// architect and filmmaker based in Milan
Born in Milan in 1989
He is an architect and filmmaker with a passion for the stories that unfold in and around architecture. He graduated from Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on the adaptive reuse and social reactivation of a Soviet Armenian company town.
His research focuses on digital technologies and multimedia narratives for architectural design and its communication, exploring how spaces can be designed, experienced, narrated, and reimagined. He is specialized in architectural visualization, adaptive reuse, and interior design.
Since 2023, he has been a contract professor at IED Milan, teaching in the Interior Design program.
In 2024, he became director of the Milan-based architecture studio XYZ.
In the same year, he co-founded Why is desert desert? with Ayla Schiappacasse — a creative studio that blends film and architecture to craft cinematic narratives about places, people, and the built environment.
He is also the founder of Sineterra, a non-profit organization through which he has organized several overland charity expeditions across Europe, Africa, and Asia. These travels inspired two books: Tre uomini e una panda (2012) and Backwards – Insospettabili momenti africani (2018)
// Registered in "Ordine degli Architetti P.P.C. - Milano", n.21735
// via Bruno Cesana 10, Milan 20132
// +39.334.8660.789
// publications
// "Exploring the Role of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Bridging Design and Architectural Visualization. A Studio through Images on FRAC Dunkerque by Lacaton&Vassal" // with Ayla Schiappacasse, Alterego, UniGE, 2024;
// “Backwards – Insospettabili momenti africani” // with Nicolò De Angelis, Edizione Librati, Ascoli Piceno, ISBN 978-88-6645-546-2; 2018;
// “Attorno al fuoco - Cento anni di avventure scout a Saronno” // by Andrea Germi, graphic design by Marco Germi, Alfa edizione, Milano, ISBN 978-88-8375-096-0, 2016;
// “Genti e Vicende della famiglia Valcasali – Storia e genealogia di un casato brisighellese” // by Andrea Germi, graphic design by Marco Germi, Independent production, ISBN 978-88-6535-093-5, 2014;
// "Tre uomini e una panda – Mongolia e altre storie” // with Giacomo Albensi and Nicolò De Angelis, Ed. Sineterra, Lissone, 2012;
// awards
// Winner design proposals at “MediterraNew – Architectural Design Workshop” // with "isLand - Resilient model for a tomorrow mediterranean community” with Giacomo Albensi and Giulia Cerrato, Milan, 2014;
// Winner video project “Dal pane al seme: ieri, oggi e domani” at “Call for Green Project – Dall'EXPO al Po” // with ICS Leonardo da Vinci, Saronno and Prof.ssa Emanuela Scaioli, 2015;
// Winner video project “Giardini di Plastica – Una panchina per Genova” at Call for video of Ordine Architetti e Paesaggisti di Genova // with Giorgio Martino, Giacomo Albensi, 2015;
// Winner project "Excellence Award" at “International design competition of Shuangshan island Lighthouse Boutique Hotel” // with Hunan University and Matteo Rigamonti, Yu Yi, Bari Elena, Vittorio Rigamonti and Luca Cogorno, China, 2018;
// Finalist at " Kharkiv International Festival of Arts and Travel 2020 " // with "The Adam's dream", short documentary, 2020;
// Winner short film "Silver Award - Short Documentary" at " Florence Film Awards 2023 " // with "The Seasons", short documentary, 2022;