P-U-R-A - Key Persons
Arianna Pascali joined P-U-R-A in 2018.
She has graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in Architectural Design with a thesis on Existenz Minimum and Typological Flexibility.
She has been working on various design and competitions among which the ‘Naples Beauty Contest' the design of a residential building won by P-U-R-A in collaboration with M2P.
Job Titles:
- Architect at P - U - R - a
Benito Zanzico is associated architect at P-U-R-A. He joined the firm in 2015 and has led many design projects together with Roy Nash.
Job Titles:
- Critic at the Bartlett School of Architecture
Cordelia Hanel has a wide range of work experiences having worked in several architectural practices in both Germany and England since 2005.
Cordelia is also a regular guest critic at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL as well as the Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Job Titles:
- Associate at P - U - R - a
Debora Magri is associate at P-U-R-A and responsible for the research sector with Roy Nash. After graduating at Politecnico di Milano she has been working for different offices in Italy and for the Municipality of Bergamo.
She has been joining P-U-R-A in 2010 and working in many international competitions including "AAA Architetti cercasi" and several Europan.
She earned a PhD with honours in Architecture and Urban Design with a topic regarding the role of high rise buildings in the process of densification of contemporary cities.
She is currently teaching assistant of Prof. Roy Nash in Architecture and Urban Design studios at the Politecnico of Milano and responsible for the current researched carried out in the studio.
Gianluca Brandis is an Italian architect active in Italy, Cameroon and Croatia. Working both for private clients and as a consultant for architectural firms.
He graduated with first class honours at Politecnico di Milano with a project of an underground museum in Beirut Lebanon. He founded in 2008 MAGA (associazione dei giovani architetti della provincia di Milano) an association focused on the promotion of young architects in cooperation with OAM (Ordine architetti Milano). In more than 20 years of career, he took responsibility for large building construction and renovation from the project to the construction. He works on works sites supervision, technical and business management, audit and control, order management. He is also expert in managing administrative procedures to obtain construction licenses and dealing with municipalities. His activity is based in Italy (hotels 15.000-20.000sqm, Residential 6.000sqm, several small projects 100-500sqm), Cameroon (hotel 25.000sqm, residential/commercial 5.000sqm) and Croatia (residential-tourism). He draws projects also for entrpreneurial activity in saudi arabia (healt care facility 15.000sqm) and Qatar (head quarter premises 30.000sqm)