Biography

Michela completed her training in Architecture in the UK (RIBA Part 1 to Part 3), where she then practiced at Foster Partners and Herzog & de Meuron, as well as through freelance projects in London, Mallorca and Milan.She is currently pursuing a PhD in History and Theory of Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Switzerland). Her doctoral research critically examines the proliferation of seaside holiday villas in Italy from the start of the ‘Economic Miracle’ to the first Oil Crisis.

As part of TPOD Lab (Theory and Project of Domestic Space), Michela supervises Master Thesis Projects and acts as one of the editors of Burning Farm Journal. She has been invited as an external critic at the London Metropolitan University, the Architectural Association, and the University of Brighton. Her architectural work has been showcased at the Lisbon Triennale, AA Project Reviews, and Something Curated. Her writing has been published in Burning Farm, Dimensions Journal, and OASE.

She is proudly involved in institutional engagement and acted as PhD representative of the Doctoral School of Architecture - within the collective Quatre- between 2023 and 2025. In April 2023 she launched Doc. Days EDAR, a doctoral review seminar across  different labs of the Doctoral School of Architecture.