salpepe studio began its activity in 2021 from the joint work of Cristina García Montesinos and Lelio di Loreto.
The studio thinks, designs, builds, and photographs architecture and spaces, moving across different scales, contexts, and functions, with a transversal approach and close attention to detail.
Cristina García Montesinos
Málaga (Spain)
Cristina García Montesinos estudió studied Architecture at the School of Architecture of Málaga. She also completed formative experiences at the Università degli Studi di Firenze and at the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès. She later completed a Master’s degree in Architectural Photography. She has worked with Massimo Adario Architetto in Rome, before founding salpepe studio together with Lelio di Loreto.
Lelio di Loreto
Roma (Italy)
Lelio di Loreto studied Architecture at Sapienza University of Rome, where he also completed a PhD in Architecture: Theories an Project. He has worked with Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra in Seville, with RCR Arquitectes in Olot, and with Massimo Adario Architetto in Rome, before founding salpepe studio together with Cristina García Montesinos.
salpepe studio is born from the encounter between two gazes that recognize themselves in contrast.
We come from different places — two cities, two cultures, two rhythms of life — yet we share a common way of looking at architecture:
an essential gesture that finds its strength in material clarity and materiality.
Our work operates within a constant tension between opposites: black and white, the beautiful and the rough, the minimal and the expressive. We are interested in that intermediate space where differences do not cancel one another out, but instead generate meaning: where contrast emerges, so too does a narrative and spatial opportunity.
In a contemporary context marked by pragmatic demands and accelerated rhythms, we reclaim architecture’s capacity to move us and to construct atmospheres that accompany everyday life and lend it depth.
