Paola Giaconia


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Date of Birth: May 01, 1971

Birth City: Monza

Birth Country: Italy

Resident Country: Italy

Notes: Many of the articles written by Ms. Giaconia are in Italian.

Sources: information was provided by Ms. Giaconia ; http://www.paolagiaconia.com/


Specialties


No specialties on record


Jobs


Employer: Johnson Fain Partners

Title: Architect

City: Los Angeles

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1999

End Date: January 01, 1999


Employer: Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto

Title: Architect

City: Rome

Country: Italy

Start Date: January 01, 2000

End Date: January 01, 2000

Notes: worked on two Austrian competitions


Employer: Independent professional activity

Title: Architect

City: Milan and Los Angeles

Start Date: January 01, 2001


Employer: A.polis

Title: Partner with Gregory Taousson

City: Los Angeles

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 2000


Employer: mOrphosis

City: Santa Monica

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1998

End Date: January 01, 1999


Employer: RoTo Architects

Title: Architect

City: Los Angeles

State: California

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1996

End Date: January 01, 1996


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: Urban Center Firenze Competition

Description: Special Mention, with Marco Brizzi, Paolo Danelli, Jacopo Marello and Elena Sacco

Date Received: January 01, 2004


Name: Bike-path and bridge in Nembro Competition

Description: First Prize, with Paolo Danelli and Elena Sacco

Date Received: January 01, 2004


Name: Fulbright Scholarship

Description: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA

Date Received: January 01, 1997


Name: Surface as Ultraskin, International Competition

Description: Special Mention, with Gregory Taousson and Ken Zimmerman, 2Form

Date Received: January 01, 2002


Name: Basel Prestige, Design Competition

Description: First Prize, with W. Camagna, M. Camoletto, A. Marcante, D. Volpe and S. Volpe

Date Received: January 01, 2000


Exhibitions


Title: Spot on Schools

Start Date: October 2003

Url: http://www.image-web.org/spotonschools

Notes: Curator of the exhibit Spot on Schools (Stazione Leopolda, Spazio Alcatraz, Firenze)


Title: Deep Inside

Start Date: October 2003

Url: http://architettura.supereva.it/image/festival/2003/en/program.htm#exhibitions

Notes: Participant in the exhibit Deep Inside (Stazione Leopolda, Spazio Alcatraz, Firenze)


Title: BEYOND MEDIA

Description: festival

Start Date: October 2003

Url: http://architettura.supereva.it/image/festival/2003/en/program.htm#calendar

Notes: Participant in the festival BEYOND MEDIA (Ospedale degli Innocenti, Firenze) (October 2003)


Title: Voyage dans la condition urbaine

City: Paris

Country: France

Start Date: January 2003

End Date: February 2003

Notes: Participant in the exhibit Voyage dans la condition urbaine (Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris) (January-Febraury 2003)


Notable Projects


No projects on record


Education


Institution: SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture) - Los Angeles, CA - USA

Degree: Master's Degree

Start Date: August 31, 1997

End Date: January 31, 1999


Institution: Politecnico di Milano

Department: Architecture

Degree: Laurea (diploma)

Start Date: September 30, 1990

End Date: July 06, 1996


Licensing


License: license

Organization: Ordine Architetti di Milano

Date Awarded: November 30, 1996


Professional Affiliations


Organization: iMage

Role: curator

Start Date: February 28, 2002


Publications By


Title: Spot on Schools

Publisher: Mandragora

City: Florence

Country: Italy

Url: http://architettura.supereva.it/image/festival/2003/en/spotonschools.htm


Title: Los Angeles. Città Unica

Publisher: Testo&Immagine

City: Torino

Date Published: December 31, 2001


Title: INTIMACY

Co-author: M. Brizzi, P. Giaconia

Publication: Beyond Media/Oltre i Media 02

Publisher: Compositori

City: Bologna

Url: http://www.mandragora.it/italiano/Mandragora1.html

Notes: Info per author:
- M. Brizzi, P. Giaconia (a cura di), INTIMACY. Beyond Media/Oltre i Media 03, Mandragora, Firenze 2004.(as per: http://www.mandragora.it/italiano/Mandragora1.html )


Title: Los Angeles. Città di Architetture

Publication: Los Angeles. Un’antologia. Sguardi alla fine del mondo

Publisher: Vicolo del Pavone

City: Piacenza


Title: Silicon Valley Internet Valley

Co-author: Paola Giaconia, Federico Bucci (editor)

Publication: Company Towns

Page: 62-63

Publisher: Editrice Compositori

City: Bologna

Country: Italy

Notes: as per author:
- Paola Giaconia, "Silicon Valley Internet Valley", in: Federico Bucci (editor), Company Towns, Editrice Compositori, Bologna 1997, pp. 62-63.


Title: Eric Owen Moss Architects. Biblioteca Nazionale del Messico "José Vasconcelos"

Co-author: Paola Giaconia,

Publication: Arch'it

Country: Italy

Date Published: November 13, 2003

Url: http://architettura.supereva.it/architetture/20031115/

Notes: article is in Italian
As per author:
Paola Giaconia, Eric Owen Moss Architects. Biblioteca Nazionale del Messico "José Vasconcelos", in "Arch'it", 13 Nov. 2003.(as per: http://architettura.supereva.it/architetture/20031115/ )


Title: Residenze universitarie a Toronto, Canada/University of Toronto, Graduate Student Housing, Canada

Co-author: Paola Giaconia

Publication: L'industria delle costruzioni

Volume: 369

Page: 38-47

Date Published: February 2003


Title: Universal City Walk. Displacement of Heterotopia

Co-author: Paola Giaconia

Publication: Arch'it

Country: Italy

Date Published: November 29, 2002

Url: http://architettura.supereva.it/files/20021129/

Notes: Per the author:
Paola Giaconia, Universal City Walk. Displacement of Heterotopia, in "Arch'it", 29 Nov. 2002.(as per: http://architettura.supereva.it/files/20021129/ )


Title: Morphosis costruisce una macchina urbana/Morphosis build an urban machine

Co-author: Paola Giaconia,

Publication: Domus

Volume: 831

Page: 52-63

Date Published: November 2000

Notes: Per the author:
Paola Giaconia, Morphosis costruisce una macchina urbana/Morphosis build an urban machine, in "Domus" n. 831, Nov. 2000, pp. 52-63.


Title: Morphosis Sun Tower

Co-author: Paola Giaconia

Publication: Domus

Volume: 820

Page: 10-17

Notes: As per the author:
Paola Giaconia, Morphosis Sun Tower, in "Domus" n. 820, Nov. 1999, pp. 10-17.


Publications About


Title: Spot on Schools. Intervista a Paola Giaconia, curatrice della mostra

Author: Elisabetta Mori

Publication: My Media

Volume: 1

Page: 24-27

Date Published: March 31, 2004