Maria Giulia is an architect and a landscape architect with a deep passion for both disciplines. Born in Torino, Italy, Maria Giulia graduated in Architecture in 2009 at Politecnico di Torino, with a thesis on a sustainable, emergency housing based on recycled shipping containers. Soon after her graduation, she started her career as a free-lance architect, collaborating with a group of young Florentine architects, Acme Architetture.
While working as an architect, Giulia started to study landscape architecture, attending a post graduate Masters in Landscape Design at Università di Firenze, Italy. Looking for a deeper understanding of planting design and garden composition, in 2011, Giulia left Italy for a Masters in Garden Design at Greenwich University, London.
Prior to MAKIA, Giulia was a project designer at VIDA Landscape architects and planners (2013-2017), with experience both in Costa Rica and in Florence, Italy
Citizenship
ITALY
Licensure
2010 • Registered Architect, Ordine Architetti di Torino n.8382 (Italy)
Education
2012 • University of Greenwich, London UK
Masters – MA Garden Design
2011 • Università degli Studi Firenze, Florence, Italy
Masters – Master II Livello in Paesaggismo (with honors)
2009 • Politecnico di Torino, Facoltà di Architettura 1
Laurea Specialistica in Architettura e Costruzione (with honors and thesis
awarded with publication)
2006 • Politecnico di Torino, Facoltà di Architettura 2
Laurea Triennale in Architettura e Progetto
2003 • Diploma di maturità Classica
Languages
Italian mother tongue
Fluent in English
Professional Experience prior to MAKIA
2013-2017 • Project Designer – VIDA landscape architects + planners
Selected project list:
Villa Serarmonio, Arezzo, Italy (2015-2016)
Concept design for 10-room luxury guesthouse
Private Escape, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy (2015-2016)
Full service landscape arch. for 2 ha retreat
Civitella Benazzone, Perugia, Italy (2015)
Master plan + architectural studies for 50 ha. rural development
Villa la barca, Pineta di Roccamare, Tuscany, Italy (2014-2015)
Full service landscape arch. for 1 ha retreat
St. Regis Palazzo San Clemente, Venice, Italy (2013-2014)
Master plan for 7-hectare island and resort
Sidewalk Cafe, Island of Guam, USA (2013)
Concept Design – Construction Documents
Antognolla Four Seasons Resort, Perugia, Italy (2011-2014)
Master plan + Const. Docs. for 570 ha. resort.
Villa Agostini, Florence, Italy (2012)
11 Ha. master plan for new olive grove + luxury apts.
Giardino Cavagnari Florence, Italy (2012)
Full service landscape arch. for intimate private retreat
Giardino Bacci Florence, Italy (2012)
Full service landscape arch. for private garden
2010 -2013 • Freelance Architect
Selected project list:
Office, Torino, 110mq. (2011)
Full service arch. service for office restoration
Villa Castel Soprano, Saluzzo (Cn), 500mq. (2011-2014)
Full service arch. service for Villa interior and gardens restoration
Podere Conventino, Impruneta (Fi), 250mq. (2010-2011)
Full service arch. service for interiors and gardens restoration
Abc in Cucina, scuola cucina, Torino (2011)
Full service arch. service for interior design
2009 -2011 • Architect – Acme Architetture
Selected project list:
Appartamento privato, Firenze, 80mq. (2011)
Ampliamento del cimitero di Iolo (Po) (2011)
Riqualificazione piazza Santa Maria delle Carceri (Po) (2011)
Riqualificazione piazza Canicci, Scandicci (Fi) (2010)
International Competitions:
Riqualificazione dell’area Palestra Campostrino e
del Parco ex Ospedale Morgagni [with LabA, Pisa] (2012)
3 Piazze, Cesena [with E.Pandolfini, C.Pecchioli] (2012)
Riqualificazione di Via Colombo, Follonica (GR)
[with C.Dalle Mura] (2011)
Facility Bench [with Acme Architetture] (2010)
Panorama n [with Acme Architetture] (2010)
Parco della Cultura di Monreale
[with Acme Architetture] (2009)
2009 • Intern – Avventura Urbana, Torino