Team

The office consists of architects, engineers, urban planners and interior designers, organized into compact, creative and highly motivated groups, “big enough to handle, small enough to care.”

Each of these task forces is supervised by a project leader who combines product quality and on-time delivery.
The task forces do not differ by building type or geographic location, but work on a wide range of projects at different scales. This diversity is an added value for creativity, innovation, motivation, and overall quality of the individual project.

The harmony within these groups also guarantees the customization of the project and close contact with the client, from the first meeting to the delivery of the final project.
The partners, Vittorio Grassi and Marco Aloisini, oversee its activities and design strategies and assign responsibilities to the different teams according to shared ethical and professional values.
The firm also currently has four associates, Ines Caro de Sousa, Raul Valvasori, Gabriele Borella, and Luca Dainese, who are responsible for managing the teams and the design in every detail in order to encourage a virtuous process of innovative design and design review.

Partners

DIRECTOR-PRINCIPAL

Vittorio Grassi

Born in 1968 and a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at Milan Polytechnic, he has more than 25 years of collaborations with internationally renowned architects and as many years of independent professional experience.

Born in 1968 and a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture of the Milan Polytechnic, he has more than 25 years of collaborations with internationally renowned architects and as many years of independent professional experience.
From 1993 he worked in Paris with MCA Architectes and then in London with RMJM Ltd and later with Rick Mather Architects Ltd.
In the latter firm he developed specific experience on master plans and cultural and museum buildings, as well as a friendship that would later lead him to collaborate with Rick on numerous other projects.
In 1997 he joined the Renzo Piano Building Workshop where he spent 9 years as an associate architect working on complex projects in Italy, Portugal and the United States.

In 2005, he left RPBW and founded his own architectural firm in Milan.
In 2013, he founded a French law firm, Vittorio Grassi and DCA Partners, in Paris with Enrico De Carlo, with which he still operates in France and North African markets.

Vittorio is a Chartered Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a member of the Architects Registration Board UK, the Order of Architects - Île de France, as well as the Order of Architects of Varese.

He has lectured at the AA School of Architecture in London, at the University of Cape Town (SA), Bath (UK), Lima and Cuzco (Peru), and at various Italian universities.
He is currently a visiting professor at the Master School of the Department of Structural Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano and a permanent member of international conferences and workshops on the topic of energy sustainability.

DIRECTOR-PARTNER

Marco Aloisini

Born in 1979 and a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture in Genoa, Marco has 20 years of international professional experience.

Born in 1979 and a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture in Genoa, Marco has 20 years of international professional experience.
From 2005 to 2007 Marco worked at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Paris and Genoa, where he collaborated on numerous cultural and museum projects.
Marco joined the firm in 2008 and became a partner in 2014.
Since then he has been involved in a variety of projects, from large master plans to small residential projects to office and sports projects.
He signed the design of the Lamezia Terme Sports Hall and the Cecchignola Military Citadel in Rome, from the competition stages to the construction site.
Thanks to his sensitivity in approaching contemporary buildings in historical contexts, he oversaw the careful restoration of the Antica Cà Litta and Principe Amedeo 5 projects in Milan.
Today he is directly responsible for two major projects: the new residences at the Ex Teatro Comunale in Florence for Hines and the renovation of the office building on Viale Cassala in Milan for Barings.
Marco, who is a member of the Milan Order of Architects, directs and coordinates the resources of all projects in the office.

Associates

SENIOR ARCHITECT - ASSOCIATE

Ines Caro De Sousa

Born in 1982 and a graduate of Lisbon Technical High School, Ines has developed her professional experience in Portugal and Italy.
She began working at Vittorio Grassi Architects in 2008 and her career at the firm has continued to the present, with only an interval of a two-year outside experience in a firm dedicated to interior design.

