22 Facts About Stefano Boeri

Stefano Boeri was born on 25 November 1956 and is an Italian architect and urban planner, and a founding partner of Stefano Boeri Architetti.

Stefano Boeri is the professor of urban planning at the Polytechnic University of Milan.

Stefano Boeri earned a master's degree in architecture in 1980 from the Polytechnic University of Milan and a PhD in Urban Planning in 1989 from Iuav University of Venice.

Stefano Boeri was Councillor for Culture, Fashion and Design of the City of Milan from 2011 to 2013.

Stefano Boeri is involved in research and planning activities in architecture and urbanism on an international level.

Stefano Boeri founded Boeri Studio in 1999 in partnership with Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni LaVarra.

Stefano Boeri Architetti has offices in Milan, Tirana, and Shanghai.

Stefano Boeri's work is exhibited internationally, including Biennale di Venezia, Nederlands Instituut Architectuur, IFA Institut Francais d'Architecturein Paris, Arc-en-Reve Centre d'Architecture Bordeaux, Tokyo Art Gallery, Chengdu Biennale, Triennale di Milano, Beijing Design Week, Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, the Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, and the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Stefano Boeri is further exporting the Bosco Verticale model, which will be materialized in Nanjing, Utrecht, Paris and Eindhoven.

Stefano Boeri has developed major waterfront redevelopment projects at the European level, including the ports of Marseille, Genoa, Thessaloniki, Mytilene, Naples, Trieste, and La Maddalena.

In 2009, Stefano Boeri completed the redevelopment of the former Military Arsenal on La Maddalena, Sardinia, creating a series of new spaces including a conference center, commercial spaces and a marina.

In 1993, Stefano Boeri founded a research agency for territorial investigation based in Milan, called Multiplicity, concerned about contemporary urbanism, architecture, visual arts and general culture, through which he promoted research and exhibitions on the transformation of the inhabited territories that have been presented in many museums and exhibition venues and international universities.

Stefano Boeri was the artistic director of the International Festival of Architecture FESTARCH, which was held in Cagliari and Perugia.

From 2004 to 2007 Stefano Boeri was editor at Domus, an international architecture periodical.

Stefano Boeri wanted to suggest the idea of a design accessible to all, regardless of language, that speaks the universal language of images.

In 2007 Stefano Boeri moved to the editorship of Abitare, which he kept until 2010.

Stefano Boeri collaborated with various magazines and newspapers, including Wired.

Stefano Boeri is the author of numerous books, including The Anti-City, Biomilano.

Stefano Boeri is co-author, with Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist, of Mutations, an atlas of global urban mutations, written with the Harvard research group dedicated to the study of urban phenomena.

Stefano Boeri Architetti is promoting cultural events and its projects have been shown in international expositions as Venice Biennale, Beijing Design Week, Milan Furniture Fair, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art and Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and published on international magazines such as: A+U, Domus, Abitare, AREA, ARCHIS, ICON, Lotus, 2G, MIT Press, Harvard Design Magazine, Financial Times, Elle, La Repubblica.

Stefano Boeri Architetti has recently completed the Vertical Forest, two sustainable residential towers based on urban biodiversity in Milan.

Stefano Boeri has developed various plans for the reconversion of European waterfronts and historical industrial plants redevelopment as the project for Villa Mediterranee, opened in 2013 for Marseilles European Capital of Culture.