#8: Prof. Joseph di Pasquale - On the Nature of Cities and their Inhabitants

Joseph di Pasquale is an Architect, University Professor, PhD in Architecture, Designer, and Urban Planner. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he earnt a PhD in Modular Hybrid Architecture for Emerging Living Behaviors. He had received an honorary degree in Political and Social Sciences from ISFOA University, Zurich, in 2024. He has also earnt a diploma in Storytelling and Film Directing from the New York Film Academy in 2001. Since 2008, Joseph has been actively involved in cultural dissemination, lecturing in Italy, China, Russia, and the United States, as well as publishing books and articles in numerous international journals and academic publications. He is the founder of Joseph di Pasquale Architects. Some of Joseph’s awards include: the WGDO World Green Design Contribution Award 2015 for the Guangzhou Circle Building; the WT Smart City Award 2017 awarded by Well Tech and the Metropolitan City of Milan (for ChorusLife); ICONIC LANDSCAPE AWARD 2018, awarded by Eco Tech Green and magazine.