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Architetta dal 2012, Dottoressa di ricerca in Tecnologia dell’architettura (Università degli Studi di Firenze – Dipartimento di Architettura-DIDA) con tesi sul Design for Autism, con cui vince i premi FUP (2018) e Arch. Giovanni Neri Serneri (XIII).
Dal 2012 partecipa a ricerche in ambito della salute, come Health promoting buildings and healthy neighborhoods. Strutture socio-sanitarie territoriali nell’ecosistema salute toscano (progetto PNRR THE); Transformational Change for Birth Environment, SSHRC Insight Development Grant (OCAD University); A.I. CARE. Art, Identity and Care in public spaces of Santa Maria Nuova (DIDA-UniFI, Chalmers University); progetto UE Horizon 2020 MinD – designing for people with dementia (Promotore: Wolverhampton University).
Attualmente assegnista di ricerca al DIDA-UniFI nel progetto PNRR PE8 (NextGeneration EU) AGE-IT: Sensory design per gli spazi delle strutture socio-sanitarie territoriali per l’invecchiamento in salute e attivo.
Docente a contratto dal 2019 in Building System Design al corso internazionale magistrale i-Cad (DIDA-UniFI).
Cofondatrice, co-CEO e responsabile R&S di DU IT srl, nata come start-up innovativa nel 2015 e oggi società di ingegneria, che progetta architettura inclusiva e ambienti multisensoriali. Uno tra i lavori più recenti è l’Incarico per il Progetto di Umanizzazione dell’Ospedale Pediatrico del Veneto Salus Pueri di Padova (committente Fondazione Salus Pueri Onlus), aperta il 9 Febbraio 2026 (https://www.anteferma.it/prodotto/il-progetto-degli-ambienti-di-cura/), nata da un percorso di ricerca sull’accoglienza ospedaliera. Allo stesso modo, a partire dai suoi studi, sono stati realizzati diversi progetti, come strutture di centro diurno, co-housing e RSD della Fondazione Filippo Turati Onlus; l’Incarico pubblico Azienda USL Toscana Centro - Empolese Valdarno: progetto preliminare del Campus per l'Autismo, centro diurno adolescenti e adulti e residenze per il "dopo di noi" e numerosi spazi multisensoriali in strutture ospedaliere, scolastiche, associazioni e onlus, in Italia e all’estero.
Membro del centro di ricerca interuniversitario TESIS (https://www.tesis.unifi.it/), SITdA - Società Italiana della Tecnologia dell’Architettura, and CNETO - Centro Nazionale per l'Edilizia e la Tecnica Ospedaliera.
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Architect since 2012, PhD in Architectural Technology (University of Florence – Department of Architecture) since 2018 with a thesis on Design for Autism (https://books.fupress.com/catalogue/ambienti-sensoriali-terapeutici-che-rendano-abili/3973), which won the FUP (2018) and Arch. Giovanni Neri Serneri (XIII) awards.
Since 2012, she has participated in health-related research, such as "Health promoting buildings and healthy neighborhoods. Territorial social and health structures in the Tuscan health ecosystem" (PNRR THE project); "Transformational Change for Birth Environment," SSHRC Insight Development Grant (OCAD University); "A.I. CARE. Art, Identity, and Care in public spaces of Santa Maria Nuova" (DIDA-UniFI, Chalmers University); and the EU Horizon 2020 project "MinD – designing for people with dementia" (Promoter: Wolverhampton University).
Currently a research fellow at DIDA-UniFI on the PNRR (NextGeneration EU) AGE-IT - A novel public-private alliance to generate socioeconomic, biomedical and technological solutions for an inclusive italian ageing society, Spoke 9 “Advanced Gerontechnologies for active and healthy ageing”, Task 1.2 “Design strategies to improve active/healthy ageing in primary healthcare facilities and healthy neighborhood”.
Since 2019, she has been a lecturer in Building System Design at the international master's program i-Cad (DIDA-UniFI) - Architecture Structural Design LAB.
Co-founder, co-CEO, and R&D manager of DU IT (https://www.duitfor.com/), founded as an innovative start-up in 2015 and now an engineering company designing inclusive architecture and multisensory environments. One of her most recent projects is the Humanization Project of Salus Pueri Children’s Hospital of Veneto in Padua (client: Salus Pueri Onlus Foundation), opened on February 9, 2026 (https://www.anteferma.it/prodotto/il-progetto-degli-ambienti-di-cura/), which grew from research into hospital inclusion. Similarly, her studies have led to the completion of several projects, including daycare centers, co-housing, and RSD facilities for the Filippo Turati Onlus Foundation; the public commission for the Local Health Authority of Tuscany Central - Empolese Valdarno: preliminary design for the Autism Campus, as well as many multisensory spaces in hospitals, schools, and non-profit organizations, in Italy and abroad.
Member of the TESIS interuniversity research center (https://www.tesis.unifi.it/), SITdA - Società Italiana della Tecnologia dell’Architettura, and CNETO - Centro Nazionale per l'Edilizia e la Tecnica Ospedaliera.