Giulia Sicignano

With over seven years of international experience bridging technical design and strategic placemaking, Giulia is an architect, urban designer and co-founder of STIPO Italia Società Cooperativa. Throughout her career, solidified through key collaborations with AMAT and the Municipality of Milan, she has developed deep expertise in public space transformation, focusing on sustainable mobility, climate adaptation and urban regeneration. She contributed to complex projects such as the "Piazze Aperte" program, designed structural depaving and shading concepts and served as a technical advisor for Bloomberg Philanthropies' Asphalt Art Europe Initiative.

Her professional path is defined by a strong transnational vision, cultivated within European and Italian networks alongside partners like Placemaking Europe and the European Union's PN Metro Plus framework. During the years she specialized in managing complex participatory processes, co-designing child-friendly cities and translating urban policies into concrete actions for local communities. 

Her technical toolkit spans the drafting of Feasibility Projects (PFTE), tactical urban planning and impact analysis, allowing to bridge the gap between strategic policy and neighborhood-scale execution. Furthermore, the experience as an international public speaker (from TEDx Pavia to Placemaking Week Europe and different international conferences) and the coordination of participatory processes enable her to effectively facilitate the exchange of good practices and lead city networks toward sustainable, integrated and resilient urban development.