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Fabrizio Furiassi is a PhD candidate and lecturer at the University of Basel, affiliated with the Department of Social Sciences and the Urban Studies division within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He teaches in the MA in Critical Urbanisms and coordinates the AA Visiting School Basel, a collaborative program with the AA School of Architecture in London.
His research focuses on the intersections of architecture, urbanism, and socio-political power, particularly in postwar Italy. His doctoral thesis, 'Mafia, Concrete, Territory: A Material History of Power in Sicily, 1945–1992,' investigates how the Mafia’s control over the concrete industry shaped Sicilian urbanization. Using archival research, oral history, and ethnographic methods, he analyzes concrete not as a static material but as a dynamic agent in territorial transformation.
Furiassi’s work has been published in Log 53: Why Italy Now?, with the article 'Mafia Matters,' which introduces his thesis and explores the entanglement of architecture, materiality, and organized crime. His research spans themes of material agency, historical urbanism, and the politics of construction.
- Independent Projects Grant from the Architectural League of NY
- New York State Council on the Arts Grant
- GSAPP Incubator Prize from Columbia University
- Doc.CH Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation
- Mobility Research Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation
Fabrizio holds degrees in architecture and urbanism from La Sapienza University of Rome (BSc and MArch), Columbia University GSAPP (MSc), and the Strelka Institute in Moscow. He is the founder of Distributed Architecture, a New York-based design and research practice focused on participatory design. He collaborates across academia and practice, contributing to transformative urban thinking through both scholarly and applied work. His teaching and research are embedded in critical urban studies, emphasizing historical depth and material politics.
