido in Mendrisio in 2011.
In 2016 he joined studio Sergison as a diploma teaching assistant at the Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio. -
Andrea Scheuber Sakurai
studied architecture at USI - Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio and graduated with honours in 2010, under Prof. Esteban Bonell.
After her graduation, she worked for Dow Jones architects in London before establishing atelier nido in Mendrisio in 2011.
From 2012 - 2020 she was a teaching assistant at the USI - Accademia di architettura; with Josep Maria Gil, then for 7 years with Paolo Canevascini in the first year Bachelor’s Design Studio.