Giorgia Cannici
Giorgia Cannici is an architect, biologist, and engineer. She has worked professionally with Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, Sybarite Architects, and UNStudio. She has also collaborated with academic institutions such as The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, as well as with Autodesk as an artist-in-residence.
Her work lies at the intersection between architecture, bioengineering, and material science. She is passionate about biotechnology, nano- and micro-materials, and device engineering, all of which are disciplines that she believes to be of seminal importance to the future of architecture. Her vision for tomorrow’s architecture emphasizes an integrated scientific approach to achieve sustainable and innovative design solutions and she is committed to helping the next generation of architects to contribute to the advancement of this interdisciplinary field.
Bioengineering, Material Science, Engineered Living Materials for the Built Environment, Micro- and Nano-structured Materials and Biomaterials, Embodied Carbon in Buildings
M.Arch III Studio
Integrative Design Lab
Water-processable, biodegradable and coatable aquaplastic from engineered biofilms. Nature Chemical Biology March 2021
Thought and Thing Workshop organized by the Center for Design Research at Virginia Tech. The workshop was conducted at the AIAVA Design Forum XVI a tangible presence: [Un] Certainty: Reflection in Craft at the Cyberfrontiers
Democratizing Design Robotics Workshop, a collaboration between The Center for Design Research at Virginia Tech, Hampton University, and Howard University. September 8th 2023, Branch Museum for Architecture and Design in Richmond
Collection of landscapes and Scanning Electron Microscope images. “An exploration into a world that is right in front of us but invisible to the naked eye, yet it displays patterns reminiscent of what we see at the visible scale.” Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Beverly Hall, Cambridge, USA, 2017
Education
PhD in Biological Systems Engineering, at Virginia Tech (expected 2024)
M. Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Tufts University
Master of Liberal Arts in Biology, Harvard University, Extension School.
M. Arch II, Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
M. Sc. in Architecture Facoltà di Architettura, Politecnico di Milano.