About me

Portrait of Giorgia Vercelloni Conte

Design shaped through analysis, testing, and material imagination.


I am Giorgia, currently studying architecture at TU Delft. My background also includes aerospace engineering, and that dual formation still informs the way I work: I am interested in projects that can remain ambitious while staying structurally, materially, and logistically credible.

I do not see design, representation, and technical verification as separate phases. For me, they are part of the same process: drawings clarify ideas, models test them, and code or analysis often helps sharpen decisions rather than simply justify them afterwards.

How I work

I like projects that begin with a clear reading of context and then grow through precise decisions, rather than through noise. Representation, models, and technical reasoning are all part of the same design process for me.

What I am drawn to

Extreme environments, material behaviour, infrastructure, and spatial systems that have to perform under pressure. I am especially interested in how design can stay elegant even when the constraints are severe.

Outside the studio

Botany, violin, model making, and the quiet pleasure of learning how things actually work. Those interests probably explain why I care so much about patience, observation, and craft.

Profile

Snapshot

Education

  • MSc Architecture / TU Delft
  • BSc Architectural Science & Design / Politecnico di Milano
  • BSc Aerospace Engineering / Politecnico di Milano

Focus

  • Architectural design
  • Research-led spatial thinking
  • Representation and fabrication
  • Material and structural reasoning

Tools

  • AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper
  • MATLAB, Arduino, Blender
  • InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
  • Model making and digital fabrication
  • + I'm happy to learn!

Languages

  • Italian — native
  • English — professional
  • French — A2
  • Dutch — A2 (currently studying)