marco buonfigli








curriculum vitae

Arch. Marco Buonfigli
Alexandrinenstrasse 98, D-10969 Berlin
0049 157 52064902
marco.buonfigli@gmx.net


Professional experience

2007-2010
European Commission, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements.
Project manager for building and environment.

March 2009
Successful candidate in the European competition
EPSO/AD/99/07 for administrators in the building sector
in the field of building environmental technology management.

2005-2008
Registered architect in Berlin.

2004-2007
Studio Nicolini, private building-conversion projects in Italy.

2005
Public relations for the CED terra congress, the school of Gando.

2004
New Housing Researchers’ Conference, University of Cambridge,
essay on: “migration, sustainability and self build”.
Visiting the urban renovation project: "New deal for communities",
London borough of West Ham.

2003
Assistant of prof. Heiko Diestel, faculty of landscape architecture, Technische Universität Berlin.
Project in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
Volksbühne theatre, Berlin, scenography assistant by director
Christoph Schlingensief for the play: "Atta-Atta".

2002
Stage-painting workshop, Volksbühne theatre, Berlin.
Exhibition: “Civilization and its discontent“, AmeriKa Haus Berlin,
works of Diane Lewis' students at the Technical University, Berlin.
Technische Universität Berlin, coordination of an interdisciplinary workshop for a rural hospital in the village of Togbota, Benin.

2001
ID 22 office for sustainability-research of the Ufa fabrik, Berlin:
participative project for the docks-area of Tempelhofer Hafen.
Kerngehäuse architects: project for weekend-lodges by Berlin.
Topographic drawings for the natural reservation of Märkisch Buchholz, Berlin.
Ambulante Dienste e. V.

1994-1999
Prof. arch. Diane Lewis, urban planning competition for the city of Taipei.
Architects Hielscher & Derksen, Berlin.
Landscape-architects Thomanek & Duquesnoy, Berlin.
Department of urban planning, city of Berlin.

1989-1993
Free-lance designer in Ascoli Piceno, Italy.


Education

2002
Humboldt Universität Berlin:
History and Culture of West Africa,
French language for the international cooperation;
Freie Universität Berlin: Yoruba Language;
Technische Universität Berlin: politics of development.

2001
TU Berlin IPAT, Interdisciplinary workshop for Appropriate Technology, research on sustainable architecture:
community-buildings, self build, participative projects, low-energy and passive houses, ecological materials and technologies, regenerative energy-sources.
Technische Universität Berlin, postgraduate courses:
Conflict management and intercultural communication.

2000
Degree in Architecture by professor Diane Lewis, Cooper Union, NY:
“New Structures for the Panafrican Forum, an African Cultural Centre in Berlin“.

1994 - 1999
Technische Universität Berlin Faculty of Architecture
Pan African Forum Berlin, basic course in Swahili language.

1994 - 1995
Hochschüle der Künste Berlin, Faculty of Industrial Design.

1987 - 1989
I.S.I.A Rome, Faculty of Industrial Design.

1981 - 1986
Humanistic gymnasium in Ascoli Piceno, Italy.


Volunteering

Amici di Piazza Grande, self help associazion of homeless people.
Code Crop, hydroponic community gardens in marginal urban areas.
ISF, engineers without borders.


Languages
Italian: first language,
German and English: fluent,
Portuguese and French: basics.


Computer literacy
AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, Open Office.