Authors

Luigiemanuele Amabile is an architect and Postdoc at the University of Naples “Federico II”, adjunct lecturer in Parma, and co-founder of Thymos Books. He works with A402 studio on projects, publications, and competitions, and is member of the editorial board of the scientific journal stoà.

Giulia Aversa is an architect and a PhD candidate in the 40th cycle of the Architectural and Urban Design program within the HABIT excellence doctorate at DIARC, University of Naples “Federico II”. Her research focuses on cities in transition under the accelerated push of global change.

Sanja Avramoska (1993) is a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Architecture, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, and a PhD candidate at Faculty of Architecture at TU Darmstadt. Her research focuses on actor-network relations in riverfront redevelopments.

Liviu G. Baicu (1987) is a teaching assistant and doctoral candidate at the UAUIM in Bucharest, Romania. His current research focuses on sustainable architectural and urban development, particularly examining the interplay between railway transport and urban form to improve quality of life.

Riccardo M. Balzarotti (1981) arch., is a PhD candidate at the DAStU of the Politecnico di Milano, where his research focus is about the relationship between P.P. Pasolini work and landscape and architecture. He is a partner in the architecture firm AOUMM (with L. Astorri, R. Locatelli, and M. Poli)

Basile Beatrice is an architect, currently a Ph.D. candidate in Architectural, Urban, and Interior Design at Politecnico di Milano and a guest researcher at TU Delft. She collaborated with the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) for research projects and teaching support activities.

Matteo Belfiore (1999) graduated in Architecture from the University of Ferrara and is a junior architect at Herzog & de Meuron Paris. He works on mixed-use and large-scale projects. He previously collaborated with Ferrier Marchetti Studio on both practice and research.

Basel Beshtawi (1997) is a PhD candidate at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, serving as first-year seminar tutor and diploma critique. An urbanist architect and critical investigator, he has published in many journals including the Urban Geography journal and recently presented at the Urban Affairs Conference in New York, contributing to critical spatial research and architectural pedagogy.

Marija Blagojević (1999) is a junior researcher at Belgrade University’s Architecture Faculty in her first year of Doctoral studies (PhD). Key themes in her work are preserving the identity of place, battling the hyperproduction of space and the importance of context when discussing heritage.

Stefano Campanini is an architect and PhD candidate at the University of Genoa. His research focuses on port cities and explores the role of port infrastructure as an active spatial threshold between logistics, urban development, and territorial transformation.

Sol Caride is an Argentinean architect and researcher currently based in Paris. She received her architecture degree from the University of Buenos Aires. She is a PhD candidate in Advanced Architectural Projects at ETSAM, UPM where she also worked as a teaching assistant and researcher.

Giona Carlotto is an architect, graduated at Università Iuav di Venezia where he is a PhD candidate in Architecture. During his doctorate he spent research periods at Harvard GSD, USI AAM, and The University of Tokyo. In parallel with his research activity he carries on the practice as office G-OA

Giorgia Carpi, PhD in Architectural and Urban Composition since 2025, trained between the University of Parma and the Politecnico di Milano. Since 2021 she has been collaborating with the Smart City 4.0 Lab on urban design issues, with a focus on autonomous mobility systems for city regeneration.

Mirko Cestari (1999) is an architect graduated in 2023. He studied at the University of Ferrara and TU Delft. Focused on landscape architecture and environmental issues, he currently works at INOUTarchitettura, working on both public and open space projects.

Yi Xing Chow (1992) is a 40th cycle Malaysian PhD student at Politecnico di Milano. He tutors for the Advanced School of Architecture Honors Programme and Camposaz, while also writing for Urbinary. His research interests include postcolonialism, heritage conservation, and care practice in architecture.

Domenico Ciarcia (2000) was born in Avellino, where he obtained the Scientific High School diploma and where his passion for urbanity originated. He attended a single-cycle degree course in architecture at the University of Ferrara, discussing a thesis on urban design and graduating with honours.

