05/02/2020
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE- Franco Purini, Kiersten Muenchinger, Anastasios Tellios, Loris Rossi, Endrit Marku
Franco Purini was born in Isola del Liri in 1941. He studied architecture and was a student of Maurizio Sacripanti and Ludovico Quaroni. In 1966 he founded a design studio in Rome, with Laura Thermes. Since 2015 he is Professor Emeritus in "Architectural and Urban Composition" at Sapienza University in Rome. Purini is a member of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence and the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome.
Kiersten Muenchinger (USA) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Product Design at the University of Oregon. Muenchinger researches the intersection of materials and design, and quantitative and qualitative sustainable design strategies. Her experimental sustainable design work has been exhibited with the Green Product Award, Germany; ShowPDX, Portland, Oregon; and Salão Design, Brazil.
Anastasios Tellios studied Architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, where he graduated (Dip. Arch. AUTh), at TU Delft, the Netherlands, at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany and at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London, (M.Arch, Distinction). He received his PhD at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (Dr. Architect). His doctorate research was focused in issues concerning architecture, theory and criticism, image and representation.
Loris Rossi Graduated in architecture in 2004 at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Master degree in Architecture “Ludovico Quaroni”. He was awarded a PhD scholarship in Architectural Composition and Theory at “La Sapienza” and he developed part of his PhD dissertation research at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of UCLA, in Los Angeles. Since October 2011 he is a Full time Professor at the POLIS University in Tirana,from 2012 till 2013 he was Dean of faculty in Planning and Urban Design.
Endrit is a lecturer at POLIS University teaching courses such as “Architecture Theory and Design”. Since 2008,he is part of MetroPolis Associated-Architecture and planning practice, working initially as an architect as the director and leading architect of the studio.