Lorenzo Villaggi
Born in Piacenza, Italy. (1990)
Lives and works in New York City
lorenzo.villaggi@gmail.com
lorenzovillaggi.com
work sample or portfolio upon request
| EDUCATION | |
| Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) | |
| 09.2012 - 05.2015 | Master of Architecture (M.Arch) |
| Politecnico di Milano | 09.2009 - 07.2012 | Bachelor of Environmental Architecture (B.Arch) |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
| The Living, an Autodesk Studio | |
| 09.2015 - present | Designer and research scientist associate | Managing and developing projects at a variety of scales that apply advanced research at the intersection of technology, biology and architecture |
| 06.2014 - 08.2014 | Virtual Design and Construction designer |
| Special Methods | 06.2014 - present | Co-founder and designer |
| : (pronounced "colon") | 09.2013 - present | Co-founder, co-editor and designer |
| Case Design Inc. (Acquired by WeWork 2015) | 2014 | Building Information Modeling (BIM) designer |
| Latent Productions | 2013 | Material specialist and designer |
| ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND TEACHING | |
| Smart Geometry | |
| 05.2018 | Workshop instructor |
| Performance Network | |
| 06.2018 | Thought and demoed webinar class "Generative Design for Architectural Space Planning" [recording] |
| Autodesk University | |
| 11.2018 | Lectured and thought class "Generative Urban Design: A Collaboration Between Autodesk Research and Van Wijnen" [recording] | 11.2017 | Lectured and thought class "Generative Design for Architectural Space Planning: the Case of the AU Exhibit Hall Layout" [recording] |
| MoMA | |
| 06.2018 | Pulbic workshop instructor on design and bio-materials |
| Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) | |
| 01.2016 - 05.2016 | Adjunct assistant professor [Measure] |
| 07.2015 | Associate of architecture, planning and preservation |
| 05.2015 | Associate of architecture, planning and preservation |
| 08.2013 - 05.2015 | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| EXHIBITIONS | |
| 09.2018 - 01.2019 | Subculture: Microbial Metrics and The Multi-Species City , Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, USA |
| 08.2018 - 09.2018 | BIODESIGN , RISD, Providence, USA |
| 03.2018 | Cover , with Sam Lewitt, Miguel Aubreu Gallery, New York, USA |
| 09.2017 - 01.2018 | Capsule Dreams , Chicago Architecture Biennale, Chicago, USA |
| 03.2018 - 11.2018 | The Future Starts Here , Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK |
| 01.2016 | This Time Tomorrow , World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland |
| 09.2015 - 01.2016 | Amphibious Envelope , Chicago Architecture Biennale, Chicago, USA |
| 03.2015 | Work in Progress , Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, USA |
| 03.2015 | Open Future , Istanbul Design Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 06.2015 | Embodied Energy Pilot Project , New Museum, New York, USA |
| 11.2015 | AIA - Annual National Architecture Schools Exhibition , Center for Architecture, New York, USA |
| 06.2014 | Young Architect's Program , MoMA PS1, Queens, USA |
| 11.2014 | Casual Encounters , with Sam Lewitt, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, USA |
| 01.2014 | Blueologies: Investing in Color , Gauthier Gallery, New York, USA |
| TALKS AND CONFERENCES | |
| 11.2018 | Generative Urban Design , lectured and presented a class at Autodesk University, Las Vegas, USA [recording] |
| 10.2018 | Generative Design for Architecture , invited speaker at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Dubai, UAE |
| 07.2018 | The Living Work , keynote speaker at the BeyondAEC symposium, Boston, USA |
| 06.2018 | Generative Urban Design , published paper presentation at the Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design conference, Delft, Netherlands |
| 05.2018 | Data Mining the City , workshop presented at the Smartgeometry conference, Toronto, Canada |
| 11.2017 | Generative Design for Architectural Space Planning , lectured and presented a class at Autodesk University, Las Vegas, USA [recording] |
| 09.2017 | Survey-Based Simulation , published paper presentation at the Design Modeling Symposium, Paris, France |
| WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS | |
| 07.2018 | Mundane Intelligence , in Clog Issue 16: Artificial Intelligence |
| 11.2018 | Now We See Now. Architecture and Research by The Living , Monacelli Press [Link] |
| 10.2018 | Digital Derive , published in ACADIA conference proceedings [PDF] |
| 09.2018 | Continuous Stationary , in TAKE SHAPE issue II: Commute |
| 06.2018 | Generative Urban Design , published in SimAUD conference proceedings [PDF] |
| 10.2017 | Beyond Heuristics , published in ACADIA conference proceedings [PDF] |
| 09.2017 | Survey-Based Simulation for User Satisfaction for Generative Design , published in DMS conference proceedings [PDF] |
| 06.2017 | Project Discover , published in SimAUD conference proceedings [PDF] |
| 08.2016 | What if Buildings Could Talk? , published in Archinect Features [Link] |
| 06.2015 | Diverging Notations , Lorenzo Villaggi [PDF] |
| 04.2015 | First Degree Murder by Architecture , interview to Eyal Weizman, : (pronounced "colon"), Vol. III, "The Political" [PDF] |
| 05.2014 | Instead of Saying I Want the Banana , interview to Mark Wigley, : (pronounced "colon"), Vol. II, Issue 4, "Belief: What is Parametricism?" [PDF] |
| 05.2014 | Filling Up the Void With Presence , interview to Mark Wigley, : (pronounced "colon"), Vol. II, Issue 4, "Belief: What is Parametricism?" [PDF] |
| 05.2014 | You Setup the Model , interview to David Benjamin, : (pronounced "colon"), Vol. II, Issue 4, "Belief: What is Parametricism?" [PDF] |
| 05.2014 | Not Everything Can Be Captured by The Fitness Function , interview to Daniel Davis, : (pronounced "colon"), Vol. II, Issue 4, "Belief: What is Parametricism?" [PDF] |
| 12.2013 | Nothing More Human Than Language , : (pronounced "colon"), Vol. I, Issue 2, "Why Write?" [PDF] |
| 12.2013 | A Little Beloved Creature That Shits Everywhere , : (pronounced "colon"), Vol. I, Issue 2, "Why Workshop?" [PDF] |
| MENTIONS | |
| 11.2017 | The Embodied Computation Lab by David Benjamin at the Princeton School of Architecture , Architectural Record |
| 08.2016 | Evolo Skyscrapers 3 , Evolo |
| 03.2014 | Eidos, or When Desire Becomes Matter , Suckerpunch |
| 02.2014 | The Winners of d3 Housing Tomorrow 2014 , Archdaily |
| 02.2014 | "Eidos" Housing Project , Archinect [link] |
| 03.2013 | Writers as Architects , New York Times |
| AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS | |
| 09.2015 - 07.2017 | New Inc , GSAPP Incubator |
| 05.2015 | Charles McKim Prize for Excellence in Design & Saul Kaplan Travelling Fellowship , Columbia University GSAPP |
| 05.2015 | Avery 6 Award: To Whome Whose Work Questions the Standards of Architecture and Prommises to Change the Profession , Columbia University GSAPP |
| 05.2015 | Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize , Columbia University GSAPP |
| 05.2015 | William Kinne Fellows Travelling Prize , Columbia University GSAPP |
| 03.2014 | Special Mention New York Award , D3 Housing Tomorrow |
| 09.2013 | Honorable Mention, 4th plance , A House for Pink Floyd |
| INVITED JUROR | |
| Columbia University GSAPP, Pratt, Penn Design, TAD (peer reviewer) | |