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Filippo Vegezzi

Architect / Researcher / Activist

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I am an architect, researcher, and activist with a deep interest in wildness.

My work explores how architecture, ecology, and social sciences come together. I focus on creating spaces that invite the wild back into everyday urban life, where people and nature can interact and learn from each other. Through architecture, I hope to support a deeper connection with the wild as we face the complex challenges of the ecological transition.

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After finishing my studies in Switzerland, I was lucky enough to experience diverse social and ecological realities, from a small Swiss landscape to Australia, Colombia, and Spain. In 2020, I specialised in ecology applied to architecture and urban design in Barcelona, and soon after, co-founded Coharc Studio in Madrid with a few like-minded colleagues. Our aim was to bring architecture back to its roots by reconnecting it with nature and our wild companions.

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Over time, I noticed how rarely these concerns were comprehensively addressed in dominant architectural discourses. I then decided to return to Switzerland and moved to Basel to focus more on the social dimensions of multispecies design. In 2024, I started Companion Spaces, a project that places human and non-human interaction at the forefront of architectural thinking. The aim is to contribute to identifying an architectural paradigm that acknowledges non-human life in the urban spaces we [must] share. This presence still calls for care, adaptation, and responsibility.

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Major areas of research and interest

Multispecies Design / Urban Socio-Ecological Transition / Social Attitude and Acceptance of Wildlife and Habitats / Human-Wildlife Interaction and Conflicts / Human-Nature Cohabitation /

Spatial Justice for all beings

Peer-reviewed publications

Conferences and talks

2025

ARCC 2025 International Conference - EMERGING CHALLENGES: technological, environmental, social
Multispecies Spatial Justice: Prototyping Biodiversity – Enhancing Facades in Architecture Education.

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2024

University of Applied Science and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Architettura e Biodiversità: Tra Necessità e Utopia


2023

University of Genoa

Bioagricorridors: Urban ecosystem networks to enhance biological diversity, ecosystem services and food production in Barcelona – Spain


2023

Louisiana State University
Living in harmony with nature: Shaping our relationship with nature through architecture


2022

Louisiana State University
Urban Ecological Transition

© 2024 Companion Spaces

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