Alessio Battistella. Green Talks.

GREEN TALKS : A new series of talks by ECOWEEK, Archisearch.gr and The Design Ambassador. Welcome to the GREEN TALKS, the new series of Podcasts co-hosted by Vassilios Bartzokas creator of ARCHISEARCH.GR & the DESIGN AMBASSADOR, and architect Elias Messinas creator of ECOWEEK. In this new series the duo interviews leading Architecture and Design personalities who share their experience and how they connect Design, Sustainability and Innovation in their work. About Alessio Battistella.  His practice focuses on landscape integration, and systems of renewable energy production. He has been a researcher and lecturer at DIET (Department of Civil Engineering and Land) at the University ofPavia, and at the BEST (Department of Science and Technology of the Built Environment) of the Polytechnic of Milan. As well consultant RSE (Research System Energy) and member of Scientific Committee - Master Paesaggistraodinari – at NABA (New Academy of Fine Arts of Milan) / Polytechnic of Milan. RCò - Architecture and Cooperation. Società cooperativa ARCò is a cooperative founded in 2008 by a group of architects and engineers dedicated to the production of sustainable architecture and landscape design.Its projects are based on the constant pursuing of social, economical and environmental sustainability. For this reason, ARCò explores the local traditional techniques, in order to guarantee that the construction phase can be run independently by the communities involved. Moreover, ARCò consolidates the environmental side of each project by using natural or recycled materials, renewable energy sources, and by applying passive bioclimatic architecture principles. This approach has brought ARCò into the world of international cooperation, where it can use its skills to face and solve the different issues of humanitarian emergency. ARCò's works have been featured on many publications and architectural journals, and have received international awards such as the Young Talents Renzo Piano Foundation Award and the Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction. The members of ARCò are also involved in teaching activities in different institutions, such as University of Pavia, Polytechnic of Milan, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA), European Institute of Design (IED) in Turin and the S.O.S. School of Sustainability in Bologna.