Born in Rome in 1973, Giancarlo Zema graduated in architecture at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome, with professor Giovanni Zuccon, one of the most important naval architects on the international scene. After several international collaborations, in 2001 he founded the Giancarlo Zema Design Group (GZDG), an innovative architecture practice in Rome, specialized in smart eco-sustainable projects, semisubmerged architectural structures, floating habitats, yacht and interior design, competing with extraordinary hotel and resort projects on the water in Qatar and United Arab Emirates, pedestrian bridges in Bahrain, sports facilities in Libya and Azerbaijan, restaurant chains in Iran and vertiports in China. For ANAS, the public Italian highway company, architect Zema designs the “Green Island” smart charging stations for electric cars, distributed throughout the country, and the Smart Road Center in Rome. For Luminexence, a brand owned by the Turkish MITAS Group, he signs innovative collections of solar-powered street furniture, completely off-grid, receiving important international awards. In the industrial design sector, he collaborates with important Italian companies including: Giovannetti, Runtal, Origami Furniture, Luxyde, SmartKO, iSpace2o, creating unique and emotional objects and settings for them. In the 2022 wins the prestigious Chicago Athenaeum GREEN GOOD DESIGN AWARDS. Giancarlo Zema is often a guest at conventions and television programs. Interviewed by the most important international magazines and newspapers in the architecture and design sector, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and Forbes have written about him. His projects are the subject of international exhibitions and exhibited by cultural institutions including La Triennale Milan Design Museum, The Venice Biennale, Ara Pacis Museum, Farnesina Design, that recognize his bold creativity and profound innovative strength. Such as today, he boasts over one hundred publications and numerous covers.