Fifth Edition 2015-2016
Valerio Olgiati
Switzerland
He graduated in Architecture in 1986 from the Federal Technical University of Zurich (ETH), he lived and worked in Los Angeles from 1993 to 1995. He was visiting professor in Zurich (ETH), Stuttgart (HFT), London (AA), New York (Cornell) and in 2009 he was the Kenzo Tange visiting professor (Harvard University of Cambridge – USA). He is full professor of design at the Academy of architecture of Mendrisio – University of Italian Switzerland (USI) and he owns an architecture firm in Flims.