Angela Gigliotti

Angela Gigliotti (1986) is an educator, architect and researcher. She graduated in Building Architecture both at the Politecnico di Milano and at the Politecnico di Torino (2011). She got a degree with honour at the ASP (Alta Scuola Politecnica), a double degree curriculum for young talents, where, consequently, she was appointed as Mentor (2015-2018). Since 2011 she practised as Licensed Architect (Ordine Architetti Milano / RIBA Part 3 equivalent) within several architectural practices in Italy, Belgium and Norway. She was part of the OAF Committee within the Norwegian Association of Architect; where she was granted “OAFs fellow for videreutdanning 2015-16″.
Beyond the practice, she has actively been involved in academic activities: Teaching Assistant at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy (2010-13); External Lecturer at NMBU University in Ås, Norway (Fall 2014; Fall 2015); External Lecturer and Research Faculty at DIS within the Architecture and Design Department in Copenhagen, Denmark (2016-2020). She conducted her PhD at the Aarhus School of Architecture (2016-2019) titled “The Labourification of Work: the contemporary modes of architectural production under the Danish Welfare State”, positively assessed by Prof. Peggy Deamer (Yale School of Architecture), Prof. Helena Mattson (KTH Stockholm) and Prof. Thomas Bo Jensen (Aarhus School of Architecture). In Spring 2018, she was Visiting PhD Candidate at the Architectural Association – School of Architecture of London, UK, in the City/Architecture program under the tutelage of Pier Vittorio Aureli and Maria Shéhérazade Giudici. In 2020, she completed a post-graduate program dedicated to higher education tutors focused on Cultural Anthropology; Pedagogy of the educational communication; Psychology of the learning processes; Didactics and Media Education; Research and Evaluation at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.

Currently, she collaborates in Milan (IT) with MIUR – Italian Ministry of Education; and, in Copenhagen (DK) with DIS – Study Abroad in Scandinavia. Her research focus is on Architectural History and Theory and it found convergence on the History of Practices, Labour, and Welfare State. She co-edited the book “Utzonia: From/To Denmark with Love” (Trento: LIStLab Publisher 2020) and she authored chapters and articles published by Routledge, UK, 2021; AISU, IT, 2020; ArkDes, SE, 2020; AMPS, UK, 2020; ED Archinect, USA, 2019; CA2RE, DK, 2018; AAA, DK, 2018.