Jury and awards

Alberto Ferlenga (1954), a graduate of the Polytechnic University of Milan, is a full professor of Design, now retired. He taught at the Federico II University of Naples and at the Iuav in Venice, where he was director of the Doctoral School and Rector from 2015 to 2021. He is the founder of Villard, a traveling architecture seminar, and of the Villard d'Honnecourt international doctorate; a practicing architect, he has won numerous design competitions and has been an editor of the magazines Lotus International and Casabella.
He is the author of publications including: Africa, le città romane (Clup), monographs on: Aldo Rossi, Dimitris Pikionis, Hans Van der Laan, Joze Plecnik (Electa), Città e Memoria (Marinotti), Le strade di Pikionis (LetteraVentidue), Architettura, la differenza italiana (Donzelli editore). Curator of exhibitions such as: Architecture of the World, Comunità Italia, Reconstructions for the Triennale, where he was Director of the Architecture section, and Aldo Rossi, the Architect and the Cities for the MAXXI.
He is a member of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca.

Giulia Boller is a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, where she combines teaching and research, intertwining architectural history, architectural design, and structural engineering. Her work focuses specifically on twentieth-century heritage and its implications for contemporary practices.
She curated the exhibition Heinz Isler Models (ETH Zurich, 2024) and is the lead author of the volume Heinz Isler. Built Experiments – Entrepreneurial Networks (gta Verlag, 2025) and the monographic issue Heinz Isler and his legacy in digital design (Archi, 2024). Her studies have been published in international journals and volumes, and in 2024, as scientific program director, she coordinated the annual symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), which brought together over 600 participants from around the world in Zurich to discuss topics at the intersection of architecture and engineering.
Graduated with honors in Civil Engineering and Architecture from the University of Trento (2015), she obtained her PhD from ETH Zurich (2022), where she was awarded the ETH Medal and the Lino Gentilini Prize. She gained professional experience at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) and has lectured at universities and architectural firms in Europe and China.

Dario Castellino was born in Cuneo in 1965. He graduated in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Turin in 1993. He began his professional career in 1994, initially focusing on architectural design, restoration, and landscape redevelopment, and later also on museum design and the restoration of Alpine architectural heritage, as well as the design of residential and winemaking buildings for both public and private clients.
He teaches on a contract basis at the Faculty of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Turin, the Polytechnic University of Milan, and the Faculty of Architecture of Grenoble.
He has been selected for several international competitions. His main focus is the restoration and enhancement of existing buildings, particularly the restoration of the former textile factory for the Tucci Russo Contemporary Art Gallery, the restoration of Roccasparvera Castle, the restoration of the Albertina Fortress in Vinadio, which houses the Montagna in Movimento museum, the enhancement of the village of Linari in Tuscany, the restoration of the hamlets of Paraloup Campofei and Ferriere, the creation of the Victor Salvi Harp Museum, the construction of the Parusso winery in Monforte d'Alba, and dozens of residential projects.
He has collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as Richard Long, Tony Cragg, Thomas Schutte, Paolo Piscitelli, and Gianni Caravaggio, on exhibitions dedicated to them.
Some of his works have been published in architecture magazines and books.

Annachiara Vendramin, an agronomist with an office in Padua, has been practicing since 1991, creating private gardens in highly protected areas, designing urban green spaces (Piazzale Roma in Venice; the former Foro Boario in Padua; Piazza I Maggio in Montegrotto; the Archaeological Park in Montegrotto; the urban reforestation project "Parco Parauro" in Mirano), and participating in environmental redevelopment projects.
She has extensive experience in historic garden restoration: project and technical supervision of the Miramare Castle Park (2018-2024); consultant for the restoration of the Villa Manin park and the park of the Villa Pisani National Museum; designer and project manager for the restoration, with PNRR funding, of numerous Italian gardens of Palladian villas, and consultant for the Villa Lante park project in Bagnaia.
Since 2015, she has taught at the School of Agriculture at the University of Padua.
Currently National Advisor to the Profession of AIAPP.