Pippo Ciorra graduated from Rome's La Sapienza Faculty of Architecture in 1982. In 1991 he obtained a PhD from the IUAV in Venice. From 1982 to 1995 he taught at the faculties of Venice and Rome. Since 1987 he has been a visiting professor at Ohio State University and other North American universities. Maddalena Scimemi graduated in architecture from the University Institute of Architecture in Venice, where she obtained her PhD in History of Architecture and Urban Planning. Since 2006 she has been teaching History of Contemporary Architecture at the University of San Marino's degree course in Industrial Design. Lorenza Baroncelli is an Italian architect, urban planner and urban regeneration theorist. Currently Visiting Professor at the Polytechnic University of Vienna (TU Wien) and member of the Advisory Board of the Department of Architecture, Building Engineering and the Built Environment (DABC) of the Polytechnic University of Milan. DS+R (Diller, Scofidio, Renfro) American multidisciplinary design studio integrating architecture, visual and performing arts, founded in 1981 by Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio and Charles Renfro. Essays by Pippo Ciorra, Maddalena Scimemi, Sylvia Lavin, Samantha Hardingham, Cornelia Escher, Erik Wegerhoff.
