• Studies in architecture at the Ecole d’Architecture de Lyon, 1987
• Masters in Urban Planning at the Faculty of Geography, Lyon 2, 1988

Alberto Giorgiutti’s professional interests are those that integrate all the development aspects of the territories, working on all scales, from the concept to the development of technical documents. His professional philosophy is simple: the landscape that affects us is what we call the ‘not built’; spaces that welcome everyday people’s lives. Whatever the scale, the issue about development, everyday management concerns, and our responsibility has to respond to current and prospective issues raised today by an ever changing society. Our fundamental search concerns to superimpose these fundamental elements in the planning of common spaces. The designs that interest us are only as a response to these fundamental questions.

As professor at the ‘Ecole d’Architecture de Lyon’, architect at the ‘Conseil en Architecture, Urbanisme et Environnement du Rhône’ until 1998, architect at the ‘Conseils d’Architecture, d’Urbanisme et d’Environnement of the Var department’ until September 2004, and previously instructor of technical personnel in the urban community of Lyon, between 1993 and 1995, Alberto Giorgiutti Always has combined his professional practice with teaching in the most ample sense. He has developed a methodology of dialogue aimed at the major projects he has been involved.

Alberto Giorgiutti manages projects from Marseille and Marrakesh offices and has more than 20 years of professional experience in regional and city planning, urban design, landscape architecture and project management. Currently, he resides in Marseille and works and travels between France, Spain and Morocco.

• PhD studies in urban planning, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2004 to present
• Master Metropolis, Fundacio Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catedra Mies Van der Rohe, 2000 - 2002
• Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, FAUUSP, 1988 - 1993

Luisa Mellis has more than sixteen years professional experience, as landscape architect and planner in both Brazil and Spain. In Sao Paulo, she worked in the office of the renowned Brazilian landscape architect Rosa Grena. In Barcelona she worked as project director for Bet Figueras studio, Spain's most distinguished modern landscape architect, for seven years. She has worked on all size projects, from residential to large planning projects, from resorts to the restoration of a roman era outdoor theatre. She has collaborated on landscape architecture projects with some well know contemporary Spanish and international architects, such as Rafael Moneo, Juli Capella, Marcio Kogan, Oscar Tusquets and Jean Nouvel.

Currently she is travelling between Spain and Brazil, where she is establishing and directing estudioOCA's future office in Sao Paulo, as well as working on several projects in Spain.

• BS in Environmental Arts and Sciences, Universidad Central de Chile, 1995
• PhD in Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2002

Gonzalo has more than thirteen years of experience in landscape ecology, first in Chile and Peru, and later in Spain where he received his PhD in Biology with an emphasis on landscape and urban ecology. He currently lectures at universities in Spain and internationally on environmental planning and related subjects, and has worked for private consultant firms and public agencies both in Spain and internationally. Gonzalo has published in a variety of journals and publications such as Landscape and Urban Planning, and Ecosistemas. He lives and works in Spain and Chile, with a focus on environmental landscape planning.

• BA in Architecture, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2007
• Fachhochschule Aachen, Germany, 2005
• Postgraduate program in Landscape Architecture and the Environment, ETSA, Universidad de Navarra, Spain 2011

With six years of experience as an architect, Alonso has participated in the design of parks and public spaces for development projects throughout Mexico, collaborating with Vicente García Etchegaray. His experience managing archaeological museums and site planning projects at Alberto Lascurain’s studio formed his passion for landscape architecture.

Alonso views the landscape as the best way to develop a close relation between architecture and nature, working with the landscape as a means to enhance that relationship. He has developed the qualities needed to respond to the demands of any kind of users at different scales.

Alonso manages the Mexico City office of estudioOCA, overseeing landscape and urbanism projects in the areas of public space, real estate and tourism, for both the private and public sectors.