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Paolo Brescia is an architect and co-founder of Milan-based OBR. He graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano, after undertaking an academic fellowship at the Architectural Association in London. He worked with Renzo Piano until 2000, when together with Tommaso Principi he founded OBR with the idea of investigating new ways of living, creating a network between Milan, London and Mumbai. He is often invited to give lectures at universities such as Aalto University in Helsinki, the Academy of Architecture of Mumbai and FIU University in Miami. At OBR Paolo develops urban projects, promoting - through architecture - the sense of community and individual identities. OBR has received many awards, including honorable mention in the AR Award for Emerging Architecture at RIBA, Europe under 40 in Madrid, WAN Residential Award in London, Leaf Overall in London and the American Architecture Prize in New York.

Camillo Botticini is Creative Director at DVArea and founder of Camillo Botticini Architect, an Italian architecture practice working across architecture, urban design, and regeneration projects. A graduate of the Politecnico di Milano, where he also earned a PhD in Architectural and Urban Design, Botticini has built an extensive body of work ranging from housing and public buildings to large-scale urban transformations. His design approach is rooted in a strong understanding of place, combining sustainability, contextual sensitivity, and a careful relationship between architecture, landscape, and public space. His work has received numerous national and international distinctions, including multiple nominations for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, as well as awards for projects such as the New Borsoni Theatre in Brescia. Alongside professional practice, he has taught at institutions including the Politecnico di Milano, IUAV University of Venice, the University of Navarra, the University of East London, and Yacademy, contributing to architectural education and research across Europe.

Andrea Chiabrera is an architect and Associate at Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), based in Paris. He joined the practice in 2012 and has worked on cultural, infrastructure, healthcare, and mixed-use projects across Europe and the Middle East through all phases of design and construction. His project experience includes the Grands Montets Cable Car in Chamonix, the SGBL Headquarters and Beirut City History Museum in Beirut, the Pediatric Hospice in Bologna, and the Grand Hôpital Universitaire Paris Nord competition. In addition to his work at RPBW, he has developed a number of residential renovation and refurbishment projects in Paris.

David Guerra is a Brazilian architect, graduated from UFMG in 1991, and founder of David Guerra Arquitetura e Interiores, a multidisciplinary practice based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. After working with Freusa Zechmeister and collaborating with Fernando Graça on interior design projects, he established his own office in 2002. With more than three decades of experience, Guerra has developed projects in architecture, interior design and furniture design, guided by a research-driven creative process that combines creativity, functionality and attention to detail. Believing that architecture emerges from a close dialogue with clients, he seeks to create spaces that express identity, memory and a sense of belonging rather than follow temporary trends. His work has received numerous national and international awards, been widely published, and featured in major exhibitions, including the Venice Architecture Biennale. Through his practice, Guerra continues to explore architecture as a balance between innovation, elegance and human experience.

Francesca Perani is an architect and designer. Her work ranges from interior architecture to interactive design, from illustration to activism. In 2007 she established Francesca Perani Enterprise, an award winning studio she runs based in Bergamo, Italy. Material and visual experimentation, trial and error, emotional and communicative charge finds its expression in spaces, objects and graphics. The practice is driven by the power of shared creativity as an effective instrument to bring about change. She is also co-founder and curator of activist project RebelArchitette advocating for equality in Architecture through the open dissemination of 1000 female role models. And she is the founder of cutoutmix: an internationally popular free open platform as an answer to the growing need for more equal and diverse cutouts populating design renders. 

Tommaso Principi is an architect and co-founder of Milan-based OBR. He graduated in Architecture from the University of Genoa. He worked with Renzo Piano until 2000, when together with Paolo Brescia he founded OBR with the idea of investigating new ways of living in the areas where architecture, society and environment converge, creating a network between Milan, London and Mumbai. He is often invited as a guest professor at several universities, including Kent State University, Politecnico di Milano, University of Messina, CUHK Chinese University Hong Kong. At OBR, Tommaso develops urban projects, promoting - through architecture - the sense of community and individual identities. OBR has received many awards, including honorable mention in the AR Award for Emerging Architecture at RIBA, Europe under 40 in Madrid, WAN Residential Award in London, Leaf Overall in London and the American Architecture Prize in New York.

Michele Rossi is a partner and co-founder of Milan-based Park Associati. He graduated in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano, and since 1999 has been teaching architecture at St. Martin School of Art in London, as well as at the Politecnico di Milano in recent years, whereby he collaborates also as a member of the Board of Advisors. Michele is regularly engaged as a lecturer on issues related to architecture, in particular to urban regeneration.

Maria Alessandra Segantini is the founding partner and director of C+S Architects, with offices in Treviso, Italy and London, UK, since 1994. Together with her partner, Carlo Cappai, she has been named Italian Architect of the Year 2022, winning the award of the Italian Chamber of Architects (CNAPPC). Segantini stands out for the environmental and social impact of her work, reinventing a new equilibrium between architecture and nature, between heritage and the future. The school buildings designed by C+S have pushed the rewriting of the Italian codes for school design. The work of the office has been published and exhibited worldwide.