Born in 1982 and a graduate of Lisbon Technical College, Ines developed her professional experience in Portugal and Italy.
She began working at Vittorio Grassi Architects in 2008 and her career at the firm has continued to the present, with only an intermission of a two-year outside experience in a firm dedicated to interior design, and in 2020 she was promoted to Associate.
From 2008 to 2011 and from 2014 to the present, he has worked on a wide variety of residential, office, cultural, and sports projects, participating from the concept phase to site delivery.
She was the architect in charge of the final and executive phases of the master plan design for 720 residential units in the Cecchignola Military City in Rome, worked on the master plan for the Waterfront Flegreo in Pozzuoli, designing residential, commercial and hotel facilities in a mixed-use complex, within broader urban strategy of redevelopment of a former industrial site.
She also recently worked on the "Ex Teatro Comunale" project for Hines Italy in Florence for the construction of 160 apartments.
SENIOR ARCHITECT - ASSOCIATE

Raul Valvasori

Born in 1988, a native of Friuli, he spent his academic years between Venice and Milan, with a one-year interlude at ETSAV in Valladolid, Spain, and a period of work and training in the US in Bethesda, Maryland. He received his bachelor's degree from the Politecnico di Milano in 2014 and a master's degree as a BIM Specialist in 2019.

Born in 1988, a native of Friuli, he spent his academic years between Venice and Milan, with a one-year interlude at ETSAV in Valladolid, Spain, and a period of work and training in the US in Bethesda, Maryland. He received his bachelor's degree from the Politecnico di Milano in 2014 and a master's degree as a BIM Specialist in 2019.
After various professional experiences, he joined Vittorio Grassi Architects in late 2019, where he was promoted to Associate in early 2024.
With experience in hotels and interior design, Raul is also involved in concept definition and feasibility studies for national and international competitions as well as product design.
Since joining the firm, he has been in charge of the design of the Teatro Luxury Apartments in Florence, a complex of 156 luxury apartments, for which he oversaw all phases of the project up to the construction site.
He was in charge of the Biancamano 8 renovation project for Axa and, among other projects, is responsible for the master plan for the redevelopment of the Loano Marina.
Raul, who is a member of the Milan Order of Architects, oversees all of the office's hospitality and interior design projects.
SENIOR ARCHITECT - ASSOCIATE

Gabriel Borella

SENIOR ARCHITECT - ASSOCIATE

Luca Dainese

Born in Viareggio in 1988, Luca studied at the Polytechnic School of the University of Genoa, Department of Architecture and Design (DAD).
During his academic years, he attended several workshops and began to approach the world of advanced 3D modeling.

Born in Viareggio in 1988, Luca studied at the Polytechnic School of the University of Genoa, Department of Architecture and Design (DAD).

During his academic years, he attended several workshops and began to approach the world of advanced 3D modeling, earning certification in Grasshopper parametric modeling and doing a one-year internship at ML_Technical Studio.

In 2018, he received his master's degree in Architecture, subsequently orienting his career path toward 3D visualization, with certifications in Cinema 4D and V-Ray.

After some experience as a freelancer in the role of Visual Artist, he joined Vittorio Grassi Architects in May 2019, where in 2023 he became a key figure for architectural visualization within the firm.

Among the first projects he followed was Cassala 22 in Milan, an office complex for which he was responsible for part of the design and, above all, the graphic visualization of the interiors and exteriors. Later he was part of the project team for the Ex Teatro in Florence, a complex of 156 luxury apartments, taking care of the interior design and the graphic and visual representation of all the common spaces and living units.

He is currently engaged in the design of a luxury villa in Kuwait, following all phases from interior design to visualization. This is an ambitious intervention of about 6,000 m², with fully customized interiors adapted to the client's needs. He actively participates and supervises, as Senior Visual Artist, all the competitions in which the studio takes part and is also the contact person for product design, from the design phase to visualization.

