Architecture, Design and the Art of Straticollage
Layered memories and Straticollage technique by Marcello Pozzi
Marcello Pozzi explores the intersection of architecture, design, and visual art through his distinctive technique of Straticollage. Rooted in his background as an architect and shaped by his passion for experimentation, this method layers paper, canvas, and drawings in a process that is both rigorous and poetic. Each composition becomes a palimpsest where personal memories, fragments of everyday life, and reflections on contemporary culture overlap and interact.
The result is a body of work that embodies contradictions—order and chaos, presence and absence, memory and transformation—while opening a dialogue between materiality and emotion. Through Straticollage, Pozzi translates the rhythm of modern life into multidimensional works that invite the viewer to slow down, observe, and rediscover the hidden narratives embedded in time and space.
Untitled 1
72” X 48” – 182.9 X 121.9 cm – Acrylic, mixed media and “straticollage” on canvas – 2012
Untitled 2
72” X 48” – 182.9 X 121.9 cm – Acrylic, mixed media and “straticollage” on canvas – 2010
Tryptic
72” X 120” – 182.9 X 365.8 cm – Acrylic, mixed media and “straticollage” on canvas. 3 panels – 2013
Bottles
72” X 48” – 182.9 X 121.9 cm – Acrylic, mixed media and “straticollage” on canvas. 3 panels – 2011
Starry Night
72” X 48” – 121.9 X 182.9 cm – Acrylic, mixed media and “straticollage” on canvas – 2012
Trypctic 2
36” X 90” – 106.7 X 228.6 cm – Acrylic, mixed media and “straticollage” on canvas – 2010
Boom
30” X 24” – 76.2 X 101.6 cm – Acrylic, mixed media and “straticollage” on canvas – 2009
Untitled Rosa
24” X 30” – 76.2 X 61 cm – Acrylic, mixed media and “straticollage” on canvas. 3 panels – 2010
Untitled
30” X 40” – 76.2 X 101.6 cm – Acrylic, mixed media and “straticollage” on canvas – 2011
Rigoni Deep
78” X 66” – Acrylic and “straticollage” on canvas
Rigoni Neri/Blu
78” X 66” – Acrylic on canvas
Rigoni Rossi
78” X 66” – Acrylic on canvas
Overlines 3
72” X 48” – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Overlines 1
72” X 48” – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Overlines 2
72” X 48” – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Marcello Pozzi believes architecture and design are arts, and as such, they need to be the expression of our time. He finds inspiration in the contradictions of modern life, from the avant-garde paradoxes of Los Angeles en as well as the simplicity of the counter-design culture. Educated at the politecnico di Milano, Italy, he learned to see architecture through the fragments of all types of construction. MLLO is the design studio of Marcello Pozzi.
Based in Los Angeles since 2001, Marcello Pozzi also studied to become an architect at the Polytechnic in Milan, but his fascination for painting and experimenting new forms of art eventually prevailed. In 2008, he developed a new technique called “Straticollage” that combines different media (paper, canvas) and several layers of drawings, finding inspiration in his personal life and memories.
