Auteur: Riccardo M. Villa

Riccardo M. Villa joined the department for Architectural Theory at the Vienna University of Technology as assistant researcher in September 2017. He holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic University　of Milan, where he graduated with honours with a dissertation about the contemporary mutations of the architectural profession. In July 2022 he obtained his　doctoral degree with the highest grade, with a dissertation entitled　Upon Entropy. Architecture and Image in the Age of Information.　His professional background includes collaborations with several practices around Europe, from small ateliers to large architectural companies. Since 2009 he　is a member and part of the editorial board of GIZMO, a Milan-based architectural research collective, and a platform for publications, events and exhibitions.　He contributes to magazines and to other publications dealing with architectural history and criticism.