ABOUT

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• Phd Architect
• nicola@laboratoriopermanente.com

Nicola Russi is an architect and associate professor at Politecnico di Torino. He studied at TU Delft and at Politecnico di Milano, where he obtained his Phd in 2007. In 2008 he founded the architectural practice Laboratorio Permanente in Milan with Angelica Sylos Labini. The studio has taken part in numerous international design competitions; won the international competition for the masterplan of Farini and San Cristoforo railway yards, participated in the 16th and 14th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition and received the Honour Mention for the Golden Medal for Italian Architecture in 2012 with the project “The landscape has no rear”. Since 2017, he has been a member of the board of directors of ANCSA(National Association of Historical and Artistic Centres) and is responsible for the Gubbio Prize, whose aim is to promote progress in the methods of intervention on the City and Historical Territory. His teaching and research activity have been published in numerous books and magazines including Domus, Abitare, and Architecture Ireland. He is the author of Backgrounds (Quodlibet, 2019). He has collaborated as consultant with the Municipality of Milan for the development of the new Territorial Government Plan, as well as with the Department of Architecture Design (DPA) of the Polytechnic of Milan.

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• angelica@laboratoriopermanente.com

Angelica Sylos Labini works as a professional architect in Milan in the architectural firm Laboratorio Permanente of which she is managing partner. The studio, founded in 2008 together with Arch. Ph.D. Nicola Russi deals with works of public interest both nationally and internationally and in 2012 was awarded the honorable mention of the Gold Medal of Italian Architecture. He studied architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan and Barcelona. After working in different studios such as Herrera (Barcelona), Cls architects (Milan), Albori architects (Milan), F & P Architects (Milan). In 2013 she participated in the workshop series: Architecture and Management, SDA Bocconi Milan becoming an expert in project management.

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Alberto studied Architecture at Politecnico di Milano and, as an exchange student, in Liege, Belgium. He came into touch with Laboratorio Permanente during a university internship and began working permanently with the office in July 2018. In these years, he has tackled architectural projects at different scales, dealing with competitions and relations with public administrations, showing a particular interest in technological and artisanal processes.

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Pietro Nobili Vitelleschi collaborates with Laboratorio Permanente since January 2020. He graduated from Politecnico di Milano in October 2019 with a thesis project entitled "Le Stagioni del Paesaggio" which focused on the recovery of the Italian internal territories. Inside the studio, he has the opportunity to participate in several projects and important competitions, including the winning proposal for the redevelopment of the "Scalo Farini - San Cristoforo" and the design of "La nuova casa della Serenità." He also participated in the project for the new Spazio Maiocchi showroom in Milan, from the concept phase to the construction. Meanwhile, he carries on personal interests and works outside the studio. In 2021 he started a collective research work entitled "Assume there's a Landscape" investigating different paradigms and perspectives through which the complexity of contemporary landscapes can be read.

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Enrico Forestieri studied architecture at Politecnico di Milano, Etsa Madrid, Faut Lisboa and specialised in timber construction at Politecnico di Torino. His practice is focused on architecture as a practice of negotiation and materialization of collective priorities, and in technology as tool for the control and modulation of atmospheres both in a climatic and a phenomenological sense.

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Francesca Calvelli studied in Milan and São Paulo and, after experiences in other milanese offices, she's been collaborating with Laboratorio Permanente since April 2023. She's interested in intersecting fields and in having a layered look at architecture; for this, along with her professional activity in which she mainly deals with the building scale, she pursues both education as teaching assistant in design studios at Politecnico di Milano and research and curatorship through the project Assume There's a Landscape.

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