Aldo Sollazzo
Knight in CO2-absorbing armour
Founder and Director of Noumena and Director of Reshape
“Technology can be a torch to light up darker spots. It’s up to us to shine it where it’s most valuable.”
A versatile technologist, Aldo Sollazzo boasts expertise in robotics, image analytics, computation, architecture, and more. As Director of Noumena, he leads a multidisciplinary team towards the definition of new design strategies informed by tech-driven applications. He’s also the Director of Reshape, a platform where designers, manufacturers and innovators come together to explore implications and applications of technology in society.
Aldo leads the Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction and the Global Summer School at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), is a former mentor of the Fab Academy programme and makes clothes that capture CO2. In 2019, the President of the Italian Republic awarded him the title of Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy for the promotion of national prestige abroad.