Speaker Bio

Ottavio Pedretti is an architect and Ph.D. candidate in the Architectural, Urban, and Interior Design program at Politecnico di Milano. His Ph.D. research focuses on Urban Air Mobility under the project “Pioneering Infrastructure. Experimentation on Design Strategies for Urban Air Mobility in Italy.” Since 2018, he has collaborated with SANAA (Tokyo), Onsitestudio (Milan), and ION Fund (Milan). His early work explored infrastructure architecture, particularly metro stations, focusing on enhancing the user experience, optimizing spatial layouts.
He has been a tutor in Design Studios at Politecnico di Milano since 2020. In 2019, he graduated with a thesis on abandoned industrial buildings and their socio-architectural dynamics in India.