about us A science-based design asks for removing disciplines' fences.
tuning arch services are developed by architects and professionals intensely trained in neuroscience, environmental psychology, and graphic design. An advisory board collaborates with tuning arch to develop and refine protocols to test the design’s outcomes on communities’ psychological and physiological well-being.
tuning arch AdBoard is a multidisciplinary group of internationally renowned scholars, architects, and scientists, each differently focused on diverse specializations.
Davide Ruzzon / director
TA Office and NAAD, founder and director. Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design is an annual Iuav University of Venice postgraduate course. Advisory Board Member at Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture ANfA of San Diego, CA.
Erika Borella / nursing homes
Professor General Psychology, University of Padua. He is responsible for the University's Aging and Longevity Psychology Service. His research interests focus on typical and pathological aging derived by social, psychological, and enrivonmental factors.
Cinzia Di Dio / workplaces
Associate Professor at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Research Unit on Theory of Mind, engaged in research in the field of social competence, decision-making in the human-human and human-robot relationship from a life-span perspective.
Eve Edelstein / hospitals
Board member Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture. Holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Neuroscience, a Master in Architecture, a B.A. in Anthropology. In Silicon Valley, Eve consults to a giant tech company, and led design studies.
Colin Ellard / urban design
Cognitive Neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo and also director of the Urban Realities Laboratory. He works at the intersection of neuroscience + architecture, and environmental design and has extensively published all around the world.
Vittorio Gallese / research
Full Professor at Medicine, Neuroscience Unit, Parma University.
Neuroscientist, his interests focus on cognition and the motor system, and on embodied explanation of social cognition. Among those discovered mirror neurons.
Alessandra Micalizzi / housing
Sociologist and psychologist, PhD in communication. She has taught at the institutions IUSVe, IUSTo, and IED. Her interest in the psychology of dwellings has allowed her to collaborate on various degree courses, such as Design.
Jagan Shah / urban design
Senior Fellow Artha Global. Architect and urban planner with experience in urban policy and practice. UK Infrastrsultant (2019-21). National Institute of Urban Affairs Diucture Conrector (NIUA, 2013-2019) of India, he created the Smart Cities Program.
Gabriella Pravettoni / retail
Is Full Professor of General Psychology at the Università Statale of Milan, and the Coordinator of Doctorate FOLSATEC at the European School of Molecular Medicine. She is also the Coordinator of Psychology training and development at LILT
Architect graduated from Politecnico di Milano. In 2011,
after an experience in OAB-Ferrater’s firm in Barcelona,she founded her own studio in Milan. From 2011 to 2017
she was teaching assistant at the Politecnico. In 2022 she
graduated from NAAD, Università Iuav.
Stefano Caglioni / architectural consultant
Architect graduated from Politecnico di Milano, specialised
in corporate projects in the Asia Pacific region, where he
has spent a significant part of his professional career. In
2022 he graduated from NAAD, at the Università
Iuav di Venezia.
Antonio Sorrentino / research
Architect, Ph.D. student in Theory and Design at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Assistant at the Polytechnic of Turin and IUAV of Venice. In 2018, he graduated at NAAD Master of Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design in Venice.
Chiara Rango / graphic designer
Graduated in literature and has always worked in graphics, visual arts, and writing. She designed and managed websites, graphics, and communication for the NAAD master at IUAV Uni VE. She edited the graphic project for the Intertwining magazine, Mimesis Ed.
