Born in Turin in 1966, she graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in the Turin Politecnico in 1992. In 1994, she was awarded the Prix de Rome pour l’Architecture by the Academy of France in Rome. In 1999 she obtained a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Architecture in the University of Genoa. Currently, she is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture in this university. She works as a freelance architect and has participated in national and international competitions. A co-founder of Basement15, she works especially on the design and development of new buildings.