F O U N D E R S

Alessandra Beffa-Boggia

Born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1975. Architecture diploma at the ETH Zurich in 2001. She worked in Zurich and London at renowned practice as Kaufmann van der Meer, Buser & Buser, Althammer Hochuli, Patrick Gmür and Allies & Morrison Architects prior to returning back to Switzerland and establishing her own practice with Chiara Bernasconi in 2008. Her work for the different offices has been published in a number of magazines and books including AIT, Detail, Werk bauen+wohnen, Quart. She is a member of SIA and OTIA.

Chiara Bernasconi

Born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1973. Architecture diploma at the ETH Zurich in 1998. After two years as an assistant by Prof. Dr. Mörsch at the “Chair of Monuments and Historic Sites“at the ETHZ she worked in Zurich, Geneva and Paris for Manfred Nussbaum, le Cabinet d’architecture Roger Taillibert and de Planta & Portier Architects prior returning back to Switzerland and establishing her own practice with Alessandra Beffa-Boggia in 2008. She is a member of SIA and OTIA.