Valentina Mion

Founder & Director | PhD Architect and Urban Planner at NotToScale Architecture
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Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, CH
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  • Italian Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Español Professional working proficiency
  • Português Full professional proficiency
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Credentials

  • COVID-19 in Slums & Informal Settlements: Guidelines & Responses
    MITx on edX
    Mar, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • FSU Urban Planner
    FSU - Swiss Federation of Urban Planners
    Jan, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Espace Suisse Member
    EspaceSuisse
    Nov, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • ODI Member
    Open Data Institute
    May, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • ISOCARP Member
    ISOCARP – International Society of City and Regional Planners
    Jul, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • OTIA Member
    OTIA - Ordine Ingegneri e Architetti del Cantone Ticino
    Dec, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Enabling: profession of Architect | Abilitazione alla Professione di Architetto (Esame di Stato - Italia)
    MIUR
    Jan, 2013
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • NotToScale Architecture
    • Switzerland
    • Architecture and Planning
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Founder & Director | PhD Architect and Urban Planner
      • Jun 2014 - Present

      www.nottoscale.ch NotToScale Architecture is a design and consulting firm specialized in the field of architecture and urban planning. It is an operational and creative platform composed by a permanent staff working with a team of external collaborators experts in different fields and coming from different parts of the world to ensure the high quality of its services. In addition to the work with public and private clients, NotToScale Architecture collaborates with international firms… Show more www.nottoscale.ch NotToScale Architecture is a design and consulting firm specialized in the field of architecture and urban planning. It is an operational and creative platform composed by a permanent staff working with a team of external collaborators experts in different fields and coming from different parts of the world to ensure the high quality of its services. In addition to the work with public and private clients, NotToScale Architecture collaborates with international firms like FareArte (São Paulo-Brazil), Lab.Pro.Fab (Caracas-Venezuela and Umea-Sweden), Ezquiaga Arquitectura, Sociedad y Territorio (Madrid-Spain) and Single Frame (Milan-Italy). Show less www.nottoscale.ch NotToScale Architecture is a design and consulting firm specialized in the field of architecture and urban planning. It is an operational and creative platform composed by a permanent staff working with a team of external collaborators experts in different fields and coming from different parts of the world to ensure the high quality of its services. In addition to the work with public and private clients, NotToScale Architecture collaborates with international firms… Show more www.nottoscale.ch NotToScale Architecture is a design and consulting firm specialized in the field of architecture and urban planning. It is an operational and creative platform composed by a permanent staff working with a team of external collaborators experts in different fields and coming from different parts of the world to ensure the high quality of its services. In addition to the work with public and private clients, NotToScale Architecture collaborates with international firms like FareArte (São Paulo-Brazil), Lab.Pro.Fab (Caracas-Venezuela and Umea-Sweden), Ezquiaga Arquitectura, Sociedad y Territorio (Madrid-Spain) and Single Frame (Milan-Italy). Show less

  • BUUP
    • Brazil
    • Architecture and Planning
    • Co-Founder & Director | Expert in Informal City processes
      • Jan 2018 - Present

