Giorgia Cedro Portfolio by Giorgia Cedro

• Giorgia Cedro Portfolio •

GIORGIA CEDRO giorgia.cedro@gmail.com (917) 214-7056 Licensed Architect since 12.13.2017 04.18.1990 Italian

Work Experience Milan:

Cino Zucchi Architetti December 2016 - December 2017 position: personal assistant responsabilities: special projects content and design, public relations, organisation of events Politecnico di Milano January 2017 - January 2018 position: academic tutor for Inhabitable Skins. Responsive interfaces in contemporary housing design, with Prof. Brian Cody, Prof. Ingrid Paoletti, Prof. Cino Zucchi, and Stefano Tropea responsabilities: workshop organisation, students’ works reviews

2014

Exhibition at Triennale di Milano

2013

Exhibition at Politecnico di Milano

2013

Exhibition at Politecnico di Milano

Milan:

Klein Dytham Architecture August - Novemeber 2015 position: architecture intern responsabilities: exhibition design of English Gardens at Shiodome Museum, Tokyo URBANA! Design and strategies July - October 2014 position: collaborator responsabilities: #URBANACASTELLO design and graphics/events organisation UP! Research Lab March - May 2014 position: collaborator responsabilities: CZ8_Centro Civico Bonola design and graphic presentations New Generations November 2013 responsabilities: organisation of New Generations Festival at Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan

Tokyo:

Miurashin+Associates March - October 2013 position: architecture intern responsabilities: design and graphic presentations of several projects in Shanghai, Tokyo, Manila

Milan:

LAND srl March - May 2012 position: intern responsabilities: design and graphic presentations of projects in Milan

2016

Special mention

OC - Open City: from landscape to exterior design International workshop in Piacenza Awarded Project

Publications 2016

EURAU 2016 | In between scale

2015

Publication: Milan, l’è on gran Milan

European Symposium on Research and Urban Design paper title: Micro-urban architectures: Asakusa as urban and research laboratory with Prof. Chiara Toscani

Photography for Architecture, Politecnico di Milano title: Temporary accomodation: nighbours in transit curated by Giovanni Hanninen

Education Master School:

Politecnico di Milano | Scuola di Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria delle Costruzioni Thesis: The requalification of Asakusa, Tokyo. Micro-urban interventions for public and residential space final grade: 110L/110 October 2013 - October 2016

Erasmus:

ENSA Nantes September 2014 - February 2015 France

Bachelor:

Politecnico di Milano | Scuola di Architettura e Società Thesis: Back to the dense city. An analysis of the urban quality through its collective space final grade: 106/110 October 2009 - February 2013

Summer School:

UCLA | Linguistic Anthropology evaluation: B+ July - September 2008

Diploma:

of Classical Studies at Educandato Statale Agli Angeli, Verona Thesis: Art and anarchy: how ignored banality can become original content September 2004 - June 2009 final grade: 92/100

Exhibtions and Awards 2017

Parking Day: rethinking public space III Design Lab - Awarded Project

Re-building Suburbia III Design Lab - Awarded Project

2013 Tokyo:

Re-forming Milano. Design experiments for neglected and decayed spaces and buildings II Urban Design Lab - Awarded Project

Top 50 Proposal

Archasm 2017 | Paris Riverside Restaurant title: The food show with Pietro Bergamini

Skills and More Languages:

Italian (mothertongue); English (Excellent, TOEFL ibt: 103); French (very good); Japanese (basic)

Master Thesis Honour

Softwares:

CAD systems; Adobe suite; Office suite; Graphic Converter; Rhinoceros; SketchUp; V-ray; Vectorworks; Revit (learning)

Out of the path:

Writing, literature, poetry, philosophy, art. Travelling, skiing, concerts. Wine and cooking, breakfasts!

