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<\/p>\nBorn in the northern Italian city of Treviso, Francesco Zanatta was attracted to drawing from a young age. After almost a decade of coming to Ibiza on holiday and looking for a change of pace, he finally decided to make the move and call the island home. Having heard the Blakstad name on the grapevine for years, he recently nabbed a position as a draughter in the studio and has not looked back.<\/p>\n
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What or who influenced you to choose this career? Where and what did you study? How did you hear of Blakstad? Describe a normal day at work. What do you like most about your job? What do you like about working at Blakstad? What do you find most challenging in your work? What does architecture mean to you? What is one of your favourite buildings and why do you like it? If you could go anywhere in the world to experience architecture and design, where would you go and why? What do you like most about living and working in Ibiza? <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Born in the northern Italian city of Treviso, Francesco Zanatta was attracted to drawing from …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>I have always been passionate about drawing, especially technical drawing, but studying was never my thing. So, when it came to deciding what to do with my life, I opted for a technical course. This gave me the possibility to keep doing the things I liked as well as several job opportunities, without the need for a university degree.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I studied at the Instituto T\u00e9cnico para Ge\u00f3metras in Treviso. The Geometra<\/em> is a bit of a special profession, in the sense that in Italy you can do many things, like making structural calculations, topography and real estate appraisals. It\u2019s not recognised here in Spain as the same thing. The nearest equivalent would be a rigger. I did the practical part of my studies in an architectural office and kept working there throughout the following years. I had a real connection to it. And here I am, still working in architecture.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I started hearing about Blakstad from friends who also work in architecture. They talked about the studio as one of the most important and well-known offices on the island, with its unmistakable traditional Ibizan style. I became really interested in the Blakstad style and started to learn more about it.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>When I arrive, I meet with our interior designer and we look at and talk about what we accomplished the previous day. That helps us prioritise the most urgent tasks. And then, we get to work.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blakstadibiza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/francesco-zanatta-delineante-blakstad-2022-4-copy-1030x688.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong>What I like most, without a doubt, is lifting my head from the computer and seeing in real life what I had only seen on the screen. It\u2019s amazing to see the various stages of construction, up to the final result.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Apart from having the opportunity to participate in important projects and spectacular houses, I would also say working with a well-organised team with an especially good vibe.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The biggest challenge for me is the fact that I have to draw quickly, and pass from one project to another, and all while maintaining a high quality of presentation quality.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Frank Lloyd Wright said; \u2018The mother art is architecture.\u00a0Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.\u2019 I have always loved this definition.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blakstadibiza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/francesco-zanatta-delineante-blakstad-2022-1-300x200.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong>There are many, but I recently saw some photos of the Heydar Aliyev Centre by Zaha Hadid in Azerbaijan. It seems to me an impressive work, daring with its curves, connecting perfectly with the surroundings.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I would go to Japan. To see and taste a culture that has always fascinated me \u2013 the ancient architecture, traditions and philosophy. It is a world completely different from ours and I think it would be worth getting to know it better.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I moved to Ibiza thinking that I wouldn\u2019t find anything of value here, that maybe it wouldn\u2019t suit me. But I was very wrong. Ibiza has so much to offer, much more than people think.<\/p>\n