Paola Viganò (born 1961 in Sondrio,

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), is an italian architect and urbanist, currently professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and at the

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(IUAV).

Career

Viganò received a PhD in architectural composition from the

(IUAV) in 1994. In 1998, she was named associate professor of urbanism at the Polytechnic University of Bari. She then moved back to the

(IUAV) in 2000 as an associate professor, where she was promoted to full professor in 2011. In 2013, she was named full professor in Urban Theory and Urban Design at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where she was at the Habitat Research Center since 2016.

Research

Viganò leads the laboratory of Urbanism (Lab-U) at EPFL. Her research focuses on the study of new forms of urbanization and explores the concept of cities as renewable resources. She analyzes the concept of horizontal metropolis as a vision for planetary urbanization. The Lab-U also explores the consequences on the urban space of complete abolition of individual cars, as well as ecological challenges linked to the expansion of urban spaces. Together with Bernardo Secchi, she is known for having put to the fore the concept of 'diffuse city'.

Projects & achievements

Viganò founded the architectural study ''Studio'' with Bernardo Secchi in 1990. Together, they participated in the elaboration of the urban master plans of many European cities (Bergamo, Siena, Antwerp, etc.), participated in the Lille 2030 and Montpellier 2040 projects and more recently to that of

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and the center of

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metropolitan area. In 2013, Viganò was awarded with the French '' Grand Prix de l'Urbanisme''. She received the International Batibouw Award in 2015, the Ultima Architecture Flemish Culture Prize in 2016 and a

Gold Medal for Italian Architecture The Gold Medal for Italian Architecture, it, Medaglia d'oro all'architettura italiana, italic=no, is a triennial Italian architecture prize. It has been awarded since 2003 by the Triennale di Milano in collaboration with the Ministero dei beni e ...

for her career in 2018. In 2016, she received a ''

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'' degree from

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Notable books

* Secchi, B. and Viganò, P. ''La Ville poreuse. Un projet pour le grand Paris et la métropole de l'après-Kyoto'', Genève, Suisse, MétisPresses, coll. « vuesdensemble », 2011. 2011, 256 p. * Viganò, P. Territorialism, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2014. * Viganò, P., Secchi, B., and Fabian, L. (eds) (2016) Water and Asphalt. The Project of Isotropy, Zurich: Park Books. * Viganò, P., Barcelloni Corte, M., and Cavalieri, C. (eds) (2018) The Horizontal Metropolis Between Urbanism and Urbanization, Zurich: Springer. * Viganò, P. ''La città elementare'', Genève, Suisse, Éditions Skira, coll. « Biblioteca di architettura »,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

, 208 p. * Viganò, P. ''/'', Napoli, Electa, 2001. * Viganò, P. ‹ The porous city ›, in Pellegrini P., Viganò P., eds., Comment vivre ensemble, Q3, Officina Edizioni, Roma, 2006. * Viganò, P. and Secchi, B. ''Antwerp - Territory of a New Modernity'', Pompano Beach, (FL), USA, Sun Publishers, coll. « Explorations », 2009, 248 p. * Viganò, P. ''Les Territoires de l’urbanisme. Le Projet comme producteur de connaissance'' � I territori dell'urbanistica : il progetto come produttore di conoscenza » trad. de Anne Grillet-Aubert, Genève, Suisse, MētisPresses, coll. « vuesdensemble »,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, 239 p.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vigano, Paola Living people Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Architects from Venice 1961 births