Key Staff

Camilla Grassi

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Olivia Bosi

OFFICE MANAGER

Valentina Colombo

INTERIOR DESIGNER

Gizem Deniz Aksu

ARCHITECT

Carolina Riva

ARCHITECT

Boris Pongiluppi

SENIOR ARCHITECT

Tanya Gupta

ARCHITECT

Sara Piovesan

ENGINEER

Aakanksha Hule

ARCHITECT

Sandra Plata

ARCHITECT

Mohanad Mohamed

SENIOR ARCHITECT / BIM SPECIALIST

Maria Voronkova

ARCHITECT

Phatnaree Panyasiri

ARCHITECT

Joubran Hojeij

ARCHITECT

Jamie Casciotta

ARCHITECT

Mariana Pecanhuk

ARCHITECT

Team

The firm is composed of a group of highly talented staff members who share a commitment to high-quality design.
By combining highly experienced elements with young talent, we provide opportunities for our group of architects and designers to grow and become an integral part of the firm’s success.
Many senior members of our staff have grown up with the office, and the entire firm benefits from this sense of belonging.
Since 2005, several friends and colleagues have collaborated with us and achieved great successes; a special thanks goes out to all of them.

Alesia Tukach
Umberto Frattaroli
Mohammed Almohaimeed
Joseph Clement
Roberto Paggi
Martina Nardini
Stephen Scarf
Hayk Badalyan
Poorva Deshmukh
Armando Birlain
Lelde Savoni
Tiago Santos
Michele Amadori
Stephen Antonelli
James Arillotta
Diego Ballini
Renata Balzano
Marco Alforno
Walter Battaglia
Maria Bazzicalupo
Andrew Becker
Luisa Bianchini
Gustavo Belmonte
Nil Bicak
Matthew Boldrin
Lorenzo Bozzini
Andreia Martins Cabanas
Luiza Mendes Calazans
Valdo Canepa
Federico Cazzaniga
Leo's Aurora
Leonardo Chironi
Giorgia Cobianchi
Andrea Colombo
Julia Comin
Rita Bibe Costa
Marco Dalmonte
Antonella Damone
Enrico De Carlo
Francesca Deiana
Enrico Demaria
Silvia De Mauro
Fabrizio Demma
Dessislava Dimitrova
Chiara Domenici
Gianluca Ferriero
Kristina Fescenko
Takuya Fuchu
Francesca Gallina
Sofia Gameiro Inacio
Greta Ganna
Chani Gaoui
Beatrice Gerli
Andrea Gilardi
Sara Girola
Camila Muneron Glycerio
Ana Rita Goncalves
Asako Harikae
Ricardo J. Hernandez
Nebojsa Jakica
Khaled Kaddouh
Federica Lacalamita
Cédric Lodewickx
James Lorioli
Yiwei Lu
Alice Lunardon
Adonis Katsaros
Luca Maffioli
Giorgi Maisuradze
Edward Medeghini
Virginia Miccichè
Slavko Milanovic
Sara Saghafi Moghaddam
Omid Mohammadi
Shimon Mioke
Davide Monti
Marco Monti
Mina Nazmy
Evangelia Papagianni
Daria Passaro
Marta Paterlini
Matteo Penitenti Casato
Benedetta Pignatelli
Haykaz Poghosian
Vincenzo Polifroni
Anna Popova
Stephen Porcellini
Luigi Procchi
Mauricio Quiros
Ilaria Rambaldini
Amir Hossein Rashgi
Flavio Rispoli
Edward Riva
Greta Rossi
Valentina Rota
Giuliana Santoro
Nunzio Santoro
Mattia Scarpellino
Johana Guerreiro Silva
Chiara Strusi
Laura Karolina Sundin
Silvia Toscano
Arianna Trevisan
Valerio Tunesi
Giusy Turturiello
Monica Serrano Velasquez
Giorgio Veronelli
Andi Vigani
Ximena Bazan
Marco Zappa
Serena Celada
Vittorio Grassi Architects
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