A. Ghigo DiTommaso trained as an architect in Florence, picking up the tools of the trade while feeding a strong interest in urban history and theory. Professional degree in hand, he moved to Barcelona to join its thriving design community. For several years he conducted research at the Escuela Tècnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (EtsaB), while also working with prominent Catalan architects on numerous award-winning projects. His interests in cultural landscapes brought him to UC Berkeley, where he was Visiting Scholar in 2010-2011. In 2012 he joined the Rebar Art & Design Studio of San Francisco, where he spearheaded some of the group's most ambitious projects before it disbanded in 2014. At Rebar, Ghigo began to focus his interests in public space design, which today still remains at the very core of his work as a practitioner and a researcher. He has been a lecturer in the department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning of UC Berkeley since 2013 and a member of Gehl Studio San Francisco since its founding in 2014.