The Horizontal Metropolis

Martina Barcelloni, PhD in Urbanism, is Architect and Scientific Collaborator at EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2014. She has worked as a freelancer for several international offices such as EMBT-Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue and Stefano Boeri Architetti, participated in the staging of several international workshops, and taught in the field of architecture and urbanism at a number of international schools as EPF Lausanne (Switzerland), IUAV Venice (Italy), Politecnico di Milano (Italy), GSAPP Columbia University (USA), and the National University of Singapore (Singapore). She is currently concluding a research on urban-rural soils and coordinates the Executive Board of Habitat Research Centre at the EPFL.
Paola Viganò, PhD in Architecture, is Full Professor in Urban Theory and Urban Design at the EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) where she heads the Lab-U and the new interdisciplinary Habitat Research Centre. She is also professor at IUAV University Venice, Italy. Guest professor in several international schools, in 2013 she has received the Grand Prix de l'Urbanisme in France; in 2016 the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the UCL; 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 and has won several international competitions.