Politecnico di Milano title: The requalification of Asakusa, Tokyo. Micro-urban interventions for public and residential space with Prof. Chiara Toscani 4

• ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL WORK • THE REQUALIFICATION OF ASAKUSA. MICRO-URBAN INTERVENTIONS FOR PUBLIC AND RESIDENTIAL SPACE Master Thesis Project Tokyo, 2016 THE BARRACK RUBATTINO AS ATTRACTOR AND INDUCTOR OF FLOWS Urban Design Studio Milano, 2014 FIBER-TOWER URBAN INFILL Architectural Design Workshop Milano, 2015 INHABITING DICOTOMIES Architectural Design Studio Milano, 2015 THE FOOD SHOW Paris Riverside Restaurant Competition Paris, 2017 ELLIPSIS. Permanence/Temporarity Changing Cities Studio Istanbul, 2015

• WORK EXPERIENCE • SEVEN BEAUTIFUL ORCHARDS Cino Zucchi Architetti Milano, 2017 #URBANACASTELLO. TEMPORARY PEDONALIZATION URBANA design and strategies Milano, 2014 LUXOTTICA HEADQUARTERS EXTENSION Cino Zucchi Architetti Milano, 2017 BONOLA CIVIC CENTER REVITALIZATION UP! research lab Milano, 2014 ENGLISH GARDEN. THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW Klein Dytham architecture Tokyo, 2016 PALIMPSESTS AND INTERFACES. ARCHITECTURE BY RENATO RIZZI AND CINO ZUCCHI Cino Zucchi Architetti Toronto, 2017

• ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL WORK •

Master Thesis Project

THE REQUALIFICATION OF ASAKUSA MICRO-URBAN INTERVENTIONS FOR PUBLIC AND RESIDENTIAL SPACE

Tokyo 2016

Cities can be considered as complex machines, gaining, condensing and elaborating knowledge, they work like interface networks to exchange what is specific of their context or territory and what circulates in global networks. (G. Dematteis, C. Lanza)

A theoretical research about the relationship between global and local identity in the city of Tokyo represented the foundation of this thesis. The attempt was to find a device for the resilience of some specificities in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s everyday practices, despite the close contact with globalization and the consequent changes it introduces. After identifiying, both through a consistent analysis of data and through several direct surveys, the main vocations and characters of the 23 districts of Tokyo Prefecture, the work focused on an intermediate ring of districts that present mixed characters in terms of changes in the urban fabric and in the way people inhabit them. A deeper study of ten neighbourhoods, of their population composition, their increase or loss of residents and occupation, together with detailed analyses of their physical manifestations, led to the selection of Asakusa as the appropriate site where to test two complementary strategies for the requalification of a decadent portion of the urban fabric as well as the resilience of the original character of the place. The main strategy is based on the reform of kobans, a completely public infrastructure that works through microscale buildings and is spread throughout the territory of Tokyo, but is beginning to become obsolete and risks disappearing from the urban fabric. The second proposed strategy is supported by the housing interventions in order to make available some surfaces and some interior spaces for public use and programs to reactivate the neighbourhood. Master Thesis Project 10

RESIDENTIAL LAND COST (thousand yen per mq, 2015)

Nakano

Ginza

Kagurazaka

Asakusa

GROWTH AND LOSS OF POPULATION BETWEEN 1960 AND 2010

DAILY POPULATION

Nezu

East-Tokyo

Minami-Senju

Toranomon

Harajuku

Tsukishima

GROWTH AND LOSS OF OCCUPATION BETWEEN 1960 AND 2010

NIGHT POPULATION

TAITO DISTRICT: MACHI AND BORDERS Amministrative, geographical, infrastructural

TAITO:THE CULTURAL SYSTEM Touristic, universitary, religious

FUNCTIONAL AREAS Main vocations

TWO STRATEGIES TO REACTIVATE THE PUBLIC SPACE

KOBAN OF TAITO: A SPACE FOR MUSIC

KOBAN OF TAITO-AKIHABARA: A SPACE FOR URBAN HANAMI

ACTIVATING THE STRATEGY: RESIDENTIAL/PUBLIC

THE INFILTRATION OF PUBLIC SPACE THROUGH THE EDGES

Conceptual maquette, scale 1:500

Urban Design Studio | Prof. Paolo Mazzoleni, Prof. Laura Montedoro

THE BARRACK RUBATTINO AS ATTRACTOR AND INDUCTOR OF FLOWS Lambrate, Milano 2014

Awarded Project Type: Urban Team: Giovanni Casalini, Giorgia Cedro, Ambra Chiesa

The barrack Rubattino is a chance to switch on a part of the city through various overlapped functions that guarantee a fluid sociality. After the advent of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;relations metropolisâ&#x20AC;? (A. Branzi), the pursue to create a traversable structure, supporting the flows, the processes of fluidization of space, has stopped producing the zoning of areas. Following a metaphorical idea, the project displays internal roads corresponding to traversability of the urban territory. The effort, therefore, is to represent an architecture within a system that tends to dissolve all its solid bodies.