      BUUP is a multidisciplinary laboratory born in 2018 from an idea of Fernando Botton and Valentina Mion, after more than 5 years working together in the Informal City context. BUUP conducts awareness-raising initiatives through small theoretical and practical interventions, promoting discussions regarding what is housing and what is public space. BUUP organizes participatory workshops, conferences, seminars, artistic workshops and national and international exhibitions involving professionals… Show more BUUP is a multidisciplinary laboratory born in 2018 from an idea of Fernando Botton and Valentina Mion, after more than 5 years working together in the Informal City context. BUUP conducts awareness-raising initiatives through small theoretical and practical interventions, promoting discussions regarding what is housing and what is public space. BUUP organizes participatory workshops, conferences, seminars, artistic workshops and national and international exhibitions involving professionals, students, institutions and local communities, involving the discussion of the local needs within such a complex territory as Informal City. Individual expression, grassroots involvement, and bottom-up development have played important roles, as has information exchanges, open access, and public participation. Playing and fun are natural paths to knowledge and innovation. The success of the workshops and activities of BUUP is based on the motivation and creativity of the participants. Show less BUUP is a multidisciplinary laboratory born in 2018 from an idea of Fernando Botton and Valentina Mion, after more than 5 years working together in the Informal City context. BUUP conducts awareness-raising initiatives through small theoretical and practical interventions, promoting discussions regarding what is housing and what is public space. BUUP organizes participatory workshops, conferences, seminars, artistic workshops and national and international exhibitions involving professionals… Show more BUUP is a multidisciplinary laboratory born in 2018 from an idea of Fernando Botton and Valentina Mion, after more than 5 years working together in the Informal City context. BUUP conducts awareness-raising initiatives through small theoretical and practical interventions, promoting discussions regarding what is housing and what is public space. BUUP organizes participatory workshops, conferences, seminars, artistic workshops and national and international exhibitions involving professionals, students, institutions and local communities, involving the discussion of the local needs within such a complex territory as Informal City. Individual expression, grassroots involvement, and bottom-up development have played important roles, as has information exchanges, open access, and public participation. Playing and fun are natural paths to knowledge and innovation. The success of the workshops and activities of BUUP is based on the motivation and creativity of the participants. Show less

  • Ezquiaga Arquitectura Sociedad y Territorio SL.
    • Architecture and Planning
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Coordinator | External collaboration
      • Apr 2018 - Mar 2021

      Coordinated and Continuous collaboration. Developed Projects: - Participation Plan Model in Urban Planning (EAST) - Territorial Plan of the Menorca Island (Spain) - Municipal Development Plan of Logroño (Spain) - Revitalisation Plan of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) Coordinated and Continuous collaboration. Developed Projects: - Participation Plan Model in Urban Planning (EAST) - Territorial Plan of the Menorca Island (Spain) - Municipal Development Plan of Logroño (Spain) - Revitalisation Plan of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    • Spain
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assistant Professor | Urban Planning
      • Sep 2020 - Sep 2020

      Vertical Workshop 2020 – Put it on wheels! Organization: Professors Alejandro Haiek (Umeå University - Sweden) and Raquel Colacios (UIC Architecture Barcelona - Spain). Intensive course focused on new urban development possibilities in Barcelona (after covid-19). The city is intended as a basis for new forms of urban culture, combining institutional cultural infrastructure with new cultural facilities. Vertical Workshop 2020 – Put it on wheels! Organization: Professors Alejandro Haiek (Umeå University - Sweden) and Raquel Colacios (UIC Architecture Barcelona - Spain). Intensive course focused on new urban development possibilities in Barcelona (after covid-19). The city is intended as a basis for new forms of urban culture, combining institutional cultural infrastructure with new cultural facilities.

  • MCH Master
    • Spain
    • Architecture and Planning
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Professor | Urban Planning
      • May 2020 - Jul 2020

      MCH: Master in Collective Housing Postgraduate full-time international professional program of advanced architecture design in cities and housing. Organizzazione: Università Politecnica di Madrid (UPM) e Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH di Zurigo). Corso in Urban Design and Landscape, Prof. José María Ezquiaga. Workshop “Sviluppo residenziale dell'area Campamento, Madrid”. MCH: Master in Collective Housing Postgraduate full-time international professional program of advanced architecture design in cities and housing. Organizzazione: Università Politecnica di Madrid (UPM) e Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH di Zurigo). Corso in Urban Design and Landscape, Prof. José María Ezquiaga. Workshop “Sviluppo residenziale dell'area Campamento, Madrid”.

