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Andrea Guazzieri — architect, founder and director

Andrea Guazzieri is an Italian architect, born in Venice and based in Paris, where he founded AGA in 2020 after several years’ experience on large-scale projects in France and across Europe. Through the practice, he develops a body of work attentive to place and to the transformation of the built fabric, in which rehabilitation, frugal new-build and bioclimatic design are approached as a single continuum.

Trained at the Università IUAV di Venezia, ENSA Paris-La Villette and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), he has from an early stage developed a cross-perspective between Italian, French and Dutch architectural cultures. Before setting up his own practice, he worked within international offices on large-scale projects, notably in the fields of housing, cultural and sports facilities, higher education and heritage refurbishment.

In 2015, he founded GFC (Ground for Changes), winner of the competition for the Museum of Science in Naples, and in 2020 he went on to establish AGA, an architectural practice through which he now focuses primarily on housing, public facilities and adaptive reuse projects. His work pays particular attention to the lifespan of structures, an economy of means in construction and a strong relationship to place.

Recipient of the European 40 Under 40 award in 2018, Andrea is also active in architectural education. He has taught at IUAV Venice and at the Architectural Association in London, and regularly contributes to conferences, juries and publications addressing contemporary issues in architecture, rehabilitation and the sustainable city.

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