New meeting area of the barrack, always open to public

A porous territory, a porous city, where pockets of nature insinuate themselves into the urban continuum in fractal forms, where the lifestyle shifts frequently from metropolitan congestion to rural exclusion, settlement and nomadism. The contemporary condition requires an attitude that is able to accommodate the disdain of the citizen and at the same time provide the settings for a more fluid, less fixed sociality, between people who are no longer bound together by common ideals. Urban Design Studio | Prof. Paolo Mazzoleni, Prof. Laura Montedoro 26

METROPOLITAN SCALE: MATERIAL NETWORKS

IMMATERIAL NETWORKS IN LAMBRATE

RECONNECTION OF LOCAL NETWORKS / ACTIVATION OF METROPOLITAN NETWORKS

REVERSIBLE CRITICALITIES

POTENTIAL EXPANSION

OPEN SPACES: THREE GRADIENTS

East Section: the park

THE GROUND FLOOR

THE FIRST FLOOR

South section of the barrack, residential building in the back

Bookshop 路 Cafeteria 路 Study Areas 路 Relax Areas

Creative Industry 路 Productive Area

Architectural Design Workshop | Prof. Vicens Hualde Ignacio, Prof. Chiara Toscani

FIBER TOWER - URBAN INFILL Piazzale Accursio, Milano 2015

Type: Residential Team: Giorgia Cedro, Ambra Chiesa

A fiber can be understood as an organizing grain or thread. Relating to a city, it is a linear space, such as the transportation system, the communication network, shopping streets, linguistic diversity. (...) Fibercity is flexible like a fabric, made up of many textures and consists of repeating analogous patterns of different scales that have a fractal character. (Professor Ohno, Fibercity theory) The project, part of the program “Reforming Milan”, required to conserve the low gas station building and integrate it with public spaces and a residential tower. Thus, the ground is conceived as a completely free platform, always open to public, that contains the traces of the original volumes and adds some geometrical elements containing the main functions. These elements are in tension among each other and develop different relationships with the generic space, which can be activated by the simple users’ experience of the space. Architectural Design Workshop | Prof. Vicens Hualde Ignacio, Prof. Chiara Toscani 38

Forth Level

Third Level

Ground Level

Public Ground: access to the theatre, to the secret garden, to the cafeteria, to the residential tower

Apartment Interior

22nd Level: Public Terrace

21st Level: Public Garden

20th Level: Restaurant

11th Level: SPA & Pool

1st Level: Art Gallert

The existing gas station and the new residential tower

Loggias and openings of the new residential tower

Architectural Design Studio | Prof. Camillo Magni

INHABITING DICOTOMIES Corso Lodi, Milano 2015

Type: Residential Team: Giorgia Cedro, Ambra Chiesa

The project is focused on two buildings redefining a nineteenth-century corner lot of the Milanese fabric. The relationship between the two buildings referred to the concept of figure/background, where the figure was represented by a short massive and severe building, with very small openings overlooking the street, with a hidden interior patio for each apartment and a dark finishing made of typical stone from Lombardy. The building in the background shown here represents the counter proposal to the figure and was conceived as a transparent blade that works like a theatre scenery in the background, where the colours of the interiors and peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moving shadows can be seen from the street, at a distance that does not interfere with the privacy of the inhabitants. The cross-section of the building has a width of 6 meters and the apartments and the different typologies are arranged like the pieces of Tetris.

