Alessandro Columbano

Senior Lecturer, Enterprise Coordinator, Course Director MArch Architecture (RIBA Part 2)

Birmingham School of Architecture and Design
Email:
alessandro.columbano@bcu.ac.uk
Phone:
0212 331 5857

Alessandro is a Senior Lecturer at the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design. He also co-established and leads the Collaborative Laboratory (Co.LAB) a teaching intiative and organisation within the school that integrates teaching with practice through live projects, staff research/design and external consultancy. 

Prior to joining the university, Alessandro has worked in architecture and research practices in Manchester and London, with experience in evidence-based design and historical refurbishments. He graduated from the Manchester School of Architecture with a distinction in both postgraduate architecture and MA Urbanism prior to developing his portfolio as an independent artist/designer. 

As anviere, a self-identified design guise, he has developed a portfolio of site-specific installations and artworks commenting on the subversive qualities of our physical environments. 

Alessandro brings these characteristics forward to his teaching as an academic and researcher; taking an active role in the discussion of architectural pedagogy, urban theory and the contemporary vernacular. It is applied by engaging with the city’s cultural network through an ongoing process of collaborative practice – and encouraging students to be entrepreneurial citizens through their design ideas.

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