In these contexts, lava is required to meet precise technical demands — durability, stability, safety — without losing its expressive strength. Each project originates from a direct dialogue with architects and designers, translating intention into solutions that are buildable, coherent, and long-lasting. The work does not consist in adapting an existing product, but in defining formats, surfaces, colours, and details according to real use and project conditions. Not every solution is possible, and not every request is compatible with the nature of lava. Part of Ranieri’s role is to establish limits, guide decisions, and protect the project over time. Architectural Projects reflects a practice where technical expertise and material sensitivity operate together, ensuring that performance and presence remain in balance.

It is a reaection on the city’s countless and overlapping layers of stories, sedimented symbols, and natural landmarks..

Curated by BY Galeria de Arquitectura, the project originates from TANAT’s aka Diego R Borrell residency in Naples and Pompeii in July 2025 and marks the beginning of a broader creative collaboration.

Alicudi, Filicudi and Panarea are the result of Foscarini’s collaboration with Ranieri.

A project that combines experimentation and sustainability, transforming scrap from the working of lavic stone into unique creations. An encounter between industry and craftsmanship, the result of research and experimentation, to express the creative design freedom of Foscarini.

 

A collection of lamps that embody the rugged beauty of lava, featuring variegated porous surfaces and craters, to transform waste material into a design object that blends aesthetics and sustainability. Another step forward in the experimentation with unusual and unexpected materials for the lighting sector, a distinctive characteristic of Foscarini’s research.

marks a new horizon in future luxury. Hand-carved from the lava stone of active volcanoes—a naturally renewing material—Lahar is a sculptural series of tables, where raw, chiseled forms meet smooth, glazed surfaces.

Francesco Meda, David Lopez Quincoces e Ranieri, reinventano un classico di tutti i giorni, il gioco del tris, elevandolo a oggetto di design scultoreo. Radicato nella gioia della semplicità, il progetto trasforma un passatempo ordinario in qualcosa di straordinario. 

Realizzato in pietra vulcanica, il pezzo esplora la purezza della forma e della materialità, bilanciando giocosità e abilità artistica. La scelta della pietra, curata da Ranieri, conferisce al progetto una dimensione materica e atemporale, rafforzando l'idea che questo sia più di un gioco; si tratta di un pezzo esclusivo destinato a durare.

On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2025, IWC Schaffhausen unveils Monoliti, a sculptural installation hosted at its boutique on Via Montenapoleone 21.

Conceived by designers Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces, the work embodies a refined interplay of form, technique, and material—paying tribute to the new Ingenieur collection.

The EDIT table features a glazed lava stone top, rich in color and alive with irregular texture. It pairs seamlessly with yhe STOOL seats—essential monoliths that explore contrasts in material anh finish. Their sculptural and modular character allows for andless compositions, bringigg a sense of dynamism and uniqueness to any space.

Unveiled at Milan Design Week 2024 at Nilufar, Meteora is a site-specific installation that explores the architectural potential of lava stone.

 

Conceived by Ranieri’s creative directors, Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces, the monolithic structure invites visitors into an immersive spatial encounter. A circular chamber entirely clad in lava, it features a single opening toward the sky—a stone telescope framing light and time.

 

The exterior, finished in “Bare Stone,” reveals the raw, tactile essence of the material. Inside, the glazed finishes from the Odissea collection come alive—layered and translucent, catching and refracting light in unexpected ways.

 

Meteora is an introspective architecture, a contemplative retreat that deepens the relationship between material and perception. A manifesto for Ranieri’s ability to elevate lava into meaningful, architectural form.

 

“We envisioned Meteora as a timeless space, where lava stone tells the story of its millennia.” — Meda & Lopez Quincoces