Residential FaĂ§ade Study

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with Pietro Bergamini

THE FOOD SHOW Port de la Bourdonnais, Paris 2017

Paris Riverside Restaurant Competition Top 50 selected project Type: Innovative Restaurant Design Team: Giorgia Cedro, Pietro Bergamini

Cuisine has always been recognised as one of the most peculiar aspects of culture all over the world. The recent years have been interested by an increasing curiosity not only towards food and eating, but towards cooking as well. Cooking, in fact, is conceived nowadays as an act of art and it has become one of the most spectacular activities to learn from, share and enjoy as never before. French cuisine continues to rise interest all over the world and Paris, thanks to this new hub entirely dedicated to sublime food, will be the first place where to admire all the contemporary phenomena related to it. The building is presented as a sort of theatre, where the outer rings give the chance to experience both the views over the city and the inner machine of the restaurant. The Food Show leads the visitors through a vertical cooking promenade, where to taste the most traditional French recipes from the ground to the rooftop with the greatest wines and the best scenery. At the same time the building reactivates every side of the surroundings, thanks to its permeable and public ground - with the main restaurant kitchen, a space for cooking class and a new deck over the river Seine. with Pietro Bergamini 54

Changing Cities Studio | Prof. Susan Dunne, Prof. Graciela Torre

ELLISPSIS Permanence/Temporarity Istanbul 2015

Changing Cities Conceptual Work Type: Conceptual Work Team: Individual Work

Time changes human actions. Sometimes they completely disappear, some other times they leave back only few tracks. Through the use of simple materials, the metaphor becomes clear. Salt represents the lands of Istanbul, watercolours represent the changes introduced by man in those lands. The joint action of boiling water and air conceptually refers to the time factor. So the work continues changing until the end, when both the lands and the human actions are completely reshaped. How is it possible to understand whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacking from the remaining tracks? What is permanent? Perhaps only the meaning. For her a memory is a fold in the fabric of time Forgetfulness leaves gaps, picks holes in the picture Holes nonetheless that she can look through re-member, re-collect, re-trieve, re-ceive After careful consideration it is becoming clear, that to remember something is not to repeat. (Fiona Tan) Changing Cities Studio | Prof. Susan Dunne, Prof. Graciela Torre 56

• WORK EXPERIENCE •

for Cino Zucchi Architetti

SEVEN BEAUTIFUL ORCHARDS Milano 2017

Type: Urban Vision Tasks: Research&Concept, Contents, Organisation of Events and Team Meetings, PR, Graphic Design, Presentation Design, Publication Editing&Design, Public Presentations&Speeches Team: CZA (Andrea Balestreri&Giorgia Cedro leading), Michel Desvigne Paysagiste, PioveneFabi, Systematica, Stefano Pareglio, MVOA

The administration of Milano, together with Sistemi Urbani, invited five international architects to imagine a vision for the reform of seven dismissed rail yards. Our proposal is centred on the idea that the design of open spaces represents the crucial device for the control of the urban form. The name brolo (=orchard) identifies a typical urban and green space, with a clear definition, but open to diverse functions and uses. Since a city cannot be conceived as a technological tool, which can be substituted rather frequently, the reform of the seven new districts within the areas of the rail yards is not designed according to a functional program. Indeed, as the life of a city adapts continuously to the existing buildings and spaces, the form of the new orchards must be available to welcome the changing needs of the inhabitants, time by time. As many historical Milanese buildings today host completely different functions from the original ones, the same way Milano must be intended in its relationship with a more extended and complex territory, without denying its precise character, result of a long and articulated history.

Participatory phase of the workshop to involve the citizens of Milan in the rail yards reforming process

Maquettes and materials were given to people in order to help them share their visual image of the new rail yards

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CZA’s publication cover

CZA’s publication back

Cino Zucchi Architetti’s pavillion at the Milan Design Week 2017 in Porta Genova

Publication content and design

Strategic interventions reconnecting the areas of the rail yards to the existing urban fabric

133 Farini Rail Yard: Brolo della Simonetta Âˇ view from the new pedestrian bridge

Farini Rail Yard: Brolo della Simonetta Âˇ perspective view

Porta Romana Rail Yard: Brolo di Mezzodì · view of the new sloping park and the new intermodal station

Porta Romana Rail Yard: Brolo di Mezzodì · perspective view

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LUXOTTICA HEADQUARTERS EXTENSION Palazzo Litta, Milano 2017

