Enrica Longo

Current

• Co-founder at RARE Office

Past

• Architect at Behnisch Architekten
• Intern Architect at DLR GROUP
• Architect at Avatar Architettura

• Media Archive Coordinator at iMage, viewpoints on architecture

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Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Università degli Studi di Firenze
• Liceo Scientifico Vanini

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Enrica Longo’s Summary

ENRICA LONGO graduated in 2003 with a degree in Architecture from the University of Florence (Italy).
While in Florence she collaborated with such firms as iMage, viewpoints on architecture and Avatar Architettura.
For iMage she was curator of the Media Archive, containing more than 2000 works of architecture in video and multimedia. She was also in charge for the organizational secretary of Beyond Media, international festival for architecture in video, 2003 edition.
For Avatar Architettura she worked on several competitions and the Uffizi National Museum Underground Renovation.
She is a licensed architect in Italy since June 2004.
In 2005, recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, she moved to Chicago where she pursued a Master's Degree in architecture from the IIT - Illinois Institute of Technology.
From 2006 to 2007 she collaborated with DLR Group, working as intern architect on several projects among which the Stratford Theater, the Coal Bin Cafe and the Indian Prairie High School.
In 2007 accepted a position as architectural designer within Behnisch Architekten in Stuttgart. She worked as project architect for the INSPI Wellness Campus (Sweden), the Unilever HeadQuarters (Germany), the Digiteo research Labs (france) and as project leader for the Manfredonia Waterfront masterplan (Italy). She also collaborated to several competitions.
In 2009 she co-founded the RARE Office with Barbara di Gregorio.
RARE (R|ethinking . A|rchitecture . R|esearch . E|xperience) applies an innovative and responsible approach to creativity in general, with special consideration on energy efficiency and sustainability in architecture.

Enrica Longo’s Experience

• Co-founder

  RARE Office

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year )

  R | ethinking . A | rchitecture . R | esearch . E | xperience .
  RARE applies an innovative and responsible approach to creativity in general, with special consideration on energy efficiency and sustainability in architecture.

• Architect

  Behnisch Architekten

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  September 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 9 months)

• Intern Architect

  DLR GROUP

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  May 2006 — March 2007 (11 months)

• Architect

  Avatar Architettura

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  November 2003 — June 2005 (1 year 8 months)

• Media Archive Coordinator

  iMage, viewpoints on architecture

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  July 2002 — June 2005 (3 years )

Enrica Longo’s Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  MArch , Architecture , 2005 — 2007

  Master's Thesis: Urban Renovation for Logan Boulevard.
  A New Vision for the Chicago's boulevards
  Advisors: Martin Felsen (UrbanLab - Chicago)
  Thomas Kearns (SandBox - New York, Chicago)
  Russel Walker (Associate, Holabird&Root)

• Università degli Studi di Firenze

  Laurea in Architecture , Architecture , 1997 — 2003

  Final Thesis: Renovation project for San Donnino
  Urban Interchange Node for Florence
  Advisor: Prof. Pier Angiolo Cetica

• Liceo Scientifico Vanini

  1992 — 1997

Additional Information

Enrica Longo’s Honors:

Fulbright Scholarship, 2005
Bollenti Spiriti Scholarship, 2006

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