He studied architecture in Milan and Madrid, in 2006 he obtained his PhD in architectural design at Politecnico di Milano, where he has been acting as Full Professor. He participated in the international research project ‘Casapartes’ to build low cost housing in Latin America.

Since 2008 he is the chair of “Architectes Sans Frontières – Italia” working in Argentina, Paraguay, Guatemala, Ghana, Egypt, Mozambique, Kosovo, Colombia and Cambodia. World Bank consultant, he has collaborated with the main italian organization. In 2016 he won the Honor Mention in “Medaglia d’oro dell’architettura italiana” and the Silver Medal in the International Prize Sustainable Architecture.

He also founded OPERASTUDIO, an architectural design firm in Milan and New York and from 2016 is editor for Casabella.