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Christian Gasparini graduates in architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan, where he teaches and works as researcher of urban and architectural planning since 1998 and as professor since 2007, dedicating his activity to the architectural and urban transformation plans of sea ports and railway stations, cultural centers and museums such as media libraries and libraries, university and temporary residences in Italy and Europe. Expert in bioclimatic planning with a merit mentioning in 1999 by the University of Bologna, he worked in the year 2000 in Chile, receiving an honourable mention for the masterplan to recovery the ancient Valparaiso City Centre under Unesco patronage.

Many are the participations in international meetings and conferences: in 2010 he is invited designer at the international workshop Palermo: Neighborhoods suburbs and contemporary city (Scientific Research Miur-Prin 2007). In 2011 he is lecturer at Light’s World Congress in Venice Biennale, together with, among others:  David Chipperfield, Gabriele Lelli, Manfred Draxl, Winy Mass, Vittorio Longheu, Barozzi-Veiga, Kengo Kuma.

In 2014 he is invited lecturer at the international conference New Urban Languages: Re-thinking Urban Ideology in Post-ideological Times in Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura Madrid. In 2011 and 2020 he gave lectures on Museography an Restoration at Polytechnic of Milan School of Specialization in Architecture and Landscape Heritage (SSBAP).

In 2018 he published “Smart Cities vs Smart Territories”, a sort of debate with Elisabetta Bello, Maria Teresa Gabardi and Nunziante Mastrolia on the idea of smart cities (Licosia edizioni, Salerno). In 2019 published “il progetto come connessione – architettura città paesaggio” (Maggioli editore, Rimini) and in 2020 he wrote an essay on “Home space and City place” inside “City Houses” (Booq publishing, Barcelona).