Awarded Second Prize Type: Offices Tasks: Research&Concept, Graphic Presentations, PR, Meeting with the Clients Team: Alberto Bergamini (CZA), Alberto Caddeo (CZA), Mattia Cavaglieri (CZA), Michele Corno (CZA - leading), Giorgia Cedro (CZA), Michele Piolini (CZA)

Maquette’s scale 1:33

A new bright environment, with a magnificent view over the garden of Palazzo Litta; flexible working spaces, according to a modern company’s needs; environmental and climatic comfort; a clearly oriented distribution; an architectural character that expresses the innovative attitude of Luxottica in harmony with the existing context: these the answers in the project’s proposal. The great environmental quality of the garden of Palazzo Litta leads the geometrical choices and the distribution of this proposal. The new volume is respectful of the existing buildings, of which it recalls the heights and alignments. It re-designs the third side of the garden by facing over it the new working areas; the curvilinear shape of the angles and the inclination of the short sides overlooking the trees transform three sides of the building into a great green belvedere. for Cino Zucchi Architetti 72

Top Level

Fifth Level

Forth Level

Office Level

Ground Level

collaboration with URBANA design and strategies

#URBANACASTELLO TEMPORARY PEDONALIZATION Foro Bonaparte, Milano 2014

Participatory phase of the workshop to involve the citizens of Milan in the design of the temporary project Âˇ Case Studies

Type: Public Space Tasks: Research&Concept, Initial Communication and PR, Participated Events Organisation, Graphic Design Team: Giorgia Cedro, Ambra Chiesa, URBANA design and strategies (Paolo Mazzoleni leading)

Experimental pedonalization of Piazza Castello, connected to EXPO 2015 as a support area for its events within the city centre. This temporary intervention redefines the urban edges, recognising their original character as a crucial event in the public system of Milano. In order to recentre Piazza Castello with its autonomous meaning, the project is based on an operation of acupuncture, where a system of active poles defines the shape of the space along with its hierarchies and possible uses. The abacus of useful elements to support each activity provides every event of the necessary tools for them to properly take place. Because of this, our work is presented as a synthetic suggestion of possibilities, of which the actual realisation will depend on the results of the experimental phase.

Participatory phase of the workshop to involve the citizens of Milan in the design of the temporary project Âˇ Different Brainstorming Stations

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Recreational Installations

Periodic Markets

Open-air Movie Theatre

Sport Events

Land Art Installations

collaboration with UP! research lab

BONOLA CIVIC CENTER REVITALIZATION Bonola, Milano 2014

Type: Public Space Improvement Tasks: Site Surveys, Research&Concept, Graphic and Presentation Design Team: Giovanni Casalini, Giorgia Cedro, Alessandro Frigerio (UP! research lab), Fabio Lepratto (UP! research lab)

Public Terrace Âˇ Library Level

The civic center presented significative problems of decadence and under-use with a consequent lack of security feeling. The administration decided to revitalize it, by giving it a new character and a new image, but only by supporting the intervention with low budgets. The colour project, thought as a tangram, aims to encourage people to re-approach the civic centre, better orient, improve security, encourage the synergies between the auditorium and the city, encourage the synergies between the cultural network and the local associations, encourage the partnerships private/public. The colours change from red to yellow nuances according to the storey and their design as a tangram both for the floors and the ceilings support peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s orientation. collaboration with UP! research lab 84

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ENGLISH GARDEN. THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW Panasonic Shiodome Museum, Tokyo 2015

B Tiles 97,101, 102 41 Book

128 100 Oil 96 Ornament Lamp Book

39 Plate 38 Book

138 Garden Pot

68-69-70 Magazines

103 Chair

80 Magazine

130 128 Tulip & Oil Poppy Lamp

110 Dress

133 Millefleurs

129 Garden Design for Tompkinson Carpets 112 Golden Bough

(Book)

131 Dragon Trail

123 Vase 132 Form Celandine

178 179

113 Fire Screen

Tiles Tiles 114-122 104 107,108, Book 109

Type: Exhibition Tasks: Research&Concept, Exhibition Design, Model Making, Graphic and Presentation Design, Meetings with the Client and the Construction and Light Assistants Team: Giorgia Cedro (KDa - leading), Carina Cestaro (KDa)

England has always been driven by a passion for botanical research and garden planting that led to the development of a thriving gardening culture. Plants from around the world were frequently sketched for research and archiving purposes, and these drawings became artistic expressions of scientific results.

