Landscape In-Between is a project for the former
industrial area of Acetati in Verbania (IT), resulting from the winning proposal for Europan 15 by Metaxia Markaki & Simona Ferrari.
About
Simona Ferrari and Metaxia Markaki share a
friendship and collaboration. The two met at ETH Zurich where they teach and
research at the chairs of Architectural Behaviorology and
Architecture of Territory respectively. They currently live and work in Zurich
developing their practices.
Simona studied architecture at the Politecnico di
Milano, TU Vienna and the Tokyo Institute of Technology. She is currently pursuing
a MA in Fine Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts. Previously, she has
worked as an architect with Atelier Bow-Wow in Tokyo, completing several
international projects and exhibitions.
Metaxia studied architecture at
NTU-Athens and ENSAPLV-Paris and specialized in urban and territorial design at
ETH Zurich. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the ETH Doctoral School for
Landscape and Urban Studies. Previously, she has taught at ETH Studio Basel and
Harvard GSD with Professors Herzog & de Meuron.
Thanks to
Europan Italia, Europan
Europe, Città di Verbania, Silvana Ferrari, Stefano Martinella (Museo del
Paesaggio Verbania), Gabriella Iorio (Biblioteca Civica di Verbania), Goda
Budvytyte and Pavlina Zikas.