Arda Colakoglu (1995) is a Research Assistant at İzmir University of Economics and a PhD student at İzmir Institute of Technology. His research focuses on architectural design approaches and history. His latest article is “‘Contradictory Strands’ of Modern Architecture.”

Sofia Darbesio (1998) is a PhD candidate in Urban and Regional Development at Politecnico di Torino, with a Master’s in Architecture. She collaborates on international research and is a teaching assistant in the fields of architecture and heritage. She contributed to international conferences, including EAUH 2024, winning the student prize.

Chloé Druhen Charnaux (1998) is a PhD Candidate at the IMT Mines Ales and Mines Paris-PSL. Specialized in urban studies and philosophy, she is currently working on a PhD (2nd year) on future urban underground imaginaries in France within the French national program « Underground as Common Good ».

Carla Duarte is an Architect and works at Lisbon City Council, analyzing data and using walking as a method to understand and publicize urban dynamics. Currently finishing the PhD, focusing her research on the importance of walking in the old roads of Lisbon as knowledge and appropriation of space.

Bodil Eiterstraum (1996) is an architect and PhD candidate at TU Delft. Her research explores interventions in ‘Everyday Heritage’—unlisted, often overlooked buildings—with the aim of bridging the gap between heritage and architectural transformation practice.

Marco Felicioni (1994) earned his PhD in History of Architecture from Iuav University of Venice in 2023. He is a postdoc visiting researcher at the Archivio del Moderno (Università della Svizzera Italiana), focusing on Aurelio Galfetti’s territorial design strategies in the Ticino region.

Oana Filip is a PhD student and teaching associate at the Faculty of Architecture in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her research explores the urban enclave in architectural theory from the late 20th century to today. She has worked in offices in Paris and Cluj on award-winning competition projects.

Linda Flaviani is an architect, graduated with honours in Architectural Design and History from Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on the historical landscape of the Roman Campagna. Since 2022, she is a PhD candidate in Design for Heritage at Politecnico di Bari, researching the “Lithic Forms of Water”.

Giuseppe Fraddosio is an architect graduated with honours from Politecnico di Bari with a thesis on the Tiber Delta archaeological landscape. Since 2023, he is a PhD candidate in PASAP_Med at the Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, with a thesis on the interplay between sacred architecture and geography.

Luísa Gonçalves is a professor of architecture and urbanism. Her research examines the intersections between architecture, infrastructure, and urban dynamics, with an emphasis on mobility facilities, stations, and terminals, considering both urban planning and architectural design perspectives.

Agni Gregoriou holds a BSc in Urbanism from Politecnico di Milano and an MSc in Urban Design from Aalborg University. She is currently a PhD candidate at Frederick University, Cyprus, researching youth mobility, environmental affordances, and restorative urbanism in Mediterranean cities.

Alessia Guaiani (1992), Architect, PhD in sustainable Planning. Her research focuses on mobility infrastructures across different landscapes, from rural to urban contexts, emphasizing sustainable mobility spaces and the complex interactions these systems create within the landscape. She has published scientific articles and essays in national and international journals and edited volumes.

Kaiyue Guan (1995) is an architect and a PhD candidate at Politecnico di Milano. Her research focuses on room-driven design methods, exploring how rooms act both as autonomous spatial units and as generative links within architectural continuities across multiple spatial scales.

Dongni Li (1995) is a PhD candidate in the AUID program at Politecnico di Milano. With a background in art practice and a degree in Interior Design, her research focuses on informal spatial practices and architectural adaptability in the context of urban regeneration.

Rossella Locatelli, 1981, trained as an architect, is currently a PhD candidate in Design at Politecnico di Milano, researching on the border between exhibition design and architecture, focusing on trans-disciplinary approaches. Since 2011, she has been a partner of AOUMM.

