Academic Teaching

  • 2022-2026 / University of Florence, Department of Architecture (Italy), Adjunct Professor in Urban Design, Master Programme in Geography, Spatial Management, Heritage for International Cooperation, School of Humanities and Education (in English).
  • 2019-2020 / University of Florence, Department of Architecture (Italy), Adjunct Professor in Urban Design, Master in Urban Analysis and Management, School of Humanities and Education (in English).
  • 2018-2019 / KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Instructor of the Advanced Urbanism Studio – Urban Spaces of the City, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Master Programme in Urbanism Studies (in English).
  • 2018-2019 / University of Florence, Department of Architecture (Italy), Adjunct Professor in Urban Design, Master Programme in Geography, Spatial Management, Heritage for International Cooperation, School of Humanities and Education (in English).
  • 2016-2017 / University of Florence, Department of Architecture (Italy), Adjunct Professor in Urban Design, Master Programme in Architecture, Multidisciplinary Studio “Architecture and the City” (in Italian).
  • 2015 / Lebanese American University, School of Architecture and Design (Lebanon), Visiting Assistant Professor (Undergraduate Programme). Theory II, Design Studio VI, Design Studio VIII – Spring semester (in English); Design Studio IX, Urban Planning (two sections) – Fall semester (in English).
  • 2014-2015 / University of Parma, Department of Architecture (Italy), Lecturer in “Architecture and Landscape” for the Architectural Design Studio (in English).
  • 2013-2016 / University of Florence, Department of Architecture (Italy), Adjunct Professor in Urban Design for the five-year Degree in Architecture, Multidisciplinary Studio “Architecture and Urban Design” (in Italian).
  • 2011-2013 / University of Bologna, SiLAB – Laboratory for Advanced Modeling and Prototyping (Italy), Instructor for the Academic Internship Program in the field of “Urban Representation and Design Communication” (in Italian).
  • 2011-2012 / Carleton University, Canada, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (Canada), Direct Studies Abroad Master Program, Lecturer and Visiting Critic, Bologna (in English).
  • 2011 / University of Bologna (Italy), Lecturer in “Urban Planning and Design”, MSc five-years degree in Architectural Engineering (in Italian).
  • 2009 / University of Bologna (Italy), Tutor for the International Summer School Program “Urban development and international cooperation”, Bertinoro (Italy), August 30 – September 5 (in Italian and English).
  • 2005-2011 / University of Bologna (Italy), Teaching assistant and member of the examination board for the “Urban Design Studio”, MSc five-years degree in Architectural Engineering (in Italian).

Guest Lectures

  • 2024 / University College London (UK), Global Design Studio, October 22 (online).
  • 2024 / University of Modena Reggio Emilia (Italy), School of Engineering, June 3.
  • 2024 / Università di Urbino (Italy), Department of Human Studies, March 21.
  • 2023 / University College Dublin (Ireland), School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, November 22 (online).
  • 2023 / University of Trento (Italy), NUDE – New Urban Design, Trento, March 20 (online).
  • 2023 / Accademia Belle Arti Urbino (Italy), Urbino, April 21.
  • 2022 / Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Mantova Architettura, May 18.
  • 2020 / Manchester School of Architecture (UK), 24 November (online).
  • 2020 / Fontys University (Netherlands), Performing Public Space Master program, 12 October (online).
  • 2017 / Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Master Course in Urban Planning, Design and Policy, Contemporary City: Descriptions and Projects. Theory and Practice of Urbanity (in English) taught by Darko Radovic, April 7.
  • 2017 / University of Florence (Italy), ‘Cross Disciplinary Urban space’, Department of Architecture, Florence, April 5.
  • 2015 / co+labo, Keio University (Japan), Invitation letter signed by Darko Radovic, Director of co+labo, Tokyo, November 9-13.
  • 2015 / Lebanese University (Lebanon), Department of Architecture, Beirut, December 17.
  • 2014 / University of Bologna (Italy), Master Course in Architecture, Cesena, December 5.
  • 2014 / The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Invitation signed by Hendrik Tieben, Director of the Master Program in Urban Design, Hong Kong, November 8-15.

Workshops

  • 2023 / City Space Architecture & The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Co-Director with Hendrik Tieben, Learning from Bologna: The role of Public Space for Quality of Life, Sense of Place, and Wellbeing, held at Museo Spazio Pubblico in Bologna, May 22-29.
  • 2023 / Ajman University, Coordinator, Visual Architecture Workshop, organized by City Space Architecture with Ajman Municipality and Planning Department in collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi, UAE, February 27 – March 3.
  • 2019 / University of Florence, University of Dundee & City Space Architecture, Coordinator of two public lectures of Dr Husam Al Waer: Collective Place Making & Hybrid Transformations: Mapping al-Zaatari refugee camp between 2012 and 2019 and Shaping better places together: lessons in collaborative place making, and of the workshop ‘Future City Co-Design’, December 10-12.
  • 2019 / RMIT University & City Space Architecture, Curator with Fiona Hillary, Creative Bologna. Public Art in the making, Bologna and Venice, August 28 – September 7.
  • 2018 / University of Florence, KTH Royal Institute of Technology & City Space Architecture, Co-coordinator with Mirella Loda and Matteo Puttilli of the international workshop and public seminar Everyday geographies of public space. Imaginations and practices in Florence, Florence, November 5-9.
  • 2017 / The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Architecture, University of Florence & City Space Architecture, Co-coordinator with Hendrik Tieben and Paola Alfarno D’Alencon (TU Berlin) of the International Summer Design Workshop Entrepreneurial City Lab. Learning from Berlin, Aedes Network Campus Berlin (ANCB) The Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin, May 22-28 (in English).
  • 2016 / City Space Architecture, University of Florence & Lebanese American University, Coordinator of the study trip in Venice to visit the architecture exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia curated by Alejandro Aravena, Venice, July 30 – August 2 (in English).
  • 2016 / University of Florence & Lebanese American University with City Space Architecture, Co-coordinator with Pierre Hage Boutros and Sophie Khayat of the International workshop Urban Interiors in Florence. Open-minded creativity in the public realm, in collaboration with the UNESCO office in the city of Florence, Florence, July 25-29 (in English).
  • 2015 / Biennale dello Spazio Pubblico, National Institute of Urban Planners (INU), Coordinator of the international workshop Public Space, Places and Practices of Everyday Life, an event promoted by City Space Architecture at University of Roma TRE, Rome, May 23 (in English).
  • 2015 / Escola Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, Co-coordinator with Estanislau Roca and Marco Maretto of the Urban Design Workshop Barcelona by design. Discovering the value of the urban space, promoted in collaboration with City Space Architecture, Barcelona, January 12-16 (in English).
  • 2013 / duepuntilab cultural association, Coordinator of the photography workshop Big Bologna, with the photographer Fabio Mantovani. Outcomes presented and discussed during a public lecture in Bologna, on November 6, with Richard Ingersoll from Syracuse University in Florence, USA (in Italian).
  • 2012 / duepuntilab cultural association with Carleton University, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Direct Studies Abroad Master Program (Canada), Coordinator of the creative workshop Fringe. Aboard from abroad, in collaboration with the art gallery Car Projects, the cultural association Giardino del Guasto and with Food-Happ Tasting Art, Bologna, January 26-27 (in Italian/English).