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Andrea Bertassi

Architecture professor

Education

  • M.Arch., architecture, IUAV University of Venice

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Professor of architecture, Aug. 2019–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Assistant professor of practice, Aug. 2018–June 2019
    Lecturer, Aug. 2016–May 2018, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • Visiting professor and critic, May 2017–Oct. 2017, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Visiting fellow, Aug. 2014–May 2016, School of Architecture at Taliesin, Scottsdale, AZ, and Spring Green, WI
  • Guest tutor, Nov. 2013–May 2014, Academy of Architecture, Mumbai, India
  • Guest professor, Nov. 2013–May 2014, University of Mumbai – KRVIA, Mumbai, India
  • Guest tutor, March 2013, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
  • Tutor, Jan. 2013
    Guest professor, Sept. 2011–May 2012, Piet Zwart Institute – Rotterdam University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Visiting professor, Nov. 2009, University of Central America, San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Tutor, April 2007–May 2007, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Professional experience

  • Co-founder and associate architect, Feb. 2009–present, XCOOP, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Projects include creative factory, Remanzacco, Italy; solar house, Udine, Italy; Arizona Sonora Border, Nogales, Mexico; high tech park, Songshanhu, China; Via Mantova 17, Arco, Italy; waterfront city planning, Chongqing, China; Via Occioni Bonaffones 6, Udine, Italy; Palace Hotel Città, Arco, Italy; Urban (in)Equity, Tucson, Baltimore, Rotterdam, and Bogotá; talking bench, Globe and Miami, AZ; creative community projects, Globe and Miami, AZ; primary school and community center, Buaw, South Sudan; Destiny Garden Education Center, Mombasa, Kenya; Dutch Consumers Association, The Hague, The Netherlands; QBrix Family Houses, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; energizing Kowloon East, Hong Kong.
  • Architect, April 2005–Jan. 2009, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Projects include Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shenzhen, China; European Commission Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium; Omniyat Housing and Hotel, Dubai, UAE; Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy; Sant’Elia, Cagliari, Italy; Forum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Blox, Copenhagen, Denmark; sport arena, Rome; Binkhorst, The Hague, The Netherlands; Tour Phare, Paris.
  • Freelance, Dec. 2005–Aug. 2010, Werkplaats Vincent de Rijk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Projects include VidiVici, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Gazprom, Saint Petersburg, Russia; KEW Master Plan, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
  • Junior architect, Nov. 2004–April 2005, Alberto Ferlenga Architetti Associati, Milan, Italy
    Projects include Provincia Headquarters, Arezzo, Italy; Requalification of the Historical Center, Castiglione delle Stiviere (Mantova), Italy.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Innovative Teaching Award, College of Architecture, University of Arizona, April 2019
  • Design Thinking Award, University of Arizona, Nov. 2018
  • De Consumenten (Dutch Consumers Association), Den Haag, The Netherlands, July 2015
  • First prize, Ask Keinwunder, Rio Mountain Film Festival, Oct. 2014
  • First prize, Ask Keinwunder, Terre Alte Film Festival, Oct. 2014
  • First prize, Ask Keinwunder, Sestriere Film Festival, Aug. 2014
  • Best Movie, Ask Keinwunder, Trento Film Festival, April 2014
  • Honorable Mention, "Casa Cantina, Music and Architecture," XCOOP Concept Design, June 2009
  • Honorable Mention, "Emergency Shelters," Un’Idea per la Ricostruzione, L’Aquila, Italy, June 2009
  • Honorable Mention, "New International Fair," Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Jan. 2009
  • First Prize, "Stock Exchange Tower," international design competition, Shenzhen, China, April 2006
  • First Prize, "Requalification of the Historical Center," Castiglione delle Stiviere (Mantova), Italy, April 2005

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • "Architectuur als Middel." Dutch Magazine ArchitectuurNL, Oct. 2015.

Presentations

  • "Urban (in)Equity." Paper presented at EDRA49 Oklahoma City Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, June 2018.
  • "Urban (in)Equity Lecture II." Workshop leader and visiting professor at Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia, Oct. 2017.
  • "What Design Can Do." Lecture and workshop co-lead at Me Convention and SXSW, Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 2017.
  • "Urban (in)Equity Lecture I." Workshop leader at Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia, May 2017.
  • "Architecture and Communication." Interviewed for PPAN, Aug. 2015.
  • "UrbanLab+." Lecture, Mumbai, India, Feb. 2014.
  • "Design Process." Lecture at KRVIA, Mumbai, India, Feb. 2014.
  • "Design Process." Lecture at Academy of Architecture, Mumbai, India, Jan. 2014.
  • "Give Debris a Second Life." Lecture at Eco Asia Expo, Hong Kong, Oct. 2013.
  • "SoftRock Low Cost Villas." Lecture and presentation at EnergyFair, S’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Sept. 2013.
  • "Universal System." Lecture at Creative Industrie Fund, Hong Kong, China, Aug. 2013.
  • "Universal System." Lecture at Pakhuis De Zwijger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2013.
  • "Smartgeometry." Lecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London, UK, April 2013.
  • "Improve-Innovate-Inspire." Workshop at ING, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2013.
  • "Design for People. Crisis and Globalization." Lecture at Pakhuis De Zwijger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dec. 2012.
  • "Architects Meet." Exhibition for XCOOP, Selinunte, Sicily, Italy, March 2012–April 2012.