Eugenio Lux (1999) architect and journalist. He is PhD candidate in History of architecture at DAD–Politecnico di Torino. He collaborates with Domus, Il Giornale dell’Architettura, ArchAlp and Gizmo and he is the curator of the first Italian translation of acceptera (LetteraVentidue, 2024).

Elisa Maruelli (1991) is a PhD in Architectural and Urban Composition (La Sapienza, 2024). Her research activity focuses on the topic of urban form and its relation with urban densification. Her thesis “Alternative models for city density” exploring superimposition in the construction of the city, was selected for the Biennale Architettura 2025.

Francesca Monteleone (1996) is an Architect and a PhD candidate at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies at Politecnico di Milano and guest PhD in Complex Project Group at TU Delft. Her research focuses on Urban Air Mobility, architectures of mobility, infrastructure and urban form.

Nicolò Montuori is an architect graduated from Politecnico di Bari with a thesis in archaeological design in Kos. Research fellow for the CoHeN project on Apulian lighthouses and towers in 2020, in 2021 he started the School of Specialisation in Architectural and Landscape Heritage. Since 2023, he is a PhD student in PASAP_Med.

Radu Mihai Măldărescu (1999) is an Architect and PhD candidate at the University of Architecture from Bucharest, where his research focuses on the built work of Alexander Brodsky. Working as an architect and university assistant, his practice is primarily oriented towards architectural competitions.

Mariantonia Parascandolo (1997) is an Italian architect based in Paris, with international experience in France, Italy, and Brazil. She holds a double degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from UNIFE and PUCPR. Her interests include sustainable design and urban regeneration.

Simone Parola (1995) is an Architect and PhD Candidate at the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD), in the PhD programme Architecture. History and Project (DASP). His research studies the potential of underused and obsolete architectures/spaces in contemporary urban and extra-urban context.

Ottavio Pedretti (1992), architect and Ph.D. candidate at Politecnico di Milano, is researching on the integration of Innovative Air Mobility in the urban environment. He has collaborated with SANAA and ION Fund, and tutors in architectural design. He graduated with a thesis on abandoned factories in India.

Gianluca Piccolo is an architect and PhD Candidate in Architecture at the University of Naples “Federico II” where he earned his Master’s Degree in 2021. His research is in the field of Architectural Composition and investigates the relationship between photography and architectural design.

Lucrezia Pozzi (1997) is a PhD Student at Academy of Architecture (USI) and at Department for Environment, Constructions and Design of SUPSI. She is currently working within the SNSF project “Aerial Spatial Revolution” where she focuses on the impact of aerial technologies on city and territory.

Filippo Presentati (1998) graduated cum laude from the University of Ferrara in 2024. He spent an Erasmus period at TU Delft, collaborated in various design competitions, and was a teaching assistant in Design Laboratory II. He is currently an intern at an architectural firm in Genoa.

Filippo Prevedello (1999) is an Architect graduated in July 2024 at Università Iuav di Venezia. His thesis, supervised by prof. Michel Carlana, explored the theme of the potential spatial qualities of garages. After an experience as a teaching collaborator at Iuav, he is working as an architect.

Mattia Primiano (1999) graduated cum laude from the University of Ferrara in 2024. During his academic years, he collaborated in various design competitions and as a teaching assistant in Design Laboratory II. He is currently an intern at an architectural firm in Genoa.

Andrea Renucci is an architect, currently a Ph.D. candidate in Architectural, Urban, and Interior Design at Politecnico di Milano. After earning his MSc in Architecture, Built Environment and Interiors from Politecnico di Milano, he collaborated with the DAStU on research and teaching activities.

Alberto Roncelli (1994) is an architect and researcher. He runs an independent practice focused on regenerative futures through architecture and design research. Previously, he worked at GXN as an architect and circular design specialist, contributing to international projects and research.

Peio Royo Zabala (1994) is a researcher on the relation between sustainable mobility and multiscalar urban design, currently working on the realm of vélomobility. He has published peer-reviewed articles and participated on seminars on the topic of streetscape design according to vélomobility.

