Founder – SSA Scandurra Studio Architettura

Alessandro Scandurra was born in 1968 and graduated from the Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on the urban redevelopment of an area in the outskirts of Milan.

Fonda Scandurra Studio Architettura – SSA was founded in 2001 in Milan. As artistic director for Italian design companies, he was scientific director for the Portaluppi Foundation in Milan and curator for the Palladio Museum in Vicenza. For his work, he received several nominations and mentions for awards such as the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture, the Mies Van Der Rohe and the Compasso d’Oro.

During the Expo Milano (2015) he won the competition organized by the Municipality for the construction of the Expo Gate. He also participated in several editions of the Venice Architecture Biennale and in numerous exhibitions at the Triennale di Milano. For years he has been teaching at architecture schools and universities, including NABA, Politecnico di Milano and SUPSI in Mendrisio.

He is the author of the book “Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Umberto Riva, Carlo Scarpa and the origin of things”. He has taught at the Polytechnic University of Milan, and today he is a visiting professor at SUPSI, in Switzerland.