Alessandro Armando

Background

About Alessandro Armando

Alessandro Armando, architect, is Associate Professor at the Department of Architectural and Design (DAD) of the Politecnico di Torino since 2011, where he teaches Architectural Design and Design theory. He received his doctorate in architecture and building design in 2005 and since the same year he has been conducting research on Design issues. He is also part of the research team of the Joint Research Lab Polito-SCUT at the South China University of Technology (SCUT) in Guangzhou. From 2005 to 2014 he worked as a project consultant for the Urban Center Metropolitano (UCM) in Turin, dealing with the accompaniment of public processes and projects in the cities of the Turin Metropolitan area. He took part to international and national conferences about urban policies and design processes (Genoa, Rome, Milan, Siracusa, Salerno, Venice, Skopje, Zagreb Lisbon, Kanazawa, Shenzhen, Guangzhou). In his professional career as an architect, he is a partner of the DAR Architettura office, with M. DI Robilant and G. Durbiano. His “Urban house with big window” in Cambridge MA (with M. di Robilant) has been published by «Architectural Record», «The Architects Newspaper», «Domus», «Dezeen». Among his publications: Teoria del progetto architettonico (2017)(with G. Durbiano);(2009). La soglia dell'arte: Peter Eisenman, Robert Smithson e il problema dell'autore dopo le nuove avanguardie. Torino: SEB 27. With Bonino, M, Frassoldati, F.(2015) Watersheds. A Narrative of urban recycle, Guangzhou: Sandu Publishing Co.