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Francesca Torzo (1975) is an Italian architect-maker; an architect who creates architecture in a sensory way. She studied architecture in Delft, Barcelona, Mendrisio and Venice [IUAV]. She worked for architect Peter Zumthor and Bosshard Vaquerarchitekten, Zurich. In 2008 she started her own architectural practice in Genoa. She designed and built - to name a Belgian project - the recent expansion and renovation of Z33 in Hasselt. More info on francescatorzo.it

Francesca Torzo holds the Maarten Van Severen Chair in 2019. Since 2015, KASK and the Maarten van Severen Foundation have annually hosted an authority from the design world. During a public lecture and a workshop for students, they place Van Severen's legacy in a contemporary light.

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