English Garden Exhibition

Plan 1/100(A3)

2015.10.27

KLEIN DYTHAM ARCHITECTURE

The design of the exhibition displays refers to the idea of winter garden

The show is focused on the period when botanical art came to be established as an entirely new artistic genre. The works exposed come from the Kew Gardens, was established in the mid 18th century as a private royal garden, is one of the world’s pre-eminent botanical gardens and the people involved in its history, including Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin, and designers such as William Morris. The 150-piece exhibition showcases the centuries-long English passion for plants and flowers, and includes famous pieces selected from the Kew Gardens collection that span the entire history of botanical art—from its beginnings to the present day—as well as designs and creations inspired by plants. for Klein Dytham architecture 88

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PALIMPSESTS AND INTERFACES. ARCHITECTURE BY RENATO RIZZI AND CINO ZUCCHI Italian Cultural Institute, Toronto 2017

Type: Exhibition Tasks: Exhibition Design, Graphic Design, Contents, Communication with the Client Team: Giorgia Cedro (CZA - leading), Riccardo Zocche (CZA)

Cino Zucchi presented seven buildings - four residential and three office buildings - at the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto. The show focuses on Zucchi’s attention to building’s envelope, acknowledging buildings rhetorical potential. Pivotal figures such as the Milanese architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers first, and Aldo Rossi later, theorized that modern architectural forms are never just functional instruments or self-referential objects but that they are always the bearers of meaning. Their forms can suggest empathy or alienation, publicness when accessible and their architectural language is intelligible; privateness if gated or semantically obscure. Zucchi’s projects often embrace transparency and visual interconnection. In doing so, they carry on a long-lasting Italian architectural tradition of designing through both volumes and planes. In part due to a warmer climate, architecture in the central and southern regions of Italy - from ancient Roman buildings to the Baroque- can be characterized as forms that express a preference for solidity. In the North of Italy, first Gothic in the Middle Ages, and then Modern architecture as practised in central Europe, exhibit a preoccupation with transparency.

The couples of display cases separate the white and gray maquettes from the graphic colours of the building façades

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• LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION •

Via Revere, 8 - 20123 - Milano - Italia Telefono (++39) 02 48.01.61.30 - Fax (++39) 02 48.01.61.37 studio@zucchiarchitetti.com P.IVA 09841710156

Cino Zucchi Architetto

Milan, Dec 22nd, 2017 I am pleased to write this letter in recommendation of Giorgia Cedro, and I am delighted to hear that she is interested in enhancing her expertise applying to your office. Besides being a practicing architect, I am Chair Professor of Architectural and Urban Design, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DASTU) at the Politecnico di Milano, and member of the PHD committee. The first time I met Giorgia was on her master graduation day, as I am part of the professors’ jury responsible for the final evaluation of the theses, which happens through a public discussion. Her thesis, developed during a period of internship in Tokyo and through a series of direct discussions with a number of Japanese architects, showed a very convincing theoretical structure, which clearly demonstrated her strong autonomy and deep commitment to research. During the presentation of her thesis, I have been really impressed by the consistency of the path that lead from the theoretical premises to the design proposals, by its scientific rigour, by the accuracy of its references and bibliographical notes, by the sharpness of the insights, and by the excellence of the writing, all dotes which are rare findings today; but most of all, I was struck by the way Giorgia Cedro has been able to catch the attention of our jury by a thirty-minute passionate and flawless speech which lead us through all the arguments of her research. I examine the work of master and PHD students every day, and I confront myself with architects of all ages in my studio and in competition juries. I rarely found a person that in such a limited time - with no arrogance or showing-off attitude whatsoever – have been able to communicate the depth of his/her intellectual rigour. For all these reasons, some days later I contacted Giorgia for an interview and decided to call her to collaborate to my professional practice. I have a studio which unites sound professional competence to a strong presence in the European cultural scene: I have been contributing to many editions of the Triennale of Milano and the Biennale in Venice, where I have been the curator of the Italian Pavilion in 2014. In this sense, I envisaged in Giorgia a person who - despite her young age - could represent a strong element in activities which unite scholar research, intellectual intuition, organization and communication abilities. In our collaboration, she has been one of the key figures of a very demanding interdisciplinary work we did for the City of Milan and the Railway Company, that is a far-reaching proposal for the urban and environmental renewal of a number of dismissed rail yards located between Milan’s historical center and the first periphery, which today represent the city’s biggest urban challenge of the next twenty years. We were very honoured to be called to give this contribution, and Giorgia managed not only to focus well the contents and the strategies of the work, but also to coordinate on her own a large group of international experts in different fields which were part of the team, and to communicate the result in very demanding public auditions and events. In our studio, Giorgia was in charge of the communication of CZA to different subjects, both national and international, and of the wider cultural relations of our reality. Thanks to her very high writing skills, she

