Trained as an architect and holding PhD in Urban Planning, Design and Policy, I am currently a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies in Politecnico di Milano. Born and raised in Athens, Greece, I have lived in Paris for three years and I am based in Milan since 2016. I am attracted to matters regarding the relationship between the human body and its surroundings (either built or natural); the effects of human presence and actions on landscape; the impact of tourism in insular regions; cultural heritage and place identity in remote territories; matters of scale (from territorial to micro), visual representation and abstraction.
Research experience
2024 – ongoing Post-doctoral Researcher. Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano.
2020 – 2025 PhD in Urban Planning, Design and Policy. Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano. Research Project Title: “Towards Slowness. Exploring Human Environmental Experience of Landscape during Movement”. Supervisor: Paolo Pileri. Funded by: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti. Awarded cum laude.
2020 – 2024 VENTO Research Group. Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano
2022 PEARL – Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory. Department of Civil, Geomatic and Environmental Engineering, University College London
Education
2019 Master’s Degree in Architecture. Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano
2015 Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture. École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture – Paris Val de Seine
2012 International Baccalaureate Diploma. Moraitis School, Athens, Greece
Training + workshops + courses
2023 Photography Mentoring Sessions – Project Development. Hellenic Centre for Photography
2023 Curatorial Practices in Public Space. Triennale di Milano & Gibellina Photoroad Festival
2021 Territorial Fragilities in Cyprus: Planning and Preservation Strategies. Politecnico di Milano
2020 Classical Sociological Theory. Coursera & University of Amsterdam
2019 Studying Cities: Social Science Methods for Urban Research. Coursera & Erasmus University Rotterdam
2018 Moulding Matters. Architectural Association Visiting School in Naples, Italy
2018 Milan International Architecture Workshop. Politecnico di Milano
2016 Seeing Through Photographs. Coursera & The Museum of Modern Art
CV →
arch.dafniriga@gmail.com
dafnitheodosia.riga@polimi.it
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano
via Bonardi 3 20133, Milan, Italy
Dafni Riga 