The activity of altro_studio mainly addresses the new ways of living the house: temporary, flexible, transformable, mobile ways of living the house. Understanding the new needs of the individual, both on a functional and on a structural level, is what propels altro_studio in its research about new technologies (mainly automation) and new materials with particular reference to the problems of environmental sustainability. altro_studio can take project starting form preliminary planner up to executive planner, and consider new technology and new materials as important instrument for contemporary good planner.