has been the author of a large number of high quality “editorial” texts, presentations and competition reports. I am quite demanding and picky about those matters, and the independence I left to her is a proof of my esteem and trust for her performances. Since Giorgia started her work at Cino Zucchi Architetti, I got to know better and appreciated more and more the originality of her approach and the will to engage with the wider context of architecture. I strongly believe that these dotes are very sound foundations to develop a meaningful approach to professional work. In time, I discovered her deep classical education (Classical High School is still considered in Italy the top intellectual choice for its challenging subjects, and Giorgia went through it with excellent performances), her enthusiasm for literature and her ability to connect this wider realm to the field of architectural theory, so to reach a deeper understanding of specific topics. The wide range of readings with which Giorgia fuels her critical curiosity clearly ignites her uncommon analytical and writing skills. Giorgia has also been a very strong element in an exchange academic program I directed involving Politecnico di Milano, Scuola di Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria delle Costruzioni, the Universität für angewandte Kunst in Vienna and the Technische Universität Graz, Austria. The workshop, called “Inhabitable Skins. Responsive Interfaces in Contemporary Housing Design”, lasted a whole semester and consisted in a series of study trips and design workshops of Italian and Austrian students and professors between Milano, Vienna and Graz; Giorgia was in charge of the organization and didactic assistance of the Milano team and the relationship with the other ones. Everybody was very satisfied both with her organizational skills and theoretical contributions to the workshops. During her experience at CZA, she developed a strong ability to focus on the crucial aspects of many requests, and she always participated enthusiastically to the work with attention and interest. In addition to her professional abilities, it was a pleasure for colleagues to work with her. In my experience, I very seldom met young architects with the qualities and capabilities of Giorgia Cedro. Therefore, it is with conviction that I support her as a candidate for a position in your practice without reservation. Sincerely, Cino Zucchi

Architect and founder of Cino Zucchi Architetti Chair Professor of Architectural and Urban Design at Politecnico di Milano John T. Dunlop Visiting Professor in Housing and Urbanization, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University 2013 Studio mail: cz@zucchiarchitetti.com Laptop mail: cino_zucchi55@gmail.com Cell phone: +39 335 8297650

Date: 28/10/2015 FINAL REPORT OF THE EXTERNAL INTERNSHIP ACTIVITY Reference for Giorgia Cedro

