Founder and senior researcher
Architect, holds a PhD in Urban, Regional and Environmental Design, complemented by a steady practice of urban divagations as an artist and an activist. Works as a researcher and a consultant in urbanism and as an innovation strategist. In 2011 together with Laura Colini established Tesserae Urban Social research, and organisation that bridges academic research, policy consultancy, activism and art. His main research interests include urban regeneration, public space, integrated sustainable urban development, peripheries, modernism, heritage making, cultural development, participative planning, and ICT. Engages in a parallel experimental artistic practice within the ogino:knauss collective producing films, documentaries, video-installations, photography, graphic design and new media. Lorenzo has coltivate a trans-disciplinary approachthrough his diverse activities, encapsulated in the Urban Reconnaissance methodology, which serves as the foundation for the set of tools and methods for civic engagement developed by Tesserae.
