Alessandra is an architect and built environment professional with two decades of international experience across complex projects (hospitality, residential, retail, master planning). She has refocused her practice on the social and ecological dimensions of urban life, believing they are central to meaningful, human-centered work. Trained in urban design and holding a master’s degree in human geography, her research focuses on the reciprocal relationship between the built environment and the communities that inhabit it. She founded Gluck, an urban analytics platform that uses historical street view imagery and AI to reveal neighborhood transformation, exposing social and spatial dynamics often overlooked by conventional practice.
Passionate about advancing sustainable and non-toxic building materials, she works to bridge emerging material innovation with complex project delivery, convinced that supply and demand must evolve together to bring about genuine change in the industry. She has contributed to Urban Transcripts Journal and taught at the Politecnico di Milano, driven by the conviction that the most impactful work stems from rigorous analysis, honest design, and a genuine understanding of place.