About Me Interviews
My name is Ilaria and I am a social spatial designer and interdisciplinary researcher currently based in The Netherlands.
My practice combines social design and participatory practices to address challenging living conditions.
I have a sincere passion for writing which I constantly integrate in my work. I like to say that wherever there is a story to tell, there must be also a space able to provide that encounter.
1/2 of Common Ground Practice
Education Work Experience
2020-2022 MA Interior Architecture
KABK, The Hague, Netherlands
2013 - 2016 BA Interior Design
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Exhibition
2024
DEMO DAYS “ What Makes a Home”
To be a host in a hosting country. Hospitality as empowerment in asylum seekers centres.
Eindhoven, The Netherlands2024
16th February - 16th June
Nieuwe Instituut - Open Space
To be a host in a hosting country. Hospitality as empowerment in asylum seekers centres.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands2023
Moments of Familiarity
Asylum seekers’ center AZC, Den Helder.
Den Helder, The Netherlands2022
To be a host in a hosting country. Hospitality as empowerment in refugee centers.
Dutch Design Week 2022
Eindhoven, The Netherlands2022
Revisions: emancipating spatial realms
Kabk Graduation Show
The Hague, The Netherlands2021
Little Domestic Architectures
Frank Ison Space.
London, UK2018
Democratic Design Days
The Scent of Home Byredo x Ikea
Ikea of Sweden,Almhult
2016
Exhibition of Thesis Project at Biennale Session
XV Biennale of Venice Reporting from the front
2016
Vivere gli Avanzi, Studio Project
@XXI Triennale International Exhibition, Expo Gate,
Via Luca Beltrami 7, Milan
Upcoming
“They asked me to design a house, I asked them to design a home”
Publication with Common Ground Practice
08. 2022 - 08.2023
Teacher Assistant
@Royal Academy of Art,
The Hague, Netherlands
03. 2023 - 06.2023
Researcher
@V8 Architects, Rotterdam, Netherlands
08. 2022 - current
Co-founder
@Common Ground Practice,
The Hague, Netherlands
09. 2021 - 09. 2022
Interior Designer
@Studio
van 't Wout Interieurarchitecten,
The Hague, Netherlands
04. 2020 - current
Editor, Content Creator
@Tre Sequenze
Italy
11. 2019 -01. 2020
Design collaboration with
@AndreaCaputo Studio
Milano, Italy
01. 2019 - 06. 2019
Internship
@Mario Bellini Architects,
Milano, Italy
04. 2018 - 05. 2018
Head Designer and Builder Constructor forWho Cares; A radio tale @Gasework Gallery
London,Uk
10. 2016 - 12. 2016
Internship
@Fabio Nonis Architecture Studio
Milan, Italy
Constantly