Cristian Sammarco (1990) is an architect, PhD and research fellow at the Department of Architecture and Design, La Sapienza University of Rome. From 2021 to 2023 he was tutor of the ALA (Architecture, Archaeology and Landscape) Master’s programme and continues to investigate the themes of urban morphology and archaeological landscapes.

Edoardo Santinon (1999) is an architect graduated from the University of Ferrara in 2023. He currently collaborates with TaSca Studio in Bologna with whom he develops various projects throughout Italy, ranging from urban planning, landscape design and mixed used.

Fabio Santonicola is an architect and PhD Candidate in Architectural and Urban Design at the University of Genoa, Department Architecture and Design (dAD). His research focuses on the spatial and ideological implications of large-scale commercial infrastructures, with particular attention to the supermarket as a paradigmatic device of late modernity.

Nino Silva is an architect and a PhD candidate in Architecture at the University of Naples “Federico II”. During his student years he won a scholarship for research, he successfully completed his master’s degree in Architecture between the IUAV University of Venice and ETSA of Madrid in Spain.

Camelia Sisak is a Romanian architect and Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism in Cluj-Napoca. Having served as an associate teaching member at the Faculty of Architecture in Cluj-Napoca for several years, she co-authored the ICR pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2010 and 2012.

Magdalena Storożenko-Polak (1993) is an architect, accessibility specialist, and PhD candidate at the CUT. Her research focuses on the implementation of universal design. She actively delivers training, audits public spaces for accessibility, and advises on creating inclusive policies.

Andrea Stronati (2000) graduated with honours in architecture from the University of Ferrara with a dissertation on urban design. He has had various study experiences and workshops abroad such as at the Hochschule Fur Teckhnik in Stuttgart and at the TUC University of Crete.

Diego Terna (1979), architect, PhD candidate, partner of Quinzii Terna Architecture, author of the books Milan Unlocked. Public Space after Pandemic; Milan Public Space. An in-progress atlas of everyone’s space; The Book is a Small Architecture. Interior of an Interior; Ritorno all’abitare. Una cooperativa in città.

Kadu Tomita is an architect and urbanist, PhD candidate at FAUP. Educated in Brazil, Portugal, and the US, he investigates urban voids, infrastructure, and territorial boundaries, focusing on architecture’s role in shaping mobility networks and public space.

Dr. Gozde Damla Turhan Haskara (1992) is an Assistant Professor at İzmir University of Economics. Her research focuses on global urban space, material science and computation across disciplines. Her current work explores decolonial perspectives in design.

Pavan Vadgama (1992) is a Berlin-based architect and researcher exploring spatial reuse, urban ecologies, and interspecies cohabitation. He holds an M.A. Architektur from UdK-Berlin and a Post-Pro M.Arch from Princeton, with projects across India, Germany, and the U.S.

Pablo Villalonga (1988), is a PhD Architect cum laude (2020), School of Architecture Barcelona (ETSAB) Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), Post-doc degree in Urbanism Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon. Senior Lecturer at Architectural Projects ETSAB-UPC.

Lan Wei (2002) is a postgraduate student at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Her work explores cultural heritage, infrastructure reuse, and emotional spatiality in post-industrial cities, focusing on transforming mobility spaces into inclusive public interfaces.

Alessandro Zamprogna (2000) graduated cum laude from the University of Ferrara in 2024. He spent an Erasmus period at TU Delft, collaborated in various design competitions, and was a teaching assistant in Design Laboratory II. He is currently an intern at an architectural firm in Treviso.

Yue Zhong is an Architect and PhD Candidate at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies at Polimi. Her research is about modern Chinese architecture influenced by Beaux-arts, focusing on the work of Yang Tingbao from the 1920s to the 1960s from linguistic point of view.

Jana Čulek is an architect and post-doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb. She gained her doctorate from TU Delft (2023) exploring the topics of utopia, fiction, and narrative in architecture and their potential for addressing our ongoing crises.