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Later he worked for 10 years with Stefano Boeri, moving to Milan, becoming partner of Stefano Boeri Architetti until 2017, co-founding SBA China. Since 2011, he has led the DONTSTOP Architettura studio with Marco Brega, with which he designs projects in Italy and abroad, including “Abitare in Maggiolina” and the restyling of San Siro Stadium and the sports centers of Inter and Milan. He shows particular attention to the themes of design and innovation developed through collaborations with Asia, as creative director of the Sino European Innovation Institute, curator of the Across Chinese Cities program at the Venice Biennale and of XPort at Suzhou Desing Week. He has published books and articles in international journals, teaches and collaborates with different universities including the Politecnico di Milano and the IUAV of Venice.

Marco Brega (Milan, 1970) is an architect with decades of experience in the planning management and coordination of residential interventions, public infrastructures and complex buildings - specifically stadiums and sports centres. In 2011, he founded DONTSTOP architettura studio with Michele Brunello, of which he is Technical Director. Previously, he coordinated the design activity of Stefano Boeri Architetti and was the Technical Director of SBA Stefano Boeri Architetti.

Key projects undertaken with DONTSTOP architettura include the requalification and set-up for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons of the San Siro Stadium; the coordinated image and the construction of three new buildings for the FC Internazionale in Appiano Gentile; the Cluster of Spices at EXPO 2015, various residential projects such as "Abitare in Maggiolina", the Parco dell'Abitare district in Lodi, and urban interventions including the new Town Plan for the Municipality of Pordenone.

Over the years, he has curated the design of exhibitions such as "J'arrive - Napoleon Bonaparte, the five faces of the triumph", in collaboration with the Fondation Napoléon in Paris, and "Goal! The Football Experience", for Barley Arts, held in Russia, Turkey, Belgium and Italy. With DONTSTOP architettura, following the design of the San Siro Stadium Museum, he designed the exhibition itinerary for "La Stringa d'Oro" International Football Museum in 2016, in the prestigious setting of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan.

For the Across Chinese Cities research program, Marco orchestrated the set-up of "Across Chinese Cities - Beijing" and "Across Chinese Cities - China House Vision", which spurred his participation in the Collateral Events section of International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, in 2014 and 2016.

Pietro Olioso was born in Verona in 1994. He earned his master degree in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano, enriching his academic curriculum with significant international experiences, such as a one-year study period at Tsinghua University in Beijing and a thematic course about public space design at Delft University of Technology. He worked in international firms, including Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Genova) and Renhe Architecture (Beijing), developing competences of architecture and urban design in several countries of the world. He is constantly committed to a personal research concerning public space and its different declinations, which includes his master thesis “Tiananmen Square: a spatial manifesto for contemporary China”, recently published on IQDesign magazine. He contributes to cross-disciplinary workshops, such as “The workplace of the future” with Sharp Europe.

Shanti Alberti di Catenajo, 1991, designer at DONTSTOP Architettura where she follows design and exhibition projects, from concept to development and realization. She has had international experiences: in China as project coordinator of Venice Guest City program at Suzhou Design Week 2018 and in Singapore, studying at NUS (National University of Singapore), reaching among the top of ranking in Service Design competition for MOM (Ministry of Manpower) and working as management assistant and projects coordinator in a local company in the automation field. Master graduated in Product Design for Innovation at Politecnico di Milano and she has ongoing publications on social design issues, such as "Multisensory Rooms for Children with Intellectual Disabilities".

Guadalupe Ciocoletto was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1983. In 2009 she graduated as an architect from the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo - Universidad de Buenos Aires. She co-founded and runs the architecture studio "ousia arquitectosIn 2013 she graduated with a Master's Degree in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano. She achieves the title of Doctor of Urbanism in the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo - Universidad de Buenos Aires in 2021 with the thesis "Aristas en el crisol. Barrio Chino y Mercado Andino. Canales de comunicación intercultural en una Buenos Aires globalizada' (Horizons in the melting pot. Chinatown and the Andean market. Channels of intercultural communication in a globalised Buenos Aires). Teacher at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (2007-2010 and 2013-2016) and Universidad de La Matanza (2020), Teaching support at POLIMI (2020). Always interested in research investigating public space and interculturality, she has participated in several research groups and international congresses and published articles in popular science journals.

Born in a small town south of Rome, Velletri. He graduated in "Science of Architecture" at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in 2019 and then moved to Milan to pursue a master's degree at the Milan Polytechnic in built environment and interiors. He founded and worked for the cultural association of which he is president, "Tratti", which led him to get to know and later collaborate with different European realities. Intrigued by the new opportunities offered by new technologies, he became interested in and worked on several blockchain projects. In 2021, he began personal research into the design of virtual spaces, and in 2022, to continue this research, he founded Sesamo Lab with two friends.

He loves photography to which he dedicates his spare time.

Graduated in "Science of Architecture" at the University of Roma with the publication of a thesis on the Parametric Optimisation of Architecture, he subsequently graduated with a Master's degree in "Building Architecture" at the Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on the Conservative Transformation of the Modern.

Marco Grattarola, graduated in ‘Science of Architecture’ at the Polytechnic School of Genoa and later obtained a Master's degree in ‘Architecture-Built Environment-Interior’ at the Polytechnic of Milan with a thesis on ‘Active Architecture’. He completed several internships in professional architectural firms and in a contemporary art gallery. Founds and edits an architecture magazine called ‘AGORA magazine’. He founded two innovative start-ups where he experimented his curiosity about new technologies and innovation. He performs live music as well as organising electronic music events.

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