Milano, 27/01/2018

I’m very pleased to write this recommendation letter for Giorgia, I would put her in the top five students I have had over my experience as an academic tutor. She has an extraordinary capacity to go beyond the required program, reframe questions and explore and propose multiple possibilities in very complex conditions. Giorgia does not stop when she finds an answer. She goes back and seeks out whether the questions and approaches are appropriate, she is a leader and has real vision. She is also very hardworking, very bright and committed. I was her architectural design tutor for the studio Building Suburbia - third year of Bachelor school (2013), at Politecnico di Milano. She and her team mate worked on a very complex site in a suburban area of Milan, where they attempted to reconnect the fabric through a residential intervention, conceived as a unique volume where some public streets were excavated in order to activate new relations with the existing buildings. They proposed to restructure the fragmented territory by providing a sort of open “functional strips”. Both the program and the definition were very ambitious and innovative. Giorgia brought great energy and initiatives to the team, and she very successfully negotiated her way through each stage. After obtaining successfully her Bachelor thesis in Milan, she went to work in Tokyo where she again spoke to me about her passionate relationship with Japanese architecture and her fascination with the micro spaces structures in Tokyo in particular and her desire to continue looking at different mutating urban environments - which she carried on throughout her Master thesis. I am convinced that Giorgia would be a very dedicated and visionary researcher and architect – since her thesis project, she has been pursuing a coherent path questioning her interests in global urban dynamics and the more human scale interactions. The fact that she is interested in this ambitious topic reflects a clear capacity to unite her past experiences and interests and her desire to explore new avenues. Giorgia was a very sincere, determined and successful student, and has become a very capable and committed professional. She is especially determined to push herself and break new grounds – her courage and intelligence are remarkable. She is a kind and sensitive person and uses her insight in a constant effort to question and improve social environments and I fully support her application to continue her work experience at your professional practice and guarantee that she has remarkable stamina and foresight to carry out her ambitions.

Surname, Name: Giorgia Cedro Location of the internship: Klein Dytham architecture Area/Sector where the intern has worked: architecture design Period: from 20/10/2015 to 25/11/2015 Total amount of hours: 150 hours Company Supervisor: Kuniyuki Okuyama Analytical description of the activities of the intern Research, Design work, Computer work, Model making, Partition in client meetings. Main work focused on one project (English Garden Exhibition), involved in concept & design process able to work independent as well as in the team flexible open minded. Proposed own ideas, worked on arrangement of art pieces for exhibition. Gained a deep understanding for the exhibition design, its architecture and the exhibition itself. Very cooperative, very creative and very active in proposing own ideas. Positive working attitude, (adapted fast to working atmosphere) supported positive working atmosphere. Was always wiling to help colleagues with several projects. Quick understanding and perception. Practical results achieved Besides researching and working conceptional she was involved in the implementation process of the exhibition. Materials, construction, stream of visitors adapting architecture. -Feedback-evaluation of the student intern / Positive -Theoretical knowledge: -at the beginning / Excellent -acquired / Excellent -Practical Skills: -at the beginning / Excellent -acquired / Excellent -Achievement of the foresaw objectives / Yes -Overall opinion about this experience / Positive

Sincerely, Paola Mongiu Architect / Founder of MAR office Senior Tutor at Politecnico di Milano MArch-Design Studio II MArch-Advenced Architectural Design

Signature of the company supervisor Klein Dytham architecture AD BLDG 2F 1-15-7 HIROO SHIBUYA-KU TOKYO 150-0012 JAPAN TEL: +81-3-5795-2277 FAX: +81-3-5795-2276 Email: k@klein-dytham.com

Alzaia Naviglio Pavese, 30 20143 Milano, Italia www.maroffice.eu info@maroffice.eu T +39 0258110496 F +39 0289425072 P.IVA 07161350967

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Name and surname of the Intern: Giorgia Cedro Offer Code associated to the Intern: Location of the Internship: Tokyo, Japan M I U R A S H I N A R C H I T E C T + A S S O C I A T E S Area/sector where the Intern has worked: Architectural and Interior Design Period: from 01.03.2013 to 27.09.2013

3-10-13-2F,HIGASHINIHONBASHI,CHUOKU,TOKYO,JAPAN

TEL03(5695)7755 FAX03(5695)7766

Type of Internship: OPTIONAL

Giorgia has demonstrated versatility, skill and commitment for all her assignments, and especially impressed with her computer skills. She was able to work independently and take on a great amount of workload, preparing material for presentation to the client.

E-MAIL: maa@miurashin.com

Furthermore, Giorgia impressed with her determination of studying the Japanese language in the evening and on

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Date: 27th September 2013

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computer skills. She was able to work independently and take on a great amount of workload, preparing material for

Furthermore, Giorgia impressed with her determination of studying the Japanese language in the evening and on

any reserves from either side.

in Architecture and her future career.

Date: 27th September 2013

Shin Miura, Principle/ Lecturer of Kogakuin University

Giorgia Cedro giorgia.cedro@gmail.com (917) 214-7056