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Biographies
Natalia Voroshilova is an architect and researcher. She is a doctoral candidate at the Politecnico di Torino and at ETH Zurich, where she conducts her doctoral research “Beyond A.H. Steiner’s Gartenstadt: The Coordinated Urbanism of Wohnpark Zurich, 1942–1956”.
Giulio Galasso is an architect and researcher. After studying architecture in Venice and Munich, he graduated with honours from the Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on commercial architecture in Milan, supervised by Gaia Caramellino and Pier Paolo Tamburelli. He went on to work as a research assistant at ETH Zurich, studying ordinary architectural typologies across Europe and Asia, and to teach architectural design at the Politecnico di Milano.
Lectures
- "Islands on the Border: The Urbanism of Arealüberbauung", Urban Codes and Urban Forms: The Case of Zurich, ETH Zurich, 2024.
- "Grand-Ensemble-Dörfli. Garden City Neighbourhoods in Zurich 1943–57", Belgrade Architecture Week, 2024.
- "Grafting Oases in the Grid: Urban Planning and Private Developments in Post-WWII Milan", Leçons de Rome, 7th ed., ENSA Lyon, 2024.
- "Grafting Oases in the Grid: Urban Planning and Private Developments in Post-WWII Milan", Symposium for Urban Design History and Theory, TU Delft and ETH Zurich, 2023.
- "Oases in the Grid: The Gardens of Postwar Milanese Middle-Class Housing", 8th Sophia Journal International Conference, FAUP Porto, 2023.
- "Post-war Milanese Gardens. Regulating the Re-construction of a City", City, Climate, Architecture (prof. Sascha Roesler), Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, 2023.
- "For an Open Building Culture. The Urban Regulation of 1953 and the Unpredictable Growth of Milan", Biennale Svizzera del Territorio, Lugano, 2022.
- "A System of Fragments. Recurring Features and Urban Impact of Post-war Middle-Class Housing", 10th Congress of the Italian Association for Urban History, Politecnico di Torino, 2022.
- "An Italian Estate in the US. The Case of Watergate in Washington", The Italian Presence in Post-war America, 1949–1972, Politecnico di Milano, 2022.
- "Fragility and Resource: The Gardens of Post-war Milanese Middle-Class Housing", Lieux et Enjeux. Evolution of Collective Spaces in Mass Housing, ENSA Paris Val-de-Seine, 2022.
- "Multiple Expression. Atmospheres and Ambitions of Three Satellite Milanese Towns", re-ACT by Design International Design Workshop, University of Antwerp, 2022.
Writings
- Voroshilova, Natalia and Galasso, Giulio. “Autonomy or Urban Cohesion? Arealüberbauungand Zurich’s Planning Contradictions”, in Avermaete, Tom, et al. (ed.) Zurich Atlas. An Archaeology of Urban Codes and Forms, Quart Verlag, Luzern, 2026. Link
- Christ, E., Easton, V., Gantenbein, C., Galasso, G., Innocenti, M. M., & Kriman, E. M., Typology. Tashkent, Genoa, Tbilisi, Casablanca. Review No. IV, Park Books, Zurich, 2025. Link
- Voroshilova, Natalia and Galasso, Giulio. “Grafting Oases into the Grid.”, e-flux Architecture, 2025. Link
- Voroshilova, Natalia and Galasso, Giulio. “Oases in the Grid: The Gardens of Postwar Milanese Middle-Class Housing.” Sophia Journal 8, 2024. Link
- Voroshilova, Natalia and Galasso, Giulio. “Tra Dörfli e Grands Ensembles: Le città-giardino delle cooperative di Zurigo 1943–57.” GUD Genova University Design Magazine 8, 2023, pp. 93-99. Link
- Galasso, G., "Tranquil Life: A Vacant House Bedtime Story", in Atlas of Ruins, Reuse Italy, 2025.
- Galasso, G., "An Italian Estate in the US. The Case of Watergate in Washington", in Averna, M., Postiglione, G., Rizzi, R. (eds.), The Italian Presence in Post-war America, 1949–1972. Architecture, Design, Fashion, Mimesis Edizioni, Milan, 2023. Link
Exhibitions
- L'Essenziale Studio Magazine at Design Week, group exhibition, Frab's, Milan Design Week, 2026.
- Understanding City Growth, LINA residential programme, Podroom Gallery, Belgrade International Architecture Week, 2025.
- Polychrome Revival @ Design Days, La Rasude, Lausanne, 2026. With the support of Pro Helvetia.
- Bioclimatic Actions! Resiliente Bauweisen für ein sich wandelndes Klima, Haus der Architektur, Graz, 28 September 2024 – 19 January 2025.
- Understanding City Growth, Belgrade International Architecture Week, 13–29 June 2024.
- Palazzo Polesine: Pioneering Resilient Design, BDA Baden-Württemberg, 28 February – 1 March 2024.
Publications
- A Polychrome revival. Interview published on New Generations. Link
- Performative dune. Project published in Engelhorn, Beate (ed.), Bioclimatic Actions, Haus der Architektur, Graz, 2024.
Collaborations
- Weyell Zipse
- fala atelier
- Atelier Broglia Dias
- Studio Vulkan
- Anachron
- atelier apaar
- co-struct
- WaltGalmarini
- Michel Frey Landschaftsarchitektur
- Le Collectif SA
- commisura
- Tenet
- Officina del Paesaggio
- Opera Studio
- atelier coevo
- Bimo Imbalo Rahmatullah
- Annalisa Bertagna
- Federico Bertagna
- Gregory Bianchi
- Anna Drechsler
- Vana Macanovic
- Zelda Frank
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