Alessandro Castiglioni is a Part II Architectural Assistant at Foster + Partners in London, UK.
Born and raised in Italy, Alessandro initially relocated to Australia for a yearlong cultural exchange program while undertaking his Scientific Lyceum education.
He moved to Melbourne in 2015 to study Architecture at RMIT University.
Following two design excellence awards, numerous shortlists, and a semester-long architecture exchange program with SCI-Arc in Los Angeles,
Alessandro completed his Master of Architecture, graduating in the top two percent of RMIT higher education students in 2020.
He moved to Melbourne in 2015 to study Architecture at RMIT University.
Following two design excellence awards, numerous shortlists, and a semester-long architecture exchange program with SCI-Arc in Los Angeles,
Alessandro completed his Master of Architecture, graduating in the top two percent of RMIT higher education students in 2020.
Between 2017 and 2021, Alessandro was employed at MUIR Architecture, the practice of RMIT Lecturer and former AIA Victorian Chapter President Amy Muir.
At MUIR, he participated in numerous collaborative public projects and competitions and worked on various residential jobs, ranging from heritage interventions to new builds.
Being part of the small team that delivered the 2018 NGV Architecture Commission, provoked in Alessandro a keen interest in civic architecture and installation design.
At MUIR, he participated in numerous collaborative public projects and competitions and worked on various residential jobs, ranging from heritage interventions to new builds.
Being part of the small team that delivered the 2018 NGV Architecture Commission, provoked in Alessandro a keen interest in civic architecture and installation design.
Alessandro's interests outside the discipline developed during artist Lucy McRae's design studio at SCI-Arc and strengthened during his thesis project at RMIT University.
His personal research aims to recognize the value of architectural thinking in the fields of governance and environmental psychology.
The interest lies in uncovering the relationship between the architecture of the city and the architecture of the brain.
His personal research aims to recognize the value of architectural thinking in the fields of governance and environmental psychology.
The interest lies in uncovering the relationship between the architecture of the city and the architecture of the brain.
Alessandro's future practice aims to reconcile his passion for design and architecture with his interests in governance and human behavior.