Camilla is a master’s student in Architecture and Urban Design at Politecnico di Milano. As part of her studies, she spent a semester abroad at École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Nancy. During her experience, she deepened her understanding of the social role of architecture as a tool for shaping change and the relationships that inhabit it. She developed a more multidisciplinary approach, striving to foster healthy transformation processes (or conservation) by first grasping the bigger picture and approaching challenges from multiple angles and perspectives.

Currently, she is researching the role of matter – physical, abstract and cultural – as a key to understanding the concept of identity, collective memory, and the meaning of spaces and the gestures of those who inhabit them. The quote above, taken from the song Firth of Fifth by Genesis, evokes an idea central to her reflections: the continuous transformation as an unpredictable condition of time and space where we live. In her vision, this is translated into observing these phenomena as a force to perceive, engage with and be gently oriented. In a world of constant change, she envisions an architecture capable of expanding time, listening, and responding to both social and material shifts – an architecture that welcomes evolving identities and nurtures new relationships.

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