Pia Palo

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I am an architect and urban designer, currently working as a PhD researcher at Umeå School of Architecture (UMA).  My interests lie at the intersection between the social and the physical, in understanding lived experiences and realities, and in how experimental and artistic processes can be used to think and talk about how and for whom we build our cities. In addition to research work, I teach at both BA and MA levels.

My ongoing PhD research is in critical studies of architecture and urbanism, and focuses on just urban transitions in the context of northern Sweden. I explore how spatial practice (and practitioners) can take on a transformative and productive role in imagining radical and inclusive futures beyond growth through theoretical and practical engagements with ideas of care and relationality.

Material exploration - origami > wearable object


Concept models / sketches

Highlights from early projects that show conceptual explorations and translations of thoughts and ideas into 2D and 3D representations.

Wearabel object - pvc pipes and paper



Conceptual models - wire, carcboard, concrete and plaster


Sketches, serial vision - ink and watercolour



Conceptual model - carboard surface and metal volume



Conceptual scale models for small public space intervention




Sketch - pencil