Caja Michele Giovanni

Associate Professor in Architectural and Urban Design at Politecnico di Milano. PHD in Architectural Composition at IUAV, Venice (2005). He has taught at ETH Zürich, 'Aldo Rossi' Faculty of Cesena and FHP Potsdam. He has collaborated with various architectural firms in Italy and abroad, as in Dortmund (J. P. Kleihues, 1990), Vienna and Milan (G. Grassi, 1994-96). His field of research focuses on the relationship between theory and contemporary design, particularly in the Italian and German context. He has organised conferences and exhibitions, including: Heinrich Tessenow. La ricchezza della semplicità (Parma/Milan, 2005); New Realism and the Architecture of the City (Turin/Naples, 2012); Aldo Rossi. Perspectives from the World (Polimi, 2018); Mies van der Rohe. An Idea of the City (Milan, 2019/Porto, 2020).

Career

Master's Degree (Polimi, 1992), PHD (IUAV, 2005).

Research

Urban and architectural design in historical and regeneration contexts.

Selected Publications

Berlino 1990-2010. La ricerca sull'isolato e sul quartiere (2009);

Tipologia architettonica e morfologia urbana. Il dibattito italiano (2010/2012);

Berlino anni Venti. Progetti urbani per il centro 1921-1933 (2012);

Potsdam&Italien. Die Italienrezeption in der Potsdamer Baukultur (2014);

Hans Stimmann, The Berliner Townhouse. A Typological Experiment (2015); Tipo forma figura. Il dibattito internazionale (2016);

Ricostruzione critica come principio urbano e altri scritti (2017);

Neue Projekte in historischen Deutschen Städten (2019);

Progetti per Milano. Garibaldi, Isola, Gioia (2020);

Urban Projects. Urbane Projekte. Neue Ideen für das Projekt der europäischen Stadt (2023).

Grants, awards and Honours

He has participated in several national and international architecture competitions, including: IX MIBA - International Biennale of Architecture Cracow, NowaHuta (2003), 1. price; Humboldt Forum Berlin (2008), 2. prize ex aequo; Prix de Rome - Villa Adriana (2018).