About
I'm Laura Galli, an architect.
I live and work in Milan, and for over 20 years I've been designing and transforming the spaces where people live, from the first idea all the way to completion.
Over time I've worked on different homes and spaces, in Italy and abroad, and I've learned that every project grows out of the meeting between a space and the people who use it or live in it.
That's why I don't look for a style to impose, but for a solution that reflects the people who will live in that home.
I believe that good architecture can make people feel better.
It's a conviction that has always been part of my work.
For me, a home isn't just a set of well-designed rooms. It's the place where our daily life unfolds, where we spend most of our time, where needs change, habits take shape, memories are kept and our way of being finds expression.
So designing means giving shape to all of this, looking for a balance between functionality, beauty and quality of living.
My way of seeing also comes from what I observe outside my work.
Photography taught me to look carefully: the light that changes during the day, the proportions, the details, the colors, the relationship between solids and voids.
Travel, and professional experience gained abroad too, have broadened the way I see spaces and brought me into contact with different ways of living.
Over time, these things have naturally found their way into my work and helped shape the way I design.
What interests me is a home that has something of whoever lives in it.
I don't believe in perfect homes in the abstract.
I believe in homes that work for the people who live in them, that make room for their habits and, at the same time, leave space for what's still to come.
That's why I like to work carefully, without losing sight of the whole but also giving value to the details: a better-resolved passageway, a light chosen with care, a material that changes the perception of a room, a piece of furniture designed for that specific space.
It's often in the details that a house stops being just a house and becomes your home.
Seeing the project through until it becomes real.
An important part of my work is following the project through every practical step.
I like seeing an idea take shape, working through the different stages of construction and staying attentive and careful right to the end.
Because between what's imagined and what's built there's a journey made of choices, checks, the unexpected and details. And I believe that being there, in this phase too, is part of an architect's job.
Beyond design
Curiosity is an important part of who I am.
I keep observing, studying, traveling and looking for new points of view, because I believe design also grows out of the ability to stay open to what's around us.
And then there's running.
I'm a marathon runner, and perhaps it's no coincidence: consistency, perseverance, patience and the ability to face a long road are qualities I also recognize in my work.
A renovation, like a marathon, needs a sense of direction, but also the ability to deal, step by step, with whatever happens along the way.
In the end, that's what a home is.
A place that reflects who we are.
A place where we feel good, welcomed and, simply, at home.
That's what I try to build, together with the people who choose to entrust me with their space.
If you're thinking of transforming your home
Tell me how you live in it today, what you'd like to change and how you'd like to feel in your new space.