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