  • LAB.PRO.FAB by Alejandro Haiek
    • Umea, Contea di Vasterbotten, Svezia
    • Project Coordinator | External collaboration
      • Nov 2013 - May 2020

      Coordinated Collaboration. Developed Projects: - Car Trucks Project/JA.CA (Belo Horizonte- Brasile) - Chicoco Space Project - STAGE 1 (Okrika Waterfront, Port Harcourt, Nigeria) Coordinated Collaboration. Developed Projects: - Car Trucks Project/JA.CA (Belo Horizonte- Brasile) - Chicoco Space Project - STAGE 1 (Okrika Waterfront, Port Harcourt, Nigeria)

  • urbz
    • India
    • Architecture and Planning
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • General Coordinator | Urbz Brazil Section
      • Apr 2013 - Mar 2020

      Developed Projects: - Participative activity "Men's Action Walk" (11th Architecture Biennial of São Paulo- Brazil) - "Building space" project (Paraisópolis, São Paulo) - "MOD-LAR" project (Paraisópolis, São Paulo) - Participative activity "CatAção Paraisópolis" (Paraisópolis, São Paulo) - Workshop "Ataide’s house. Second Phase" (Paraisópolis, São Paulo) - "Cisterns" project (Paraisópolis, São Paulo) Developed Projects: - Participative activity "Men's Action Walk" (11th Architecture Biennial of São Paulo- Brazil) - "Building space" project (Paraisópolis, São Paulo) - "MOD-LAR" project (Paraisópolis, São Paulo) - Participative activity "CatAção Paraisópolis" (Paraisópolis, São Paulo) - Workshop "Ataide’s house. Second Phase" (Paraisópolis, São Paulo) - "Cisterns" project (Paraisópolis, São Paulo)

  • Ezquiaga Arquitectura Sociedad y Territorio SL.
    • Architecture and Planning
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Architect and Urban Planner
      • Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

      Continuous and Coordinated collaboration. Developed Projects: - Management plan for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Panama (Panama-Republic of Panama) - Lesson Learned in 20 Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean (João Pessoa-Brazil) - Pilot project for improvement and intervention through progressive urbanisation (Barrio 380 Enrique Bermúdez in Managua-Nicaragua) - PRCT Revitalisation Plan of the Traditional Centre of Bogotá (Bogotá-Colombia) - Special Plan for the… Show more Continuous and Coordinated collaboration. Developed Projects: - Management plan for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Panama (Panama-Republic of Panama) - Lesson Learned in 20 Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean (João Pessoa-Brazil) - Pilot project for improvement and intervention through progressive urbanisation (Barrio 380 Enrique Bermúdez in Managua-Nicaragua) - PRCT Revitalisation Plan of the Traditional Centre of Bogotá (Bogotá-Colombia) - Special Plan for the Historic District of Sigüenza (Sigüenza-Spain) - Pilot project for applied urban management in the district of Comas (Lima-Peru) - Revitalisation Plan of the Traditional and Cultural Centre of Managua (Managua-Nicaragua) Show less Continuous and Coordinated collaboration. Developed Projects: - Management plan for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Panama (Panama-Republic of Panama) - Lesson Learned in 20 Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean (João Pessoa-Brazil) - Pilot project for improvement and intervention through progressive urbanisation (Barrio 380 Enrique Bermúdez in Managua-Nicaragua) - PRCT Revitalisation Plan of the Traditional Centre of Bogotá (Bogotá-Colombia) - Special Plan for the… Show more Continuous and Coordinated collaboration. Developed Projects: - Management plan for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Panama (Panama-Republic of Panama) - Lesson Learned in 20 Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean (João Pessoa-Brazil) - Pilot project for improvement and intervention through progressive urbanisation (Barrio 380 Enrique Bermúdez in Managua-Nicaragua) - PRCT Revitalisation Plan of the Traditional Centre of Bogotá (Bogotá-Colombia) - Special Plan for the Historic District of Sigüenza (Sigüenza-Spain) - Pilot project for applied urban management in the district of Comas (Lima-Peru) - Revitalisation Plan of the Traditional and Cultural Centre of Managua (Managua-Nicaragua) Show less

