Edoardo Milesi

(Bergamo, 1954) studied at IUAV and graduated in 1979 from the Politecnico di Milano under the guidance of Franca Helg. An expert in landscape and environmental protection, he has obtained several specializations, including architecture ecology, religious architecture, and garden art. In 1990, he founded the Archos studio, through which he develops a design practice that spans various scales and fields, characterized by a constant focus on the environmental, social, and constructive aspects of architecture. Alongside his professional practice, he actively participates in cultural debates on contemporary architecture, with a strong interest in disseminating and sharing his experimental work. In 2008, he founded the magazine ArtApp, of which he is the director, and since June 2009, he has been president of the Cultural Committee of the Bertarelli Sociocultural Foundation. In 2014, he founded the cultural association Scuola Permanente dell’Abitare. From 2019 to 2022, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Fabbriceria del Duomo di Siena, known as the “Opera della Metropolitana.” He is an active member of the Ateneo di Scienze, Lettere e Arti of Bergamo, and since 2020, a member of the Scientific Committee of the Osservatorio Paesaggi Costieri Italiani for Legambiente Nazionale. Since 2018, he has been teaching Architecture and Regeneration and Architecture for the Landscape at Yacademy in Bologna, and in 2023, he became a professor of Architecture for Inclusion. In 2021, he was appointed President of the Territorial Disciplinary Board 5 of the Ordine degli Architetti PPC of Bergamo, President of the Landscape Commission of the Municipality of Mozzo, and a jury member of Europan.

Giulia Anna Milesi | Associated Architect

(Bergamo, 1986) born in Bergamo and raised in Cortona, she studied in Switzerland at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, where she graduated in 2011 under the guidance of Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects, presenting a housing project in London.
In 2008, she moved to Barcelona, where she worked at the Archikubik studio. Since August 2011, she has been collaborating with Archos, focusing primarily on architectural design, renovations, and coordination of competition and international projects. From 2013 to 2015, she was responsible for a project involving a vocational school and the construction of a residential village of micro wooden buildings in Port au Prince, Haiti.
Since 2012, she has been an architectural design assistant in the workshops of the summer schools organized by the Scuola Permanente dell’Abitare (SPdA), and has been a member of the scientific committee since 2014.


giuliamilesi@archos.it

Ivana Ghirardi | Senior Architect

Graduated in architecture from the Leonardo Department of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Since March 2006, she has worked with the Studio by dealing with urban planning and architectural design. She is a qualified safety officer and energy certifier. In addition to being responsible for procurement, she also takes care of project management and planning.

ivanaghirardi@archos.it

Paolo Vimercati | Surveyor

Project manager. Since 1998, he has worked for the Studio as construction site manager, while being in particular responsible for work management, accounting, coordination, and safety.






p.vimercati@archos.it

Paolo Abbadini | Engineer

Graduated in Building Engineering and Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Milan. He is an expert in environmental sustainability and is responsible for the department for energy saving and renewable energy as qualified safety officer and energy certifier. He has been working with the Studio since 2006, and he is in charge of project contracts.

paoloabbadini@archos.it

Roberto Belotti | Engineer

Graduated in Building Engineering with a thesis on “Energy Simulation in Dynamic Mode of a Building Used as a Professional Studio, and Economic Assessment of Possible Improvements”. Since 2003, he has worked with the Studio on the design of dry-stone buildings, the supervision of construction sites, and project accounting.


robertobelotti@archos.it

Giacomo Massoni | Engineer

Born in Siena, he is graduated in building engineering and architecture in Pisa and then completed his studies on architectural restoration at the University of Ferrara. His thesis was awarded the prize Carlo Pucci, a distinction at the SIRA Youth Prize, and the ARCo Youth Prize 2018.



giacomomassoni@archos.it

Giovanni Casalini | Architect

Studied at the ETSAM in Seville and graduated in Architectural Design at the Politecnico di Milano. In Milan he combined professional activities and teaching with the Cino Zucchi and MAR office studios. After experiences in Seattle (Olson Kundig) and Lisbon (Atelier Central), he has been collaborating with the Archos studio since July 2021.

giovannicasalini@archos.it

Riccardo Pesenti | Junior Architect

Born in Alzano Lombardo, after studying at the high school for surveyors (CAT) in 2024 he obtained a degree in Architectural Design and Urban Design at the Polytechnic of Milan.
Since 2023 he has been collaborating with the Archos studio alongside the design team.



riccardopesenti@archos.it

Javier Mora | Junior Architect

Born in Bogota, after graduating in Architecture at the National University of Colombia in 2021, he moved to Italy to further his studies in Landscape Architecture at Yacademy. Since 2022 he has been collaborating with the Archos studio on urban redevelopment and restoration projects

Cristian Carrara | Visual Designer

Graduated in Visual and Web Design, since 2008 he has been involved in graphic and multimedia design, exhibition setups, and website development, as well as communication and social media management. He is responsible for the development of editorial products and the production of publications for Archos.


grafica@archos.it

Viola Grassenis | Architect

Graduated in Interior Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 2016 and always passionate about literature and writing, since 2017 she has been responsible for the management, programming, and communication of cultural, artistic, and educational events at the Scuola Permanente dell'Abitare.



ufficiostampa@archos.it

Elena Cattaneo | Editorial staff

Since 2000, Elena Cattaneo has organized events, conferences and public relations. She works for the association Permanent School of Living and is responsible for the publishing department by coordinating the editorial staff of the magazine ArtApp and all the editorial projects of the Studio.



redazione@archos.it

Michele Milesi | Videomaker

Michele Milesi graduated in Sciences and Techniques of Visual Arts: cinema and photography with a thesis on "Urban landscapes in the 'new cinema' of the '60s, he has been collaborating with Archos since 2012 in the production of multimedia content.

Mary Grassenis | Administration

Since 1993, Mary Grassenis has been responsible for administration and executive secretariat of Archos studio.








amministrazione@archos.it

Laura Cavalieri Manasse | Editorial staff

Since 2010, Laura Cavalieri Manasse has worked with the Archos publishing department by assisting Edoardo Milesi in publishing the ArtApp magazine and in the editorial coordination of the ArtApp magazine.





team@artapp.it

Clement Adjet | Logistics

Clement Adjei is responsible for the maintenance of Archos’ offices and accommodation.