Stefano Boeri

About

Stefano Boeri, architect, lives and works in Milan, where he was born in 1956.

His professional firm has designed buildings in Italy, such as the Vertical Forest in Milan, winner of the CTBUH Best Tall Building Europe 2015, Europe, the Villa Mediterranee Marseille, and the world, the multi-purpose center of Chanchun in China. Along with Richard Burdett, Jacques Herzog and William MacDonough, Boeri has been part of the Architectural consult in charge of developing guidelines for the Expo 2015 in Milan.

He is Full Professor of Urban Design at the Politecnico di Milano and has taught courses as ""guest professor"" at various universities, including Harvard GSD, Strelka/Moscow, Ecole Polytechnique de Losanne and the Berlage Institute. From 2004 to 2007 he was director of the international journal ""Domus,"" from September 2007 to April 2011 he has directed the international magazine ""Abitare.""

He has been the artistic director of the International Festival of Architecture FESTARCH, which was held in Cagliari (2007 and 2008) and Perugia (2010 and 2011). He is the founder of the research agency ""multiplicity,"" which is devoted to the study of the transformations of the city viewed from different disciplinary angles. Multiplicity has been invited to present its researches at numerous international exhibitions such as Documenta XI/Kassel, The Musée d'Art Modern in Paris and the Venice Biennale and has promoted and participated in collective volumes as Mutations (Actar, 2000), USE (Skira, 2002) and Cronache dell'Abitare (Mondadori, 2007).
Boeri has published his studies and projects about Milan in Il Territorio Che Cambia (with A.Lanzani and E.Marini, Segesta 1993) and Biomilano (curated by M.Brunello, Corraini, 2011), and as the author of two recently published Books: Anticittà (Laterza, 2011) and Fare di Più con Meno (Laterza, 2012).

From June 2011 to March 2013 was Councilor for Culture, Fashion Design and the City of Milan; since June of 2014 he is the Artistic Director of Estate Fiorentina and consultant for Culture and Major Events for the Mayor of Florence.