Gianmaria
is an architect, researcher, educator and co-founder of
Space Saloon.
After growing up in rural Italy he studied between Italy, Sweden
and Switzerland obtaining a Master in Architecture and a Master of
Advanced Studies in Urban Design.
He has worked across 3 continents in both academia and practice at all scales. His main interest lies
at the intersection between architecture and the tangent disciplines that define its context: physical and social geography, earth and material sciences
and landscape design.
Based in Ancona, Le Marche, Italy.
︎ gianmariasocci@gmail.com
︎ +39 327 285 8772
recent academic positions
2020/2021: Guest Lecturer at University of Innsbruck
Faculty of Architecture, Institut für Gestaltung Studio 1.2019/2020:
Mentor at CanActions School for Urban Studies.
2017/2019:
Adjunct Professor at INDA
International Program in Design and Architecture Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.
2013/2016:
Research Assistant at ETH Zürich
Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies, DARCH.
selected awards
2020: Selected Fellow of Future Architecture, a pan-European platform of architecture museums, festivals and producers.
2016: 1st Prize, competition “Square of 100 palms” public space redevelopment in Rhodes, Greece.
2014: Finalist, restricted competition “Asilo CityLife” sustainable kindergarten in Milan, Italy.
2014: Finalist, “A new waterfront for Gabicce” two stage international competition in Gabicce, Italy.
2013: 1st Prize, European competition for under 40 “Europan 12” territorial strategy in Aalborg, Denmark.
2013: 1st Prize, idea competition for under 35 “AAA: architetti cercasi” sustainable neighbourhood in Milan, Italy.
2013: 3rd Prize ex-aequo, two stage international competition “Rethink Athens: towards a new city centre”complete re-design of the main avenue of Athens, Greece.
2011: Finalist, idea competition “Rural City” innovative urban visions for the rural suburbs of Bologna (ITA).
2011: Merit scholarship “Geisendorf Foundation for Architecture” for post-professional degree studies in Switzerland.
2008: 1st Prize, student competition for a carbon neutral kindergarten in Trondheim.
selected exhibitions
2020: Oslo Architecture Triennale 20th anniversary, Conversations About The City.
2020: Climate Crisis Hotline, ICA LA Field Workshop, Los Angeles.
2019: Panhellenic Conference on Public Space, awarded designs, Sculpture Garden Thessaloniki.
2018: IV Istanbul Design Biennal, contribution to the Bangkok workshop of “Transitional School” exhibition, curated by Aformal Academy.
2016: Super-Mercato. 5 markets for social integration, Urban Centre, Bologna. (Curator)
2016: Sarajevo People’s museum, Collateral event at the 15th Architecture Biennale, Venice. (Coordinator)
2014: Uneven Growth, Tactical urbanism for Latin America, MoMa, NYC. (Contribution)
2013: Nine Resources for Detroit, Festival “Internazionale” Ferrara.
2013: Rethink Athens: towards a new city centre, award winning proposal on display in Athens and on webzines Archdaily, Baunetz
2012: Favela Exchange, Columbia University’s Studio X, Rio de Janeiro.