Ninth Edition 2023-2024
Martino Pedrozzi
Svizzera
Born in Zurich in 1971, after graduating from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Martino Pedrozzi worked in 1996 in the studio of Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro. Returning to Switzerland he established his own architectural practice in Mendrisio. His work ranges from complex urban projects at the invitation of both private and public companies such as Bâloise Group or the Swiss Federal Railways, to self-initiated interventions that engage with the rural heritage of the Swiss Alpine Region.
Martino Pedrozzi founded and has led since 2003 the Summer School program WISH, Workshop on International Social Housing, at the Academy of Architecture, Università della Svizzera italiana, where between 2016 and 2021 he was a design studio visiting professor. He is a board member of the Teatro dell’architettura, a museum inaugurated in 2018 on the Mendrisio university campus.
His activities are internationally recognized through publications, public lectures and awards. He is the author of several publications, the most recent of which is Perpetuating architecture, Martino Pedrozzi’s Interventions on the Rural Heritage in Valle di Blenio and in Val Malvaglia 1994–2017 (Park Books, Zurich, 2020).