Dr. Dr. Manfredo Manfredini

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Biography

Dr Manfredini is Director and an Associate Professor at The University of Auckland; Distinguished Professor at Shanghai University; Honorary Professor at Hunan University; Co-Director of UoA Urban Design Hub, Associate Director of the Journal of Public Space, and a Registered Architect and Urban Planner. He studied at Politecnico di Milano, La Sapienza University, Rome, and Technical University, Berlin. He taught at world’s leading universities entire courses (e.g. Tsinghua University Beijing, Milan Technical University, and The City University of New York) and single lectures (e.g. the University of Stuttgart, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Parsons School of Design). He produced a large number of publications (100+ papers), was invited as an exhibitor at major international events (e.g., 2013 and 2019 Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Shenzhen and Hong Kong and 2017 Rome Biennale of Public Space), and delivered keynote talks at premier international conferences (e.g., 2021 ICADE, Tsinghua University, and 9th China Housing Congress). He received major awards, such as the Lion, first prize, at the world’s foremost architecture exhibition, the Venice Architecture Biennale. He worked for preeminent organisations like Lombardy Housing Agency, LVMH, Christian Dior and Kenzo. He collaborated with prominent educators and designers, such as Andrea Branzi (Archizoom), Bruno Munari and Colin Fournier (The Bartlett – UCL and Archigram).