Professional profile

Alberto Catalano

Coordinator and head of the design group.

Born in a Monterotondo (RM) on February 11, 1959. He studied architecture in Riome, at the "La Sapienza" university, and was awarded a degree in July 1987, with an urban design thesis on the Imperial Forum area in Rome. Subsequently, he completed a Masters in "Architectural restoration and building reconversion", taught by the architect P. Marconi. At the same time, he studied flute and classical singing. From '89 to '95 he worked in different architecture studios, first in interiors and design, then construction, as project head for the Monaco-Martini studio in Rome, which designed large-scale projects: hospitals, food markets, research centers. In 1996 he opened his own studio in Rome. He also worked on restoration and design of interiors and director of work sites, including projects for important agencies such as the IDI. He has developed large-scale projects like the railway stations for the Roma Nord line and the executive designs for the new Turin underground. The studio also worked on sets and installations, among them the designs for the layout of the international congress "Noise, Order and Disorder: the musical lexicon and technological innovation", held at the Goethe Institut Roma on June 1-6, 1998, as well as the set designs for the opera "Il fanciullo e gli incantesimi", by Maurice Ravel, staged at the national Academy of St. Cecilia, Teatro Quirino, March 29-30, 1998. In 2000, together with other professionals, he founded the 'Teknet project' group, a company that over time has evolved into today's engineering company/architectural studio: Teknoarch. The company is primarily oriented towards large projects, such as the new campus of the Milan Polytechnic, in the Bovisa neighborhood, overseeing the design operations from concept to work site execution. Currently, he is based in Milan.