Biography
Giancarlo Mazzanti (1963, Barranquilla, Colombia) is an architect of the Pontifical Xaverian University in Bogota, with a graduate degree in Industrial Design from the University of Florence in Italy (1991). He has taught at several Colombian universities and at Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia universities, and his work is exhibited in MoMA's and Pompidou’s permanent collections. Social values are at the core of Mazzanti's architecture projects. He searches for projects that empower transformations and build communities. Mazzanti has committed his professional life to the improvement of the quality of design of the build environment and the concept of social equality, his works reflect significant social shifts happening in Latin America today. His work has helped show that good design can lead to new identities for cities and their inhabitants, transgressing reputations of crime and poverty. ==Works==