Open Atelier People: Gennaro Postiglione

Text by Gennaro Postiglione

What do you do?

I am Professor in Interior Architecture at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies of Politecnico di Milano, and I run a research cluster on Interiors dealing with unconventional housing and architectural ethnography. My research field is at the intersection between people, places, and practices, crossing architecture, ethnography, and material culture.

Why is Open Atelier important to you and what are you looking forward to?

I am very excited about the close collaboration with museums that the Open Atelier project is enabling; it will give us – designers and scholars – the opportunity to debate and experiment with museum professionals on how to enhance their collections involving different audiences, because this is the only way to take care of our cultural heritage.