Paola Viganò

Paola Viganò is Professor in Urban Theory and Urban Design at the EPFL and at IUAV University. In 2013 she is Grand Prix de l’Urbanisme in France; in 2016 Doctor Honoris Causa at the UCLouvain; in 2017 the Flemish Culture Award for Architecture (Ultima Architectuur) and in 2018 the Golden medal to the career of Milano Triennale. From 1990 to 2014, together with Bernardo Secchi, she founded Studio, working on numerous projects and visions in Europe. Since 2015 StudioPaolaViganò has been working on urban, landscape projects and public spaces in Europe winning several international competitions.

Among her recent publications:
P. Viganò, (2016), Territories of Urbanism. The Project as knowledge Producer, Routledge-EPFL Press; P. Viganò, B. Secchi and L. Fabian, (2016), eds., Water and Asphalt. The Project of Isotropy, Zürich; C. Cavalieri, P. Viganò (2019), eds., The Horizontal Metropolis. A Radical Project, Zürich: Park Books.