Antonio Festa Email & Phone Number

I am an Italian architect who has been living in Berlin for over ten years, working on social housing, school construction and temporary architecture for art events. I believe that architecture can be used as a transformational instrument for social change. A change that is possible through the development of an inclusive and sustainable planning process, based on the needs of the people who will live in those spaces.Born in Cosenza (Italy) on 10th of August 1983, I enrolled in the Master of Science Program 4/S in Engineering and Achitecture at the 'Università della Calabria'. In 2006 I received a Erasmus-Socrates scholarship and studied at 'Universidade Moderna de Lisboa' in Portugal.In 2011, I completed an eight-month internship at the studio 'Cecchetto & Associati' in Venice. I graduated from the University program in May 2012 with a score of 110 with honors and in September I received the authorization to practice the profession of Architect. The same year I started working as freelancer and moved to Berlin. In January 2014 I started a year and a half collaboration with the office 'Annabau', participating in architectural and landscape projects and competitions. In February of the following year, I began working with the studio 'Thoma Architekten'. Over a period of almost seven years, I gained practical experience in all project phases, first as a project manager and later as a construction manager, working mostly on social housing and school projects.Since this summer I am working as a freelancer.