  • Politecnico di Milano
    • Italy
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Tutor
      • Sep 2014 - Feb 2015

      Course: Designing cities Master Degree in Architecture and Urban Design Polytechnic University of Milan Professors: Laura Montedoro, Paolo Mazzoleni, Vincenzo Gaglio Course: Designing cities Master Degree in Architecture and Urban Design Polytechnic University of Milan Professors: Laura Montedoro, Paolo Mazzoleni, Vincenzo Gaglio

  • Politecnico di Milano
    • Italy
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Tutor
      • Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

      Course: Urban Planning Master Degree in Architecture and Urban Design Polytechnic University of Milan Professor Massimo Brignoli Course: Urban Planning Master Degree in Architecture and Urban Design Polytechnic University of Milan Professor Massimo Brignoli

  • UNO-A Architetti Associati
    • Italy
    • Architecture and Planning
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Architect
      • Nov 2013 - Jun 2014

      Projects: - Special Landscape Development Program (Vesima, Genoa, Italy) - Suzzani 225. Residential building (Milan, Italy) - Affori FNM Integrated Intervention Program. New train station, residences and hotels | Participation Program "Shared Gardens" (Milan, Italy) Projects: - Special Landscape Development Program (Vesima, Genoa, Italy) - Suzzani 225. Residential building (Milan, Italy) - Affori FNM Integrated Intervention Program. New train station, residences and hotels | Participation Program "Shared Gardens" (Milan, Italy)

  • MATA Arquitetura
    • São Paulo, Brasile
    • Architect
      • Nov 2012 - Dec 2013

      Projects: - Preliminary project, executive project and construction of the exhibition AMAZONIA MUNDI, 2013 (SESC Itaquera, São Paulo-Brazil) - Container House (São Paulo-Brazil) Projects: - Preliminary project, executive project and construction of the exhibition AMAZONIA MUNDI, 2013 (SESC Itaquera, São Paulo-Brazil) - Container House (São Paulo-Brazil)

  • Politecnico di Milano
    • Italy
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Tutor
      • Sep 2010 - Mar 2013

      Course: Urban Design Studio Polytechnic University of Milan Professors Laura Montedoro, Mauro Mericco, Nicolò Riva

    • Tutor
      • Oct 2012 - Feb 2013

      Course: Architectural Design Studio 2 Polytechnic University of Milan Professors Oliviero Godi, Matteo Aimini, Nicolò Riva, Diego Terna

  • with arch. Eleonora Salsa
    • Milano, Italia
    • Collaborator
      • Mar 2011 - Jun 2011

      Projects: - International Competition EUROPAN 11 - Kosovo competition (Peć, Kosovo) Projects: - International Competition EUROPAN 11 - Kosovo competition (Peć, Kosovo)

  • Arco Associati Srl
    • Italy
    • Architecture and Planning
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Collaborator (Stage)
      • Apr 2009 - Jun 2009

      Projects: - Project of refurbishment of the National Theatre (Baku, Azerbaijan) - Museum of Music (Baku, Azerbaijan) Projects: - Project of refurbishment of the National Theatre (Baku, Azerbaijan) - Museum of Music (Baku, Azerbaijan)

Education

  • Politecnico di Milano
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Urban Design - PAUI, ICAR 21 - Urban Planning
    2014 - 2017
  • Politecnico di Milano
    Master degree in Architecture, ICAR 21 – Urbanistica
    2009 - 2012
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
    Erasmus Program
    2009 - 2010
  • Politecnico di Milano
    Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, 110L/110
    2006 - 2009
  • Liceo Classico Pio X, Treviso
    High school leaving qualifications, 94/100
    2001 - 2006
  • Mourice Ravel Music School, Treviso
    Study of Piano with the complementary subjects of Music Theory an History of Music
    1994 - 2007

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