Marson Korbi

Bio

Marson Korbi (Tirana, 1990) is an architect and currently postdoctoral researcher at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He studied at the Polytechnic of Bari where he also earned his PhD (in 2020) with cum laude, on a research topic on the political history of communal dwelling and the history of the knowledge worker. Korbi’s research is related to the field of architecture history and theory, explored through the lens of political theory and the categories of the architectural project. His work is also based on the critique of domestic space, architecture and urbanism, with particular interest on typology, architecture form and the history of interior design. As an architect and researcher, he has presented his work in many universities and has collaborated with different architecture offices and practitioners in Tirana, Bari, Brussels and Lausanne. He has published several articles in journals and online blogs related to the topic of architecture, education, and political economy. Korbi is also coeditor with Roberto Gargiani of the book Grand Dessein du Rationalisme, published with Accattone (2021). In September 2022 he became part of the Laboratory ‘Theory and Project of Domestic Space’ (TPOD) directed by Prof. Pier Vittorio Aureli, at the Architecture School of EPFL. Korbi is also assistant of the courses The Origins of Domestic Space and Reading Manfredo Tafuri. Currently he is working on a research on the history of the architecture of student accommodation, from medieval colleges to modern student housing.